Cara Marshall

Cara Marshall has the unique background of the academics (graduate and undergraduate levels) combined with a financial markets career. With over fifteen years of classroom experience, she knows the art of designing, developing and delivering an engaging learning program, keeping the students actively participating in the process. She also has financial industry experience, starting as an intern with Merrill Lynch, and working her way up to an independent consultant to some of the largest investment banks, federal agencies and hedge funds and other banks for the past sixteen years. In addition, she is a published author, writing journal articles and a book that focus on her areas of special interest, such as financial engineering; derivatives; pricing and risk management, amongst others. This dual-experience background – of the markets as well as the academics – enables Cara to apply hands-on practical experience and in-depth knowledge to beginners as well as to more advanced students. Cara’s specific topics of expertise include: Microsoft Excel for Financial Professionals (Introductory/Intermediate/Advanced) Programming in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel Programming with Python Financial Modeling