Such a person might be interested in attending a class Wes McKinney (http://pandas.pydata.org) will be teaching on April 16 in NYC.
Introduction to Python for Financial Data Analysis (90 minutes)
This class will introduce Quantitative Analysts to the Python environment for rapidly prototyping financial models. The objective is to demonstrate the research environment and introduce essential libraries. Attendees should be familiar with basic concepts of quantitative finance and data analysis, but experience using Python is optional (material will be accessible to beginners, but language basics will not be taught).
Introduction to Python for Financial Data Analysis (90 minutes)
This class will introduce Quantitative Analysts to the Python environment for rapidly prototyping financial models. The objective is to demonstrate the research environment and introduce essential libraries. Attendees should be familiar with basic concepts of quantitative finance and data analysis, but experience using Python is optional (material will be accessible to beginners, but language basics will not be taught).