Resume
George Beinhorn
240 Monroe Drive #222
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650) 209-8017
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Education
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B.A., M.A., Stanford University, German Studies. Minors: Mathematics, Spanish
Honors: Ford Foundation Fellowship for six months’ study at University of Hamburg, Germany and graduate work at Stanford
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Work History
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1996 – Present. Editor, Writer. Clients in technology, business, academia, and publishing.
1976 – 1996. Editor, Writer. Clients in publishing (magazine editor; authored six books on popular PC software; Contributing Editor for PC World, PC Computing).
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Skills
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Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
Software: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Acrobat, FileMaker Pro, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, PageMaker, Indesign, OpenOffice, Linux, Windows XP/Vista.
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Personal
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Positive energy, strong service attitudes, clear focus. Independent, proactive, creative. Exceptional health, high energy, cheerful, cooperative, supportive of co-workers.
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Additional Services
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Full-charge production of newsletters, brochures, and other hardcopy materials, including author contact, editing, design, layout, printing and mailing, and photography.
Professional skills in photography for products, portraits, events, locations, sports, and nature, digital or film.
Professional translation from German to English.
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Other Relevant Experience
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Macmillan Computer Publishing. Author, six book-length software instruction and reference guides. (E.g., The Microsoft Word Upgrade Guide, commissioned by Egghead Software.) Author, editor, technical editor, chapter author for major collaborative application guides-e.g., Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, etc..
Author, 300+ magazine and newspaper articles; Contributing Editor, PC/Computing and PC World magazines.
Editor, Bike World magazine, Assistant Editor, Runner’s World magazine. Edited and wrote books and articles on sports physiology, training, medicine, and news; translated books and articles from German to English.