James A. Berg
12769 Matteson Ave. #6
Los Angeles, CA 90066
310-391-8820
jimab@earthlink.net

Experience
Manager of Corporate Communications
1996–1997
MiniMed Inc. Sylmar, CA
· Edited and upgraded the marketing newsletter and created two in-house employee publications.
· Wrote and supervised production of the 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders.
· Created and supervised development of a highly successful print advertisement.
· Organized company participation in the Tour de Cure, a charity event

Systems Administrator
1994–1996
MiniMed Inc. Sylmar, CA
· Designed and implemented customer lead and literature tracking database using Microsoft Access.
· Implemented and managed human resources database—an Access based system called HRVantage.
· Implemented and managed facilities database—a Paradox based system called MP2.

Publisher
1993–1994
NoHo Magazine
North Hollywood, CA
· Founded this small monthly community literary magazine featuring theater reviews, poetry, art reviews, essays, commentary, and profiles.
· The magazine progressively grew in circulation and quality throughout its brief existence.
· As a free publication, it was dependent on advertising to pay the bills.
· At the end, about a dozen people were associated with the magazine as writers, photographers, layout designers and advertising sales reps.

Education
1988, 1992 California State University, Northridge Northridge, CA
· B.A., Socio-Economics.
· One year of graduate school, Speech Communication.

Software proficiency
· MS Access, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Quark Xpress, Pagemaker, Photoshop.

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