Mark H Walker
Naval Officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Diver, United States Navy
Feb 1980 to June 1997
- On hands experience in diving, bomb disposal, and personnel management.
- Highest Rank obtained: Commander
Independent Writer
Oct 1990 to present.
- Penned Forty-one books including Visio Inside-Out, The Visio Bible, How to Use the Internet, Xbox Fan, Games That Sell, The Video Games Almanac, Parents Guide to PlayStation Games, and numerous strategy guides including Age of Empires II (MSPress) and Diablo: Battlenet.
- Composed over three hundred articles (features, reviews, analysis, and fiction) on computer, video games, auto racing, science fiction and technology for Microsoft, Autoweek, Alaska Airlines Magazine, Playboy, Computer Gaming World, Computer Games Strategy Plus, PCGamer, Electric Playground, Incite, Gamecenter, and The Science Fiction Channel.
- Author of numerous IE 7 articles on www.microsoft.com. Articles focus on phishing, Internet Explorer security, efficient browsing, and drive-by-downloads.
- Games Editor for the Armchair General (125K circulation print).
- Wrote The Wargamer column for PCGamer and GameGuy syndicated Internet column. Columns analyzed the computer gaming industry and provided a humorous insight into trends and events.
- Designer of Mark H. Walker’s Lock ‘n Load (www.locknloadgame.com), an award winning (2003 Historical Simulation Game of the Year) board game. Designed several conflict simulations on topics including The Battle of Gettysburg, The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Ia Drang, Valley of Tears, and Omaha Beach. Thorough knowledge of military tactics and how to write about them.
- Co-Founded and served as Inside PlayStation2Games.com’s Executive Editor.
- Fluent in all facets of Visio, including creating shapes, constructing organizational charts, project scheduling, managing facilities with space plans, and connecting diagrams with databases.
- Office Expert. Well-versed in Word processing, high-end document formatting, page layout, newsletter and brochure design, macros, and creating web pages with Word. Outlook guru. Familiar with emailing, newsgroups, calendar, scheduling, organizational uses. Understands how to make complex Excel spreadsheets, and powerful PowerPoint presentations.
EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BA Psychology
Masters in Warfighting and International Relations, Naval War College, Newport, RI.