Our Authors

Authors

George Hepworth  - During his 15 year career as a writer and instructional designer, George Hepworth designed, researched and wrote over a dozen self-study courses which were sold to independent insurance agents throughout the United States.

Starting with Access 2.0 in 1994, he added database development skills to his repertoire. In 2003, he founded Grover Park Consulting and left the corporate world to pursue database development as a full-time occupation. As an educator, he has often been frustrated by the lack of decent introductory books on database development for the average user and decided to do something about it.

George is author of "Grover Park George On Access"

Hans Herber - is a Microsoft MVP and the principal behind herber.de, Germany’s leading website for Microsoft Excel Tips.

He is co-author of "2500 Excel VBA Examples"

Kathy Jacobs - is the author of "Kathy Jacobs ON POWERPOINT".

Kathy is a Microsoft MVP in PowerPoint. She has a 15+-year career as a computer consultant and trainer and has experience with clients both large and small, doing training, testing, project management, writing and editing.

Bill Jelen - is the principal behind the popular MrExcel.com website. With over 10 million annual pageviews, MrExcel.com is a leading Excel website.

Along with a dedicated team of Excel gurus, Bill Jelen provides custom Excel and Access applications for hundreds of clients around the world. He is the author of the New Enhanced E-Media Publication "VLOOKUP Awesome Quick: From Your First VLOOKUP to Becoming a VLOOKUP Guru". Bill is also responsible for the "Learn Excel from MrExcel" Series - including "Learn Excel 2007 through Excel 2010 From MrExcel". He authored “Guerilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel” and continues to offer a variety of Excel Resources full of the power tips and tricks for Microsoft Excel that you have come to expect Bill to deliver.

Bill Jelen also produces and airs a Podcast Series based on the "Learn Excel from MrExcel" books. Since 2005, The "Learn Excel from MrExcel Video Podcast Blog" offers a new, 'Free-To-View' podcast episode each business day.

Bill is available for book signing events. contact

Stephen Link - With over fifteen years of user support and the last ten of those writing custom programs and supporting the users of those, Steve Link has supported users on all levels from beginner to “power user.”

The knowledge gained from supporting Outlook and other Microsoft Office programs was used to make this book easy to read and understand while imparting the knowledge necessary to greatly improve the user’s capabilities in Outlook.

Stephen is author of 'Link'Em Up On Outlook'.

Anne Troy - is the author of "Dreamboat ON WORD".

Anne is an expert Desktop Publisher using Microsoft Word. She has written two (2) Microsoft Word certification tests for Brainbench.com, and has provided training in many Microsoft Office products.

She is editor of "Guerrilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel", and co-edited the "Holy Macro! It’s 1,600 Excel VBA Examples" CD, now available as the updated "2500 Excel VBA Examples".

Tom Urtis - owns Atlas Programming Management, a Microsoft Office, VBA, and business management consulting corporation located in the heart of silicon valley.

Tom's company specializes in the development, implementation, and support of customized Excel VBA applications for a diverse international clientele. Tom is a freelance editor of technical books and software, and he is a frequent contributor to Excel newsgroups on the internet.

He is a 1982 graduate of Michigan State University. He is the co-author of "Holy Macro! It's 1,900 Excel VBA Examples" CD, now available as the updated "2500 Excel VBA Examples".

Dr. Gerard M. Verschuuren - has trained over 2000 people in Excel. Dr. Verschuuren is a Microsoft Certified Professional specialized in VB, VBA, and VB.NET. He is the author of many textbooks and has more than 20 years of experience in teaching at colleges and corporations.

He holds master's degrees in Biology and in Philosophy, plus a Doctorate in the Philosophy of Science from Universities in Europe.