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Language and Communications Specialist
BACKGROUND Born and educated in Helsinki, Finland. Native speaker of Swedish. U.S. resident since 1985.
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EDUCATION Helsinki University of Technology : Master of Science Program in Semiconductor Physics, Microwave Engineering, and Medical Instrumentation, 1976-1981. Washington State University: Master Gardener, 1991
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TRANSLATION 1984-present: Freelance translator of scientific and technical documents from English into Swedish, and vice versa. Current and former clients include Microsoft, Nokia, General Motors, Philips, SpaceLabs Medical, Physio-Control, Boston Scientific, and AT&T.
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INTERPRETATION 1985-present: Depositions in corporate and criminal cases with witnesses speaking Finnish and Swedish.
NARRATION & VOICE-OVER | 1995-present: Narration and voice-over for corporate multimedia presentations.
MEDIA PRODUCTIONS | 1999: Produced and hosted an 11-episode TV series for Finnish Public Broadcasting on establishing an organic demonstration garden in Ekenäs, Finland. 1997: Produced and hosted a 6-episode TV series on gardening in Seattle for Channel 4 in Finland. 1994-2003: Expert guest on radio programs in Finland and Seattle about international gardening. 1994: Planned and hosted TV show about organic gardening in Seattle, 1994. The program was made in Swedish and broadcast in Finland and Sweden.
TEACHING | 2002-present: Substitute teacher and tutor of high school mathematics and science 1987-1989: Coordinator of ESL program at North Seattle YMCA 1985-1987: Instructor of language and travel classes at North Seattle YMCA (Swedish, Finnish) 1984-1985: Language teacher (Swedish) at language institute in Helsinki, Finland 1980 -1984: Instructor of customer training classes for Nokia, Finland and Sweden
EMPLOYMENT | 1980-1984: Designer of telecommunications equipment at Nokia's R&D Laboratory in Espoo, Finland, and instructor of customer training classes 1979-1980: Research assistant at Solid State Physics Laboratory of the State Research Center in Finland
OTHER ACTIVITIES | Volunteer gardening advisor, writer of articles and coordinator at Seattle's P-Patch Community Gardens. Guest speaker at garden club meetings. Involved in urban beautification projects, as well as environmentally responsible consumer habits.
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Are you a gardening enthusiast? Check out my gardening website at:
www.henriksgarden.com