Simon Chan: Address: **** Symmes Circle, Arlington, MA 02474

Tel 617-***-**** Email: adp25x@r.postjobfree.com

Full Time Professional Court Interpreter & Translator: For both Simultaneous & Consecutive settings; Serving Dialects (mandarin & Cantonese) From Jan. 1989 to Present Day

Covered Areas of Interpreting Services: US Federal District Courts in Mass., NH, VT, RI, ARK, Iowa, Florida, etc., U. S. Bankruptcy Courts, Federal Public Defender Offices, US Attorney’s Office, US Grand Jury, Civil Depositions, Arbitration Proceedings, BRA held Community Hearings, etc.

Interpreter for Yale University’s Chinese Visiting Jurists Program.

For Harvard China Forum: Annual 3 Days Forum of global political and financial thinkers.

For Harvard Medical School: 4 Days Seminar on Clinical Practice & Research Methodology for Chinese Physicians.

For business/trade conferences held by UBS, U Mass, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Accredited Court Interpreter by Judicial Language Center/Mass. Superior Court Department in 1989 as Mandarin & Cantonese Court Interpreter.

Professional Qualified Court Interpreter with United States Federal Courts, Admin Office/DC.

Listed Chinese language Court Interpreter in the NCID, National Court Interpreter Database. Strength/Special Skills: have strong capacity for organization, team-work spirit, excellent writing skill, critical thinking capacity, high level of financial/legal literacy, effective communication skill, bilingual (command fluent Chinese Mandarin & Cantonese), positive/optimistic attitude, intellectually keen on understanding current events & new trends, first rate work ethic & professional loyalty. Work Experience outside the field of Translation: Executive Manager of Ming’s Supermarket Inc at 1102 Washington St., Boston (Sept. 2004 – Jan. 2007)

Marketing planning and lease observance and renewal negotiations

Handle all legal matters pertaining to lease, liability assessment, government regulation compliance, risk management, etc.

Handle all customer relation matters and promote long termed customer loyalty Notable Achievements in Past Job History:

1. From 2005 to 2006, I have successfully helped the 40,000 sq ft size Ming’s Supermarket to secure a 20 years long lease renewal with its landlord, the Hamilton CO. (Hamilton is owned by legendary realty developer, Harold Brown) and avoided its critical business closure by eviction. This was a successful business project other than interpreting services. In this project, language & communication skills were critically utilized. 2. Community Service (Part Time): Served as Secretary and Board Director for the Chinese Assist in management improvement and financial restructuring of the organization. In 2013, Simon Chan successfully engineered a refinance initiative for a CCBA affordable housing property to secure a federally guaranteed mortgage loan (HUD FHA-223 loan program). The new mortgage (5.6 million loan size) had reduced the housing project’s annual mortgage interest rate from 8.40% to 3.89%, thus vastly improved the project’s financial position. Part Time Service Engagements from 1989 to 2017:

Small Business Consultant: Encouraging and helping Chinatown small businesses to use legal resources to resolve their regulatory compliance problems. Advise proper financial planning and proper accounting practices for small businesses.

Business Conference Interpreter & translator

From 1986 to 1988: Running a mail order business of gardening products in Seattle, WA Volunteer Community Service

Chinatown Neighborhood Crime Watch: from 2005 to 2014. 4 hours per week

Volunteer Condominium Trustee: 1999 to 2004 at 280 Harvard Street Condo Trust

Currently: Secretary of the Southern Baptist Church (Chinese Session) at Arlington, Mass. Service History in Hong Kong (1982 to 1986)

Served in the Hong Kong Government as assistant anti-corruption Investigator, in the Independent Commission Against Corruption. In 1986, Simon Chan immigrated to the USA from the British Colony of Hong Kong (now repatriated back to China since 1997). Major Hobby: Reading (on History, Economics, Film Making & JFK Assassination Subjects) & Watching the American Football.