Xavier Velasco-Suárez
74 Pearson Avenue #1 - Somerville, MA 02144 - Phone: (617) 628-4016
e-mail: xvelasco@yahoo.com
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Education
Spring 2001 |
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution |
Boston, MA |
Spring 1996 |
Harvard University
Seminar on Mediation and Other Facilitative Roles in Dispute Resolution |
Cambridge, MA |
Fall 1995 |
Harvard University
Seminar on Negotiation and Dispute Resolution |
Cambridge, MA |
1982-1988 |
University of Buenos Aires
Law Degree |
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
Professional Experience
May 1998-Present |
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Conflict Intervention Team – Project
Director
Coordinator of a Project to provide emergency mediation services to schools in crisis. Includes the design and maintenance of a web-site (http://mampp.org/CIT) |
Boston, MA |
1988 |
University of Massachusetts, Boston
College of Public and Community Services
Evaluation of a new plan of studies |
Boston, MA |
Dec. 1997-May 1998 |
Conflict Management International (CMI)
Translator of documents and materials for mediation training programs. Work on ADR laws in Latin America. |
Cambridge, MA |
Fall 1997 |
Middle Essex County Small Claims Court
Mediator. |
Cambridge, MA |
1992-1997 |
General Inspection of Justice
Inspector of Justice in the Department for Non-profit Organizations
Control and inspection of legitimacy; settlement of disputes; and consultation on legal matters. Setup of a database of foundations and associations. |
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
1989-1991 |
Catholic University of Argentina
Assistant Professor of History of Argentine Law |
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
1988-1992 |
Association of Advanced Studies
A non-profit organization related to advanced education
Administrative work and computer programmer. |
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
1985-1989 |
Association for the Promotion of Culture
A non-profit organization related to advanced education
Administrator and Vice-Director of the student body and extracurricular activities at the Superí University Center (Centro Universitario Superí) |
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
Languages
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Spanish as a first language. Fluency in English.
Knowledge of French and Latin. |
Computer Skills
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Can program and set databases in Dbase III Plus, FoxBase and CLIPPER 5.0.
Broad experience with Microsoft Word. Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and Powerpoint.
Web-sites designed in HTML (hyper-text markup language), with Java scripts and some elements in Perl. |
Spanish
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