Michael Abele Email & Phone Number

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Warminster, Pennsylvania

• Trade Advisory Consultancy to Country & Global Country Compliance Officers and business units for governance of trade compliance requirements.• Expanded oversight of Trade Compliance for Measurement & Analytics Business Unit (6 facilities) resulting in the elimination of 3 FTE headcount. Global footprint (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa & Middle East and Australia).• Mitigation oversight of US Trade Tariffs impacts (Section 232/301) on China/foreign imported goods. • Oversight of Process Automation business units on Group Risk Control Management system for SOX shipment controls.• Team co-lead for implementation of SAP’s Global Trade Services (GTS) for assuring 100% screening assessment.• Overall program has not incurred any fines, assessments, penalties or legal fees.• Product lead time improvement via Customs clearance reduction streamlined in excess of 80% resulting in 25% under Industry average for Customs clearance. • Global Mobility role contributing to successful Visa awards (60/year) for foreign nationals.• Developed and published relevant BU Policies & Procedures maximizing Trade awareness.• Tailored various Training programs and webinars to ABB functional areas and Channel Partners resulting in substantial risk reduction and improved knowledge base.

Warminster, Pennsylvania

• Automation of single consolidated report merging 100% of US Gov’t ACE Customs entries to ABB A/P file details. • Classification of 49,000 products for HTS and ECCN, and applicable export licenses in compliance with EAR/ITAR.• Key U.S. business unit single point for successfully managing critical deliveries globally.• Assessment of Broker, Freight Forwarder and Courier network performance via periodic performance reviews.• Compliance – Assessments & Screening and approval for all Nuclear and High Risk & Sensitive Countries transactions.• Export Credit Agency (e.g., US EX-IM banking) reporting and approvals. • Review and assessment for U.S. Boycotts / Anti-dumping / Countervailing Duties / 100% of export transactions.• Utilization of Free Trade Agreements, GSP and other programs resulting in Duties savings $ 1.2M annually.

Warminster, Pennsylvania

• US Lead for Integration Services for acquired company (Level Measurement Products), including factories in Shanghai, China and Faridabad, India. Responsible for Escrow settle-up development, realizing escrow payback of $ 800k.• Co-lead (commercial assessment) for Nuclear application opportunities with no claims realized.• Successfully lead closeout of 24 legacy Field Integration Projects ($ 10MM – primarily Municipals with 3+ yrs. aging) with additional $ 330k of change orders. • Generated in excess of $ 1.2MM additional margins in Government accounts as FAR/CAS lead.• Direct management and oversight of major Project for the City of Chicago/South Water Purification Plant: responsible for implementation and startup of the 2nd largest Chlorination facility in the world and largest Instrumentation Project. Financials included 12% EBIT above budget.• Oversee Project Management Group for Projects entailing above moderate risk, complex variables, and high degree of Customer Specification/Terms &Conditions’ requirements. Accounts included Global EPCs for both domestic and International Projects. Lead Project volume increase 300% over 3 year period while reducing staff levels by 50%.