Greg Steele Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, United States

★ Responsible for regulatory compliance and import/export policies, procedures, and best practices for the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP).★ Advises and trains LASP departments that include Procurement, Shipping and Receiving, Engineering, Science, Finance, Contracts, Facilities, and Human Resources on export compliance issues.★ Coordinates investigations, assessments, and internal audits to track trade compliance activities.★ Directs export authorizations in line with federal government ITAR and EAR regulations★ Performs Restricted Party Screening to ensure that individuals and entities are not listed by the federal government as a restricted party or specially designated national.★ Entrusted with the review and approval of international shipments of hardware. Analyzes proposals, awards, sub-awards, subcontracts, MOUs, and affiliate agreements for potential export control issues.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDERThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment of more than 30,000 students

Boulder, Colorado, United States

★ Hired as an expert on regulatory requirements governing imports and exports for the LASP, advising all departments.★ Promoted to Chief Compliance Officer within a year.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDERThe University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment of more than 30,000 students.

Golden, Co

★ Maintained compliance with global trade regulations governing the export of goods, defining and deploying policies, procedures, and best practices. Supervised and mentored a Senior Global Trade Analyst and a Global Trade Analyst.★ Researched changes in laws and regulations with the potential to impact the company.★ Responsible for recordkeeping, reporting, export declarations, and serving as the primary point of contact for export authorities.★ Advised the business on export jurisdictions and classifications, license tracking, technology transfers, and other export control issues, as well as screening for restricted parties and embargoed countries.★ Created and instituted mitigation plans to address potential risks and vulnerabilities as reported by regional personnel.★ Successfully reduced turnaround time from weeks to within one day.★ Developed export control jurisdiction and classification escalation procedures governing high-risk materials requiring increased oversight.★ Represented the company as a U.S. Empowered Official and maintained all United States Department of State ITAR Registration requirements.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT COORSTEKCoorsTek, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for the aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, oil and gas, semiconductor and other industries.

Golden, Colorado, United States

★ As the company expanded into Asia and Europe, oversaw customs clearance, maintaining compliance with laws and regulations governing international trade. Trained trade compliance teams outside of the United States to support operations in Asia and Europe.★ Executed duty optimization strategies and oversaw tariff classifications, country of origin, and valuation. Reviewed sanctions and embargo programs as well as new and changing import and export regulations.★ Engaged in quarterly business reviews with vendors, compliance reviews, internal assessments, and post-entry audits.★ Recommended ways to improve compliance and maximize trade savings. Identified a strategy to import products from the company’s facility in Mexico on a duty-free basis, saving more than $100,000 annually.★ Provided guidance to the company on import and export regulations, as well as the process for applying for export licenses, including ITAR, NRC, and BIS.★ Responsible for compliance duty drawback regulations across international jurisdictions. Collaborated with customs authorities to prepare duty drawback entries and resolve technical duty drawback matters.★ In the role of Empowered Official, conducted inquiries into exports leveraging knowledge of ITAR principles.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT COORSTEKCoorsTek, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for the aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, oil and gas, semiconductor and other industries.

Import/Export Compliance Supervisor – Polycom/Spectralink, Boulder, CO – 04/2006 to 06/2010Import Compliance Specialist – IBM/Lenovo, Boulder, CO – 07/1998 to 04/2006Engineering Projects Coordinator – Binks-Sames, Longmont, CO – 06/1997 to 07/1998