Leroy F. Berven, CHB

Licensed Customs Broker ● Logistics Consultant ● Regulatory Compliance Specialist Resume of Professional Experience

and Qualifications

in

Customs Brokerage – International Freight

Forwarding – Logistics Management

Corporate Administration – Operations – Finance

Professional License: Licensed Customs Broker No. 8098, 1984 – present. Skills and Experience in:

● Import/export operations and management ● Customs and regulatory agency compliance

● Vessel, truck, rail, and air transport operations ● International and domestic forwarding

● Warehouse scheduling and operations ● Cargo claim handling and prevention

● Rates, tariffs, and activity costing ● Export controls (Commerce & State Depts.)

● Transportation safety planning and management ● Protests, penalties, & liability management

● Training and compliance education ● Harmonized tariff Schedule interpretation

● International NVOCC and VOCC operations ● "Tariff Engineering" to reduce duties

● Internal controls design and management ● Internal corporate compliance audits

● Design and development of automated systems – design criteria, testing, implementation

● Logistics planning – from individual shipments to corporate logistics management policy

● Corporate risk management – insurance coverage negotiation, claims management, workers’ compensation, errors & omissions, legal defense strategy, settlement negotiation Professional History:

NNR Global Logistics USA, Inc. Seatac, Washington, 2022 – 2023. Assistant Branch Manager responsible for operations and administration of Seattle and Portland offices of full-service customs brokerage and international air and ocean freight forwarding firm specializing in high-tech materials. Transmark Customs Brokers, Inc. Kent, Washington, 2017 – 2022. Vice President, Customs Brokerage of full-service customs brokerage firm. Expanded range of service products, added numerous clients including major aerospace firms. Developed extensive marketing program including regular blog on company website, addressing both popular and technical customs and related issues. Aqua Star Corp. Seattle, Washington, 2010 – 2017. Corporate Director of Imports for major North American seafood importer. Administered worldwide logistics operations, in-house import, export, and customs clearance programs for U.S. and Canada, classification of entire corporate product line, and special projects, reporting directly to CFO. Extensive nationwide coordination with FDA and FWS, air and ocean carriers, domestic and Canadian rail and truck carriers, and warehouse operators. TLR – Total Logistics Resource, Inc. Seattle, Washington, 2004 – 2008. Manager, Seattle Import Operations of full-service customs brokerage and forwarding firm. Personally developed and handled several of company’s largest accounts, implemented numerous operational efficiencies. Veritrade International, Inc. Bellevue, Washington, 2001 – 2004. Director, Regulatory Compliance of customs brokerage specializing in compliance and duty drawback. Performed compliance assessments, wrote customized compliance manuals and C-TPAT programs for importers and customs brokers. Performed NAFTA compliance evaluations and import product line classification reviews, prepared prior disclosures and voluntary tenders, and handled similarly complex, high-level customs compliance projects.

3744 SW 97th Street

Seattle, WA 98126-4033

U.S.A.

Telephone: 206-***-**** (home)

206-***-**** (mobile)

E-mail: ad4mg8@r.postjobfree.com

Edward M. Jones & Company, Inc. Seattle, Washington, 2000 – 2001. Vice President & Branch Manager of customs brokerage and forwarding firm. Set up corporate national CHB permit, remote location filing program, and bonded CFS subsidiary. Developed corporate operations guidelines and marketing programs; handled special assignments and problem files; brought receivables under control; reverse-engineered undocumented Automated Invoice Interface software module to write users’ manual.

Global Transportation Services, Inc. Seattle, Washington, 1986 – 2000. Director of Corporate Compliance and Special Projects 1997 – 2000, Manager Compliance and Special Projects 1994 – 1997, Corporate Compliance Officer 1991 – 1994, Manager Special Projects 1987 – 1994, Corporate Credit Manager 1989 – 1994, Corporate Collections Manager 1987 – 1993, Claims Manager 1989 – 2000, marine and inland traffic operations 1986 – 1991, for customs brokerage, forwarding, warehousing and trucking firm. Established numerous operational and compliance programs, bonded CFS and trucking operations, and strategies for inland transportation and distribution. Coordinated design of functional criteria for in-house software development program, working directly with in- house and contract programmers. Also corporate responsibility for internal compliance audits and training, outport brokerage relationships, legal and insurance issues, general corporate administration. Bostrum-Warren, Inc. Seattle, Washington, 1986. Export Manager, Import/Traffic Analyst for customs brokerage and forwarding firm. Direct responsibility for handling several of firm’s largest corporate accounts.

Ingham International, Inc. Seattle, Washington, 1984 – 1986. Manager Special Projects 1985 – 1986, CFS Manager and Dispatcher 1984 – 1985, traffic operations 1984 for customs brokerage, forwarding, warehousing and trucking firm. Set up bonded CFS and trucking operations, planned and managed office and warehouse move to new facility. Hanjin Container Lines, Ltd. Seattle, Washington, 1980 – 1984. Inbound Documentation Coordinator 1984, Inbound Traffic Coordinator 1980 – 1984 for major international shipping line. Managed all of line’s inbound traffic operations at regional level, designed cargo tracking and management systems adopted at corporate level.

Professional Organizations and Affiliations (partial): National Customs Brokers& Forwarders Association of America. Regulatory Agencies Committee 1994 – 2004, Terms & Conditions Task Force 1994 – 1998. Frequent speaker at NCBFAA national conferences and other industry and professional functions. Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Associations. Special award for ACE system design issues analysis, 1999. Frequent speaker and panelist at industry conferences. Customhouse Brokers & International Freight Forwarders Association of Washington State. President 1996 – 1997, Vice President 1994 – 1995, Treasurer 1992 – 1993. Specific expertise in keyword areas including:

Import, export, customs brokerage, entry, post entry, compliance, regulations, international, logistics, distribution, warehouse, training, air cargo, breakbulk, consolidation, containers, equipment, rail, intermodal, shipping, vessels, trucking, dispatch, facilities, security. Tariff classifications, customs value, protests, penalties, voluntary tender, prior disclosure, quota, country of origin, rules of origin, marking, rates, tariffs, foreign trade zones. Export control, export licensing, Commerce, Census, Commodity Control List, Schedule B, defense trade controls, ITAR, USML, munitions list, State Department licensing, embargo, permits. C-TPAT, supply chain security, POA, ACS, ACH. Trade agreements, FTA, FDA product codes, food imports, prior notice, USMCA, GSP, AGOA, CBERA, IS-CBTPA. Textiles, apparel, footwear, food, beverages, motor vehicles, chemicals, electronics, jewelry, lumber, wood products, machinery, production equipment, manufacturing, spacecraft, steel, toys. Intellectual property, trademark, copyright, patent, audit, insurance, cargo surveying, cargo claims, negotiation, settlement.

MS Office, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, sales, marketing.

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