Responsibilities include export compliance, Census reporting, firm training programs, and other miscellaneous Customs and international trade matters.  He recently retired as Chief of the Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Division’s Regulations, Outreach, and Education Branch and Trade Division Ombudsman.  He received the Department of Commerce’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals for leadership, including the development and implementation of the Automated Export System (AES) and the new Foreign Trade Regulations.