Experience

AIS Global

• India
• Software Development

• Global Compliance & Contracts Manager

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  • Directly responsible for establishing an ESG program and setting strategic goals to support company’s mission and values. • Responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the corporate compliance program and continuously assessing its effectiveness and organizational risk. • Advise BU Presidents on effectiveness and risk of BU compliance policies and procedures. As well as guidance for potential impacts to business, aligning compliance goals and BU initiatives. • Monitoring and maintaining legal and regulatory knowledge affecting corporate compliance and business units across North America, Asia, and Europe. • Oversee the policies, procedures, and execution of various compliance frameworks. • Conduct internal investigations and reporting. • Support internal and external audits and assessments.



SHIA LLC

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

• Advisor, International Trade

  • Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  Provide guidance to clientele in the aerospace & defense industry on the various US Import/Export Regulations such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and the Treasury Department’s office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Assess current and potential business activities to offer proactive government licensing strategy and draft necessary documentation to obtain U.S. Government Licenses. Develop and provide tailored training, as well as assess existing company policies and procedures for risk and effectiveness. Advise and support the entire life-cycle of internal investigations of possible trade compliance violations from drafting of voluntary disclosures to the closure of corrective actions with the relevant US Government Agency.



Esterline CMC Electronics

• Canada
• Business Consulting and Services

• Trade Compliance Specialist & Ethics Advisor

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Administer and manage site trade compliance program, maintain current knowledge of international trade regulations, and monitor compliance activities and the effectiveness of functional department internal controls. • Advise site general manager and management staff about trade compliance aspects and risks of proposed business decisions, and work pro-actively with all departments to prevent trade disruptions • Conduct and support life-cycle of internal investigations of possible trade compliance violations from findings to closure of corrective actions. • Prepare, review and approve technology control plans, and provide technology transfer oversight including visits and travel. • Analyze transactions for which due diligence indicates potential risk, and determine whether due diligence has been satisfied. • Produce and analyze reports from ERP/MRP and other information systems. • Review and verify accuracy of export shipping documentation for ad-hoc and other non-routine shipments, and oversee relationships with freight forwarders and customs brokers. Ethics Advisor (January 2016 – July 2017) • Serve as site Ethics Advisor by implementing and maintaining knowledge of Esterline’s Ethics and Business Compliance Program, function as a consultant and facilitator to management and employees to ensure any ethics or compliance issues are raised and pursued appropriately to conclusion.



Esterline Korry Electronics

• Export Compliance Administrator

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2014

  • Interface and collaborate with functional departments to ensure effective trade controls within policies, procedures, and work instructions. • Review and process ITAR export licenses and agreements, and EAR Export Applications, and manage all government authorizations throughout administrative lifecycle. Served as Empowered Official for license administration. • Review and approve international transactions, and coordinate with freight forwarders and customs broker to verify international transfers are correct. • Participate in internal audits of the Trade Compliance Program and support closure of corrective actions issued to functional departments. • Collaborate process improvement projects with functional departments by revising policies, procedures, and work instructions to ensure compliance effectiveness as well as streamlining for lean processing. • Facilitate the implementation of Export Control Reform to include export jurisdiction and re-classification of manufactured products, review and revision of functional department procedures, as well as provide training to the procedural changes. • Facilitate the implementation of corporate projects, such as Trade Right Initiative, to include the creation, review and revisions of functional department procedures, corrective action tracking, and provide training to procedural changes. • Develop and maintain current training materials to provide training for trade compliance, license administration, and use of EASE compliance system for Korry and sister sites. • Administration, management and troubleshooting of EASE compliance system for the Control & Communication Systems sites and corresponded with OCR EASE development team on software inconsistencies and issues.