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Greg is a driven Global Customs Professional with an indelible reputation for delivering inventive business strategies and client-focused solutions that improve margins. He is a facilitator of world-class technology management and product development teams, with specialty in startup and scaled growth stages. Greg has been recognized for transforming global operation systems profitably and productively.

Greg has broad experience building profitable start-up divisions, growth business lines, deal transactions and streamlined operations. He has proven fundraising and networking skills, is adept at building productive relationships, and delivering multimillion-dollar bottom-line growth. Greg mobilizes top-tier talent to create high performing cultures that consistently perform in volatile markets.

SELECTED PROJECTS & PROGRAMS (Role)

  • WCO Customs Risk Management Compendium – an intelligence-enabled risk management framework (Co-author/Editor)
  • WCO Data Model version 3.6.0 – a collection of international standards on data required by Customs and other gov’t agencies (Steering Committee)
  • WCO Cargo Targeting System (CTS) a cargo manifest risk assessment solution (Project Sponsor/Board Member/Subject Matter Expert)
  • IPM (Interface Public-member) that allows rights holders to share relevant product information as well as being a global security solution gateway that allows Customs Officers to verify the authenticity of products online in real time (Project Sponsor)
  • IRIS – acts as an “aggregator” for all types of open source Customs information (Project Lead)
  • WCO Technology Network (TeN) – (Project Lead)
  • WCO IT Guide for Executives a guide to ICT best practices for Customs Administrations (Project Manager)
  • DHL Worldwide Clearance System – includes data validation, global product catalogue (including Harmonized System classification codes), electronic declaration filing, forms printing, and exception management (Global Project Manager)
  • DHL Trade Automation Services –    an online tool providing Customs information to plan, budget, and understand international shipping requirements (Project Manager)
  • FedEx Express Advanced Regulatory Information – comprehensive solution to provide pre-arrival/pre-departure notification to regulatory authorities in Canada (Program Management Adviser)

AFFILIATIONS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

​Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification - PA Consulting Group
World Bank projects – Leadership & Management development expert
HEC University of Lausanne - Guest Lecturer on Supply Chain Security
University of Muenster – Lecturer on Good Governance, Internal Audit, & Employee Motivation
Furman University (Riley Institute) – Lecturer on Customs in the 21st Century