Trade Compliance; Process Improvement; Engineering Management; Compliance Implementation

Prior to joining Ankura, Kate was an international trade compliance manager and empowered official at a leading multinational aerospace, technology, and defense company where she supported the compliance needs of over 3,500 engineers in addition to supporting the design, implementation, and operationalization of a world-class trade compliance program. She also led the creation and deployment of a U.S. trade compliance program at a Sino-American joint venture while on an expatriate assignment in mainland China.

Earlier in her career, she served as a U.S. government contract specialist at another aerospace and defense company where she supported unmanned system programs.

Kate’s professional experience includes:

• Trade compliance program design and buildout: Helped develop and deploy compliance policies and business process improvements at a division of a Fortune 50 company during and after a consent agreement and deferred prosecution agreement for US export control violations.
• International experience: Assisted in the on-site compliance audit of a U.S. company’s non-U.S. subsidiary as part of a consent agreement with the U.S. Department of State. Developed and deployed a U.S. trade compliance program at a start-up Sino-American aerospace joint venture based in mainland China.
• Technology systems compliance assessment: Assisted IT developers and process owners in the assessment, creation, integration, and enhancement of over 150 applications, tools, and sites to ensure compliance with U.S. export controls.
• Engineering/critical technology collaboration solution buildout: Co-led a cross-functional team to design, test, and implement a technical data international collaboration solution expected to save over $100,000 annually in its initial phase.
• Jurisdiction and classification: Trained and supported over 400 engineers in the classification of products and technologies under U.S. export control regulations. Assisted in the development and enhancement of a home-grown jurisdiction and classification determination and database solution.
• Export licensing: Drafted and submitted export authorization applications and trained personnel on the use and management of approved authorizations at an aerospace division of a Fortune 500 company. Conducted content/compliance reviews and submitted over 1,000 export authorization applications to the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce as a trade compliance professional in the corporate office of the Fortune 500 company.