Frederick J. Martin, CUSECO®
1005 Newfound Harbor Drive * Merritt Island Florida 32952
frederick.martin@mindspring.com * (321) 960-3968
Qualifications Summary
Experienced international trade compliance manager with many years planning, developing, maintaining, and operating export compliance programs.
** Demonstrated ability to build and manage trade compliance teams and using Quality Assurance methods make programs that work.
** Proven track record as recruiter, trainer, analyst, manager, and auditor of international trade compliance programs for Government agencies and commercial companies.
** Proficient in developing consensus-based international cooperative programs involving all aspects of international trade compliance standards and requirements.
Keyword Summary
Manager, Export Control, Export Compliance, Imports, Automated Export System (AES), ISO 9000, Quality Assurance, Foreign Technology, Foreign Employees, Auditing, Defined Process Development, Training, Operations Research, Technology Control, Purchasing Overseas.
Professional Experience
Space Gateway Support, LLC., Cape Canaveral Spaceport, Florida
- Export Control Manager, 1/2008 – Present
Lead the company’s export compliance program for the Joint Base Operations Support contractor. Manage the entire program: train all employees, audit all export and import operations for the company’s share of spaceport operations, analyze all work orders and drawing sets for export control issues, oversee export compliance and foreign ownership control or employment issues for the company and its 105 subcontractors, and conduct periodic mini-audits. Passed the 2008 Annual NASA-wide Export Control Program Audit in March.
Export Compliance Services, Inc., Merritt Island, Florida
- President, 1/2007 – 1/2008
Began a consulting business for small- to medium-sized businesses to set up and manage export compliance programs of their own. Conducted audits, drafted defined processes and manuals, and trained managers and employees.
EADS North America Defense Company, Melbourne, Florida
- Export Compliance Officer, 3/2005 – 1/2007
Drafted and managed the KC-45 Tanker Program Office’s trade compliance program, including training U.S. and foreign employees. Produced a series of AS9004-standard defined processes to
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provide the backbone of the compliance program. Conducted all imports and exports and instituted a continuing series of mini-audits. Training, licensing, and monitoring two dozen foreign national employees was a unique aspect of this job. Another was keeping U.S. technology out of the European tanker’s design, which was critical to the viability of the program.
Anteon International, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (KSC)
- Program Manager, 1/2000 – 3/2005
Managed all company operations at KSC. Supported development of an effective export compliance program for the Center’s 16,000+ Government and contractor employees. Developed defined processes and on-line training packages covering all aspects of exports and imports plus shipping, foreign national employee and visitor programs, websites, license preparation, and export jurisdiction and classification. Lectured on these topics at annual three-day basic export trade compliance courses. Conducted an average of 1500 jurisdiction and classification actions per month and drafted or evaluated an average of 120 export licenses per year. Completed Sarbanes-Oxley management program in 2004. Reviewed over 64,000 architectural and engineering drawings for the Center’s hurricane recovery projects in 2005.
Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER), Arlington, Virginia
- Project Leader, Export Analysis, 9/1985 – 12/1999
Developed ANSER Munitions Export License Analysis Team, which conducted interagency technical reviews of approximately 2,600 license applications per year, all peer-reviewed, for the company’s 100+ Air Staff clients. Recruiting and training were a major part of this work when staff turnover reached 200% per year as new hires were trained and passed on as trained, skilled analysts to other managers. Implemented the first Total Quality program in the company. Managed four successive data automation system upgrade campaigns, each of which markedly improved the team’s effectiveness.
U.S. Air Force, Germany, Vietnam, various U.S. stations
- Air Weapons Controller, Senior Engineer, 9/1965 – 9/1985
Drafted system interface requirements as Senior Engineer in the Joint STARS Program Office, 1984-85. Earlier Air Force assignments included command, operational, and staff appointments in the U.S., Europe, and Vietnam. Recognized as the Air Force’s top specialist in electronic counter-countermeasures.
Professional Development
B.A. European History, Hobart College, Geneva, New York.
M.S. Systems Management, U.S.C.’s Viterbi Institute, Los Angeles, California.
Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer (CUSECO®) from the International Import-Export Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, 2004, with annual refresher courses to maintain the certification.