Our Team:
The compliance professionals at ITC Strategies have over 40 years
of combined industry and government experience in the field of export and
import control compliance.
This experience affords us a unique ability to
quickly assess a company’s trade compliance needs, efficiently determine
risk areas and effectively assist in implementing protective policies,
procedures and practices.
Marc D. Binder: Prior to joining ITC Strategies, Marc held the position of the
Director of Customs Compliance for Goodrich Corporation, where he was
responsible for managing the Corporate Customs Compliance program. Prior to
joining Goodrich, Marc was Director of Customs and Export Compliance for TRW
Automotive, and prior to that he was Manager of Import and Export Licensing
and Compliance for Lockheed Martin – Government Electronics Systems in
Moorestown, NJ.
Marc is currently a member of the Department of Commerce Regulations and
Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) and is a former three term
member of the Department of State, Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG). Marc
is a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for International
Affairs (SIA), where he is a Director of Planning and Education. Marc is a
licensed Customs Broker, and was certified in the field of Hazardous
Materials Transportation. Marc has been active in the International
Logistics, Export and Import fields for the past 27 years.
Marc holds a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and has graduated
from the Wharton Management Program, University of Pennsylvania. He also
received a certificate in Transportation and Distribution Management from
Pennsylvania State University as well as training in Defense Packaging of
Hazardous Materials for Transportation.
Marc has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars on Import, Export and
Customs Issues. Marc is a native of Philadelphia, PA and now resides in the
Annapolis, MD area.
Gregory
J. Creeser:
Prior to joining ITC Strategies, Gregory held the position of
Corporate Director for International Trade Compliance with Goodrich
Corporation’s Washington Operations Office. In this position, Greg was
responsible for assisting the export and import compliance programs, and
international trade requirements for 3 major sectors with over 100
facilities located throughout the United States and overseas. Prior to
Goodrich, Greg worked for four years as the Corporate Manager for Export and
Import Compliance within TRW’s Washington Operations office.
Greg began his career in the export arena by serving for 2 years as a
licensing officer within the then “Office” of Defense Trade Controls at the
Department of State. In that role Greg adjudicated export applications
relating to categories I, II, III, XI and XII as well as Commodity
Jurisdiction requests. Prior to his days as a licensing officer, Greg spent
8 years with the State Department’s Office of Administration, traveling
internationally with various Presidential administrations to arrange the
financial and logistic requirements for foreign policy visits made by the
Executive Branch.
Greg held the position of President of the board of directors of the Society
for International Affairs (SIA) from 2004-2006, a volunteer non-profit
educational organization dedicated to the education of the export community
on all aspects of technology transfer. He also held the positions of Vice
President, Communications Director, and Conferences Director for SIA.
Greg regularly speaks at conferences and seminars both in the US and
Internationally on export issues. Greg received his Bachelor of Science
degree in Political Science and Economics from Texas A&M University in 1987.
Steven J.
Arruda: Prior to joining ITC Strategies, Steve held the position of
Corporate Senior Manager, International Trade Compliance, with BAE Systems,
Inc. in Arlington, Virginia. Steve was responsible for ensuring compliance
with federal statutes and regulations governing the export/import of
products, technology and services throughout BAE Systems, Inc.’s U.S.
operations at over 100 facilities. In his role at BAE Systems, Inc., Steve
conducted export compliance audits, reviews and assessments. He utilized his
years of investigative experience to thoroughly review potential regulatory
compliance breaches in order to determine if the filing of voluntary
disclosures was warranted.
Prior to joining BAE Systems in January 2006, Steve was the Chief of the
Arms and Strategic Technologies Investigations Unit, at the Office of
Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters,
in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for oversight of all ICE criminal
investigations involving the illegal exportation of weapons of mass
destruction materials, munitions and strategic dual use technologies.
Steven began his 31 year career in the import/export enforcement and
compliance field with the then U.S. Customs Service. He was a Customs
Inspector before becoming a Special Agent with the U.S. Customs Service’s
Office of Investigations. He subsequently attained the position of Resident
Agent in Charge of the Customs office in New Haven, CT where he led one of
the most successful export enforcement programs in the country.
Steve speaks regularly at industry and government conferences and seminars
addressing various export matters. Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
History from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and is a graduate of
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Thomas (“Tom”) McAuliff: Prior to joining ITC Strategies, Tom held the position of Manager, Regulatory
Compliance at General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products. In this position,
Tom was responsible for all aspects of import and export compliance: ITAR, BATF, EAR,
and CBP. Tom’s experience includes preparation of numerous Technical Assistance
Agreements and Manufacturing License Agreements as well as submission to BATF of
import permits, destructive device registrations, updates to licensees’ registrations, and
variance requests appropriate to business components. He has performed internal
compliance assessments for General Dynamics and other large defense contractors and
worked with subcontractors to ensure compliant handling of ITAR controlled technical
data. Tom has in-depth experience with negotiation of the business terms of technology
transfer agreements while at the same time assuring that such agreements are compliant
with U.S. regulatory requirements. Tom has been involved multiple times in the transfer
of State Department authorizations and BATF licenses as a result of business
acquisitions and divestitures. Toms’ managerial experience with export and import
compliance spans thirteen years with three major U.S. defense contractors.
Before assuming responsibility for import and export compliance, Tom worked as a Sr.
Contracts Administrator and negotiated contracts with multiple agencies of the U.S.
Government, with foreign government procurement agencies, and with foreign defense
firms. He previously held supervisory positions in procurement and in shop operations
and is familiar with most aspects of electrical and mechanical fabrication as well as the
entire life cycle of defense products.
Tom received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his
MBA from the University of Vermont. He is a native of Chicago but has lived in Vermont
since 1972 when he settled in Vermont after a year’s employment with the State
Department in Port au Prince, Haiti. He is married and has two children.
