Join our webinar for a look on how to use the ACE Portal. The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the primary system through which the trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility. Through ACE as the Single Window, manual processes are streamlined and automated, paper is being eliminated, and the trade community is able to more easily and efficiently comply with U.S. laws and regulations.
Randy started his career in Freight Logistics in 1971 in the Air Force as the freight logistics coordinator. Since his honorable discharge in 1977 Randy has continued to work in the freight logistics field ever since.
Randy has a true love and niche for perishable cargo. With over 40 years of experience, Randy specializes in the packaging and handling of perishable shipments both domestic and internationally for some of the largest seafood companies in the Northwest. He has helped Specialty Cargo more than double its growth since 2005 when he started.
When Randy isn’t packing or shipping fish, he is actively involved in the Scottish community in the Pacific Northwest playing drums in a local Bagpipe Band based in Olympia with his wife. Randy has 2 sons and 4 grandchildren that he loves to spoil and then send home to mom and dad.
Dennis Lynch, M.I.B.A., is a 38-year veteran of international trade who has held a variety of positions in the public and private sectors. He has been directly involved in monitoring, troubleshooting and facilitating export transactions for more than 30 years.
Dennis has manned the Food Export Helpline™ desk since its inception back in 1997 and is now entering his 23rd year of operation. During that time, he has counseled nearly 4,000 U.S. suppliers of food and agricultural products with customized one-on-one technical export experience.
He has done the majority of the Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast seminars and webinars over the last few decades as well as contributed hundreds of articles to the Global Food Marketer Newsletter and e-Bulletin. He was awarded a Masters Degree in International Business by West Coast University in California and has won numerous awards for the instruction of international business to various Southern California Colleges at all levels.