Trade and customs
10 tariff and customs compliance experts
In-house trade compliance managers and directors at retailers, apparel brands and manufacturers such as Harbor Freight Tools, Tory Burch, QVC Group and Emerson have handled tariff classification (HTS) and customs compliance. Their work spans binding rulings, free trade agreements, country of origin and compliance policies, and shows how operators keep classifications defensible and oversee brokers.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brian Perry
LinkedInExperience: Trade Compliance Manager · Husqvarna Group
Former Trade Compliance Manager at Husqvarna Group (2017–2026), where he was also Tariff Classification Specialist (2017–2019); since July 2026 he has been US Imports-Customs Manager at Honeywell Technologies. Earlier he was Sr. Specialist Import Compliance & Classification at Ross Stores (2017). A licensed customs broker, he lists customs regulations and tariff classification among his skills.
Carolina Gilliam, LCB
LinkedInExperience: Trade & Customs Compliance Manager · Qcells North America
Trade & Customs Compliance Manager at Qcells North America since October 2025. At GOAT Group she was Trade Compliance Analyst (2022–2025) and Senior Global Trade and Customs Compliance Specialist (2024–2025). A licensed customs broker, she describes over 7 years leading global trade compliance operations across import/export, classification and international logistics, including managing broker relationships.
Christie Seeds Singh
LinkedInExperience: Sr Manager, US CA Trade Compliance · Amazon
Sr Manager, US CA Trade Compliance at Amazon (2019–2021), then Sr. Manager, WW Customs Strategy (2022–2023) and, since 2024, Sr Manager, Global Trade and Product Compliance Strategy at AWS. Earlier she was Sr Manager, International Compliance at Urban Outfitters (2013–2017). Her profile lists product HTS classification for the US, Canada and EU, duty drawback, and customs classification and valuation audits.
Darren Yokopenic
LinkedInExperience: Director Inbound Trans and Customs Compliance · QVC Group
Director Inbound Trans and Customs Compliance at QVC Group since March 2023, after serving as Senior Manager Customs Compliance and Development there (2018–2023). Before QVC he was Director Import Compliance at HSN for a decade (2007–2018). His profile describes him as a trade compliance leader with a history of working in the retail industry.
Heidar Nuristani
LinkedInExperience: Trade Compliance Manager, LCB, CCS · Harbor Freight Tools
Trade Compliance Manager at Harbor Freight Tools since 2015, after serving there as Trade Compliance Specialist (2004–2012) and as Global Trade Compliance Analyst Lead at Monsanto (2013–2014). A licensed customs broker, he determines HTSUS classification and admissibility for a wide variety of products, requests binding rulings for complex products and determines Schedule B/ECCN numbers for exports.
Katey Washington-Ubaldo
LinkedInExperience: Manager - Logistics Trade Compliance · Johnson Outdoors
Manager - Logistics Trade Compliance at Johnson Outdoors since January 2026, after serving as Trade Compliance Manager (2024–2026) and Customer Logistics Manager (2023–2026) at Poclain. Her profile describes her work as specializing in import and export classification, regulatory compliance, auditing and risk mitigation across international supply chains.
Katherine Chun
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Logistics & Customs Compliance · Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co.
Director, Global Logistics & Customs Compliance at Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co. since February 2020, where she creates customs compliance guidelines and implements customs compliance policies and procedures with vendors and internal teams. She was previously Director, Customs Compliance & Logistics at Hurley/Nike (2012–2020) and Trade Compliance & Logistics Manager at PSDI USA (2007–2012).
Polly Chow
LinkedInExperience: Director of Trade Compliance · Fabletics
Director of Trade Compliance at Fabletics since August 2016, leading global trade compliance operations and import/export activities across multiple business units and brands, and directing global trade compliance programs including tariff classification and free trade agreements. Her profile also lists Sr. Trade Compliance Manager at TechStyleOS (now Fabletics) from 2020 to 2023, Trade Compliance Manager at JustFab from 2016 to 2019 and Sr. Customs Compliance Manager at BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP from 2007 to 2017.
Rainier Rivera
LinkedInExperience: International Trade Compliance Manager · Emerson
International Trade Compliance Manager at Emerson since March 2015, after serving as Team Leader, Trade Compliance and Logistics there (2010–2015). His profile cites 10 years working on tariff classification, free trade agreements and country of origin determination, and says he was promoted to a U.S. position to manage the company's trade compliance program, where he established its policies.
Tiffani Bratton
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate, Trade Compliance · Tory Burch
Senior Associate, Trade Compliance at Tory Burch (2021–2024) and Manager there since March 2024, a role her profile headline gives as Manager, Global Trade Compliance. Before that she was Senior Analyst, International Trade Compliance at Ralph Lauren (2012–2020) and Import Specialist at Elie Tahari (2006–2012), and she lists HTS classification and international trade law as her specialties in the apparel industry.
Choose the right perspective
Match the product mix first: apparel and retail questions fit people from Fabletics, Tory Burch, Mitchell & Ness, QVC or Amazon, while industrial and manufactured goods fit those from Emerson, Husqvarna, Poclain or Qcells. For binding rulings or disputed HTS codes, favor people whose notes describe classification work directly; for building a program from scratch, favor the directors and managers who set compliance policies.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide when a product's HTS classification is uncertain enough to request a binding ruling, and how do you document that decision?
- 02What controls did you put on your customs brokers' entries, and how do you audit classification and valuation after the fact?
- 03When tariffs changed suddenly, how did you reassess classifications, country of origin and free trade agreement eligibility across the product catalog?
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