Title
Chief Executive Officer
Company
Bio
Bryce Blegen is CEO of Trusted Trade
Alliance LLC, responsible for managing the organization’s global activities
from its headquarters in Vancouver, Washington, USA. He is also Managing Director of the Trusted
Trade Institute and Regional Representative, Americas, for the Centre for
Customs & Excise Studies, University of Canberra. Previous positions
include acting as president of a provider of global customs and trade software
solutions, and senior operational and legal advisory positions at two of the globe’s
largest automotive and diversified electronics manufacturing groups.
Mr. Blegen has been active in
spearheading customs simplification and trade facilitation initiatives in the
U.S., Mexico, Europe and China, working closely with trade associations and
government officials. He is Co-Chair of the International Policy Committee of
the American Association of Exporters and Importers, has been a member of the
Legal and Transition/Software Committees of US Customs and Border Protection’s
Trade Support Network since 2004, and served as co-chair of the 2008 and 2010
World Customs Forums at the World Customs Organization in Brussels and
Istanbul. He is also a member of the Academia Internacional de Derecho Aduanero
and of the American Council on Germany.
Mr. Blegen is a frequent speaker on customs and trade topics in the US
and Europe.
Mr. Blegen received a Juris Doctor
and a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Denver. He
has been admitted to practice law before the US Federal and Illinois courts
since 1990, and is Of Counsel to the Chicago-based law firm Page Fura P.C.
