Deborah Hochdörffer

•Department Lead •Optimize customs and foreign trade processes from both Supply Chain Management and Customs points of view •Ensure worldwide compliance with customs and preferential legal requirements •Continually improve and adapt processes to account for changes in legal requirements, new technical possibilities, etc. •Regular exchange with authorities and associations worldwide to identify possible changes in customs regulations, market access, and trading environments

Two-year corporate, global foreign trade project focused on saving duties and optimizing foreign trade processes within Robert Bosch Worldwide (RBW). • Analyzed current processes related to the utilization of foreign trade preferences and FTAs, then defined streamlined and standardized processes for the future • Identifed savings potentials, then defined and implemented measures to realize such savings • Participated in the design of the future RBW foreign trade organizational structure

-Serves as the trade agreement expert for international customs, trade facilitation, and rules of origin matters -Coordinates and represents the U.S. Department of Commerce's customs, trade facilitation, and rule of origin policy views as part of the U.S. delegation in free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations -Served on the U.S. negotiating team in Geneva, Switzerland that completed the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation -Assists U.S. businesses export their products

-Assisted in shaping U.S. policy in relation to debt relief for middle-income Caribbean countries -Performed economic vulnerability assessment on countries in the Western Hemisphere

-Prepared the 2010 budget for Corporate RR Donnelley and led company-wide forecasting efforts -Prepared analyses for use by CEO, CFO, Controller, and VP’s resulting in company-wide cost savings

-Audited interim and year-end financial statements for both large public and small private clients in compliance with accounting standards, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and SEC reporting requirements -Managed audit teams of three to four staff

Economics of Trade Policy, International Economics, Topics in International Trade, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Making United States Foreign Policy, Quantitative Methods I, II, and III, Cost-Benefit Analysis

Spanish language

Accounting and Spanish