KYG Trade™
Aaron A. has extensive work experience in various industries. Aaron currently serves as the Chief AI Officer at KYG Trade™, where they oversee the world's first decentralized Know Your Goods Trade Attestation Platform. Prior to this, they were the Managing Director at KYG Trade™. In 2020, Aaron co-founded Puraka Masks & Particulate Filters, where they served as the Chief Executive Officer. Aaron played a key role in developing the national standard for reusable masks in collaboration with the CDC. Before that, they worked at Amazon as the Head of Duty Spend Management, responsible for managing and mitigating duty spend. Aaron also held positions at First Republic Bank as the Vice President, Head of Economic Sanctions & Anticorruption, and at KPMG Trade & Customs Practice as a Senior Associate. Aaron gained experience in international trade and customs law as a Judicial Assistant at the U.S. Court of International Trade and as a Law Clerk at Cypress Law Group PLLC. Aaron also worked as a Summer Associate at Oxford University Press and as a Legal Enforcement Intern at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Aaron'sdiverse background includes teaching English in Japan as an Instructor at NOVA, where they became proficient in the Japanese language.
Aaron A. received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Writing, Literature & Publishing from Emerson College. Aaron attended Walnut Hills High School from 1998 to 2000. Aaron also pursued a JD degree in Law from Brooklyn Law School and later obtained a Doctor of Law (JD) degree with a specialization in International Business, Trade, and Tax Law from the same institution. Aaron A. holds additional certifications including Certified Anti-money-laundering Specialist (CAMS) from ACAMS, Fircosoft Screening Expert from FircoSoft, and a Licensed Customs Broker certification from US Customs & Border Protection.
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KYG Trade™
KYG Trade operates the world’s first decentralized Trade Attestation Platform and Marketplace. We facilitate the global digital exchange, recordkeeping, and auditability of product attribute data for trade, sustainability, and ESG claims for the cross-border movement of goods. Importing or exporting a good requires highly skilled expert knowledge of ever-changing complex regulations. 80% of the time and cost of attestation is obtaining detailed information about the good itself. Today, massive amounts of emails and source document attachments are exchanged between product owners, trading partners and the authorities to determine the required attestations. The KYG Trade Platform and Marketplace simplify the exchange of product attribute information, eliminate redundancy, and streamline the attestation process. This results in a significant reduction in cost and penalty risk while increasing levels of compliance and utilization of preferential tax, tariff and SESG benefits. $20 trillion in goods cross international customs borders each year. Every import/export requires multiple attestations, such as: - Country of Origin - Harmonized Tariff Schedule Code - Export Classification Control Number - ESG Claims Other attestations depend on the good such as: - Certification of Origin for Free Trade Agreement Benefits - Forced Labor - Conflict Minerals - Food and Drug Registration - Intellectual Property Rights Registration - 100s of others The KYG Trade Attestation Platform and Marketplace: - Simplifies the attestation process - Connects importers and exporters to a global network of trade compliance experts - Eliminates redundancy - Reduces the cost of compliance - Reduces risk of border clearance delays and detentions - Reduces risk of customs fines and penalties Big box importers and small eCommerce merchants on Amazon, EBay, Alibaba, Walmart.com, and others will benefit from the KYG Trade Platform and Marketplace! Learn more at...