WHO WE ARE
BPE Global is changing the way that companies approach global trade compliance. Rather than look at global trade as a means to an end, we strongly believe that global trade compliance is critical to a company's overall strategy and is a competitive advantage. Creating value and making a difference by providing innovative, efficient and effective, global trade compliance services is our mission. Our vision is to enable companies to succeed in global business.
BPE Global supports our customers by developing an innovative, efficient and effective global trade compliance strategy while managing and/or supporting our customer's global trade compliance policy and operations. BPE Global is recruited into organizations because of our extensive knowledge and earnest enthusiasm for global trade compliance. This expertise brings deep regulatory understanding of global compliance policy, procedure, operations, security, technology solutions and a practical knowledge of supply chain management and logistics. We approach every engagement with a goal to teach our clients how to be self-sufficient in managing and supporting their overall global trade compliance program.
BPE Global has been supporting clients in aerospace, defense and industrials, consumer products and services, energy and power, financials, healthcare, high technology, materials and telecommunications since 2004. BPE Global's customers range from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Our customers are happy to share their own BPE Global experiences with you. We have received strong recommendations for the knowledgeable, energetic, and pragmatic work performed by BPE Global.
BPE Global brings experience as licensed customs brokers and leaders of global trade associations. BPE Global gives back to the trade community by sharing knowledge and skills through webinars, publications, trade events, and as a recognized Trade Ambassador to US Customs and Border Protection. BPE Global's headquarters are in San Francisco, California.
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People make up BPE Global's essence. We value our people, empowering them so they can succeed. We provide our people with the recognition that they deserve. At BPE Global we value our clients and partners and pass on these same values to everyone we work with.
Planet from a BPE Global perspective includes creating sustainable environmental practices while being socially responsible. We demonstrate this through our ongoing volunteer and charity work.
Profit requires BPE Global to create a financially stable business environment with the necessary business controls to grow our business in a healthy and meaningful way.
OUR TEAM
As the president of BPE Global, Beth Pride brings 30+ years of operational expertise in global trade and international logistics to assist BPE Global clients to develop their global trade strategy and implement a strong global trade posture. Beth offers subject matter expertise export licensing applications and management, product control classification, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development and the development of policies and procedures, including Export Management and Compliance Program design. Beth has experience in import operations, export operations, brokerage, and the development and maintenance of global supply chain security programs. Beth has extensive experience in establishing global trade compliance organizations, developing global trade strategy and defining and implementing global trade automation solutions. Beth's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) clients have achieved C-TPAT Tier-3 status.
Beth is a global trade evangelist, author of numerous benchmark reports, white papers, articles and BPE Global Hot Topics. Beth is an extremely dynamic speaker who advocates that global trade compliance is an essential component of every company's corporate strategy. Beth is a committed educator in the field of global trade and guest lectures at local colleges, universities, trade associations and small business organizations.
Beth is a licensed customs broker. She is a CBP Trade Ambassador for the redesign of the Automated Commercial Environment, past Board of Governors member for the America's Association of Exporters and Importers, (AAEI), past Vice-Chair of the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, past-Chair and President of Women in International Trade, Northern California (WIT-NC). Beth was awarded the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center’s Established Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2018, named one of DC Velocity's 2011 Rainmakers and the Organization of Women in International Trade Member of the Year in 2006.
Prior to founding BPE Global in 2004, Beth was Vice President of Marketing for Open Harbor and Vice President of Product Strategy for Qiva. In these executive roles, Beth was responsible for the design and development of both companies' Global Trade Management solutions and leading their marketing and solutions initiatives. Prior to this, Beth managed Hewlett-Packard's (HP) $7.5 billion-a-year U.S. import operations and Customs Assessment Team (CAT) audit. Beth joined HP from DHL Airways, Inc., where she was a logistics services manager, brokerage operations supervisor and systems analyst.
Beth 1-415-845-8967
beth [at] bpeglobal [dot] com
Evelyn has been working in the Trade Compliance industry for over 20 years. From the start, she has been helping the companies she’s worked for create their EAR and ITAR compliance programs and build the infrastructure to support them. Evelyn’s career started heavily in the ITAR. In her role as Manager of Trade Compliance at Communications & Power Industries, a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems, she honed her ITAR skills, drafting hundreds of ITAR licenses annually along with multiple ITAR agreements to support the company’s global subsidiaries.
Evelyn has extensive experience in the fabless semiconductor industry, having worked for over 15 years at multinational companies such as Xilinx and Marvell Semiconductor. As Global Trade Compliance Manager at Xilinx, she crafted EAR and ITAR policies, procedures, and licenses, creating content for and conducting countless hours of trainings. She partnered with IT to implement the company’s GTM system, as well as data classification and Data Loss Prevention tools. She successfully navigated the company both through the development of its ITAR Control Program and the eventual decontrol of its ITAR products due to Export Control Reform.
Prior to joining BPE Global, Evelyn was Sr. Manager of Global Trade Compliance at Marvell Semiconductor, where she gained experience in M&A due diligence through four acquisitions in three years, managed the company’s ITAR program, and supported the company’s Singapore TradeFirst re-certification efforts. A licensed customs broker since 2013, Evelyn also worked on post-entry audits, C-TPAT Program development, and reconciliation.
Evelyn is an active member of CompTIA, and currently acts as the West Coast Chair of the Export Controls Committee, co-chair of the Best Practices working group, and has participated in the organizing committee for a number of their Annual Best Practices conference. In 2020 she was awarded CompTIA’s International Trade Regulation & Compliance 2020 Outstanding Service Award. She has spoken on a variety of panels for CompTIA and the Professional Association of Exporters and Importers (PAEI) events.
Evelyn 1-408-718-0265
ebernal [at] bpeglobal [dot] com
Julie has been working in the trade compliance and logistics industry since 1991. Since joining BPE Global in 2007, she has had a wide variety of experience in trade compliance strategy, policy, programs, tools and related project for companies of all sizes.
Julie has been a licensed customs broker with CBP since 1997. She possesses a thorough understanding of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Regulations, including country of origin, Customs valuation and classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Importer Security Assessment (ISA), Free Trade Agreements, Drawback and Importer Security Filings (ISF). She is armed with extensive knowledge of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) including restricted party screening, sanctions/embargoes, deemed exports, classification, encryption, licensing, Automated Export System (AES) filings, and anti-boycott reporting. She is experienced in classification and licensing under the International Arms in Trade Regulations (ITAR). Julie files Commodity Jurisdictions, Commodity Classification Requests in the Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) and encryption reports on behalf of her clients.
She specializes in trade compliance audits, establishing import and export policies and procedures, and the development and delivery of online and in-person trade compliance trainings. Julie's extensive knowledge of Global Trade Management (GTM) systems has helped clients tackle the RFP process and implementation through to go-live. Julie brings experience assisting her clients through voluntary self-disclosures, consent agreements and other government inquiries. She regularly contributes to trade compliance publications such as American Shipper and speaks at trade compliance and logistics conferences.
Prior to joining BPE Global, Julie was Director of Product Management and Professional Services at Ensenda, a carrier management and "last mile" logistics service provider. Her responsibilities included defining the product strategy for Ensenda's web-based transportation products in addition to implementation of all of Ensenda's customers.
Julie also worked as a Product Manager at Open Harbor and was responsible for the design of the company's global trade management and customs clearance solutions, and has held positions at the Gap, Qiva, and Hewlett-Packard. During her eight year tenure at Hewlett-Packard, she managed several Import Operations programs including Drawback and NAFTA.
Julie served on the board of WIT-NC for five years in the positions of Vice President, Treasurer and Programs Director. Julie holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.A. in Business Economics from U.C. Santa Barbara.
Julie 1-415-595-8543
jgibbs [at] bpeglobal [dot] com
Gabrielle offers a unique perspective having worked in-house across the public, private, and government sectors. She understands the challenges an organization faces from multiple facets and builds and implements effective trade compliance programs by addressing improvements within organizations’ people, processes, and systems. In the area of U.S. export controls, Gabrielle advises clients on compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, and the various embargo and sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Controls. On import compliance matters, Gabrielle advises on classification, country of origin, special duty programs such as USMCA, focused assessments, C-TPAT, antidumping/countervailing duty as well as Section 232 and Section 301 matters. Her goal is to not only serve as an advocate for the importance of an effective trade compliance program, but to also make it relatable and engaging so that others can share in her enthusiasm for the thrilling world the industry offers.
Gabrielle 1-650-245-1661
ggriffith [at] bpeglobal [dot] com