Monica Baughman

Global trade compliance leader with 15+ years of progressive experience across aerospace, defense, technology, telecommunications, renewable products, and international operations. Leads site-level import, export, sanctions, controlled-technology, and personnel-access programs; advises leadership on regulatory risk, tariffs, cross-border structures, and business-enabling compliance solutions. Experienced preparing and supporting voluntary disclosures and regulatory communications involving CBP, BIS, DDTC, and OFAC.

Translates corporate obligations and regulatory developments into policies, internal controls, screening protocols, training, audit-ready records, and practical operating processes. Strong matrix leader partnering with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Legal, Finance, Purchasing, Shipping, Operations, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and government authorities. Trilingual in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Export/Import Compliance Officer at Shur-Lok Co., A PCC Company (2025-12 – Present)

• Lead site trade compliance strategy and governance for an aerospace and defense manufacturing operation across import, export, sanctions, and controlled technology, aligning corporate requirements, Consent Agreement obligations, and business priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to site leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on customs and export-control risk, regulatory changes, transaction escalation, sourcing, customer and supplier requirements, and compliant paths forward.
• Establish and strengthen policies, work instructions, internal controls, training, compliance check-ins, audit readiness, and corrective-action tracking to improve consistency, accountability, and risk visibility.
• Lead jurisdiction and classification determinations for parts, equipment, technology, technical data, drawings, and ECNs, including USML, ECCN, EAR99, HTS, country-of-origin, and trade-designation decisions.
• Govern use of licenses, agreements, exemptions, exceptions, and no-license-required determinations; direct denied- and restricted-party screening using the U.S. Consolidated Screening List (CSL), OFAC sanctions lists, and other applicable government sources; oversee end-use/end-user review, foreign-person access, deemed-export controls, escalation, and recordkeeping.
• Prepare and support voluntary disclosures, regulatory inquiries, and agency communications involving CBP, BIS, DDTC, and OFAC, coordinating fact development, transaction analysis, corrective actions, management escalation, and audit-ready record retention.
• Direct import compliance reviews covering commercial invoices, HTS and origin support, customs-value documentation, broker instructions, entry readiness, and resolution of documentation or classification issues with brokers and freight forwarders.
• Lead strategic U.S.-Mexico compliance planning for raw-material and capital-equipment movements under an IMMEX/shelter model, defining importer-of-record roles, title and ownership controls, USMCA/origin considerations, routing, and customs documentation.
• Analyze tariff and trade-remedy developments, including Sections 232/301 and IEEPA measures, and advise leadership on compliance exposure, cost impact, sourcing options, and shipment continuity.
• Lead visitor, contractor, and personnel-access policy, including pre-screening, U.S.-person verification, foreign-person access controls, escort requirements, badge administration, controlled-area restrictions, training, and audit-ready records.
• Drive process and data improvements for end-user statements, technical-data release, sanctions declarations, recordkeeping, and management reporting while embedding trade controls into contracts, sourcing, engineering changes, purchasing, and shipment release.

Global Trade Compliance Specialist at SureFire, LLC (2024-08 – 2025-11)

• Managed export compliance for controlled and dual-use products, preparing and submitting DDTC and BIS license applications through DECCS and SNAP-R and supporting authorization administration and proviso compliance.
• Led transaction reviews involving jurisdiction and classification, USML/ECCN/HTS determinations, and denied- and restricted-party screening using the CSL, OFAC sanctions lists, and other applicable government sources, including sanctions, embargo, end-use/end-user, destination, and licensing assessments.
• Interfaced with U.S. government agencies to resolve licensing, classification, transaction-review, and disclosure matters, preparing well-documented responses and supporting corrective-action follow-up.
• Led visitor and personnel-access controls, including denied-party screening, U.S.-person verification, foreign-person access review, escort requirements, controlled-area procedures, and compliance training.
• Conducted internal audits, maintained inspection-ready records, and updated procedures, training materials, and compliance guidance in response to regulatory and business changes.
• Oversaw export documentation and filing support, including commercial invoices, shipper's letters of instruction, packing lists, bills of lading, certificates of origin, and EEI/AES requirements.

International Logistics and Compliance Specialist at Menon Renewable Products (2018-06 – 2024-08)

• Managed international logistics, import/export compliance, product registration, labeling, customs documentation, and country-specific market-entry requirements across multiple regions.
• Coordinated with customs authorities, brokers, freight forwarders, suppliers, customers, and global stakeholders to resolve documentation issues and maintain compliant, timely cross-border movement.
• Advised business leaders on contractual requirements, logistics models, market-entry constraints, trade risks, and operational options for international projects.
• Led cross-functional planning, negotiated timelines, and implemented internal controls that improved documentation quality, stakeholder visibility, and shipment reliability.

Regulatory Compliance Specialist – Global Approvals at Latin America Regulatory Compliance Group (2010-01 – 2018-01)

• Directed international licensing, product approvals, and market-entry programs for telecommunications and electronic equipment across South America, North America, and the European Union.
• Represented clients with testing laboratories and foreign regulatory authorities, including UL, SGS, and Nemko, to secure approvals and resolve technical or documentation issues.
• Designed and implemented compliance policies and approval processes that reduced regulatory delays and improved transparency across global product-launch activities.
• Supported controlled-goods classification, shipping documentation, and IATA Dangerous Goods requirements for international movements.

B.A. in International Business – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2002)

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) – Universidade Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil (1996)