Robert Stein is Vice President for Mohawk Global Trade Advisors. He has over 27 years of experience in Customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and consulting spread across a multitude of roles, giving him a unique perspective in the trade industry. Working at the northern border helped him to learn a great deal about cross border trade, classification, and NAFTA; while his work as a regional FDA trainer and vice president for a brokerage/freight forwarding firm gave him a deeper understanding of trade compliance.

As an FTZ consultant, he has guided importers through FTZ savings analysis, training, activation, and systems integration. Robert is also an active speaker to the trade community, lecturing throughout the year on Incoterms, classification, import compliance, and NAFTA. He is a licensed Customs broker, certified Customs specialist, and Vice President of Customs & Trade Compliance for Mohawk Global Logistics.