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Danielle Austin is a speaker, writer and practitioner for over 15 years teaching coast to coast as well as internationally presenting from the Beneficiary’s point of view. She teaches how to simply master the art of this process. Published through various International Trade journals and currently ongoing columns through LC Monitor and Credit Today, she has a passion to “Educate the Exporters.” She represented U.S. Exporters for a UCP600 revision meeting in Paris on the U.S. Banking Committee through the United States Council for International Business (USCIB). With a comprehensive understanding of the Uniforms Customs Practice (UCP), International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP), and Incoterms. Her training and consulting services cover the most effective methods to manage the process internally.

Her motto is “Turn discrepancies into payments! Don’t be at the mercy of your customer, their Freight Forwarder or the Issuing bank, take control of this process!”
 

Recent Published Articles

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) Newsletter

Understanding the Importance of Incoterms when Exporting
under Letters of Credit By Danielle Austin, with Export Trade Associates
Why are most US exporters still shipping "Freight Collect" when securing payment under
a letter of credit (LC)? "We’ve always done it that way," some will say. "We didn’t know
it made a difference." Or maybe it’s because they used these domestically, and kept it that
way when they began selling internationally. Either way, this can be financially risky.
Read more… http://www.industrymailout.com/Industry/LandingPage.aspx?id=545623&lm=27001069&q=215436131&qz=d07201bf7294b343deb3f805ce059663

Credit
Today
Credit Today is the premier online portal for trade credit professionals.
Publish ongoing articles - Letters of Credit from the Exporters point of view
Resource Directory - Speakers Bureau
Danielle Austin -Export Letter of Credit Speaker, Trainer, Advisory Services
http://www.credittoday.net/resources/display.cfm?id=658&cat_id=68

LCM- Letter of Credit Monitor
LC Monitor (LCM) is an independent voice of the trade services industry.
Worldwide Publication - Trade Services Update is the only newsletter devoted to the topic of Trade Services. Editors are comprised of top professionals from around the globe who handle documentory credits, standby letters of credit, bank guarantees, documentary collections, and surrounding legal issues on a daily basis and feel the pulse of the trading world. By reading the publication you will learn from their experience, case studies and creative problem solving techniques
Danielle Austin - Contributing Editor
http://www.lcmonitor.com/editor_austin

The Export Network Limited (TEN)
ExportAid is an Associate member of TEN in UK
Danielle Austin - LC Consultant - U.S. Export Letter of Credit Resource
http://www.exportaid.co.uk/links/49-country-a-sector-specialists.html

The Hampton Roads Business Journal
Inside Business - MASTER THE ART OF THE LETTER OF CREDIT
http://www.insidebiz.com/events/master-art-letter-credit

VEDP - VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
YES VIRGINIA - TRADE SPOTLIGHT
"Educating the Exporters" Master the art of the Letter of Credit process
Thursday, May 20, 2010 Richmond, VA
http://www.exportvirginia.org/beyond_virginia.html

Published in various Trade Journals, Websites and online publications
LCM LCMonitor - contributing editor, monthly column
eNews NACM on Letters of Credit and the fundamentals, Importance of LC Instructions
Published/Discussion Panel for Exporta "Innovations in Trade"
GTR- Global Trade Review "From the Exporters View"
 
Worldwide Presentations
- GTR Innovations in Trade, Annual Innovations in Trade Finance Solutions Conference, NY, June 2010
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International Textile Credit Clearing House (ITCCH), May 2010, Charlotte, NC
- Export Letter of Credit Workshop "Educating the Exporters" May, 2010, Atlanta, GA
- National speaker for the NACM (National Association Credit Management) Regional, and Local
- NACM Teleconference Series "LCs the Fundamentals" and "Importance of LC Instructions"
- Wachovia's Global Trade Services Symposium Series, "Letters of Credit from the Exporter’s Point of View"
- International Financial Services Association (IFSA) "Letters of Credit & the Bene's" Com'l LC Workshop
- District Export Council (DEC) "Calling all Exporters" Export Documentation Seminar
- GTR Exporta, NY on Discussion Panel – International Trade Group representing Exporters
- GTRExporta, London presenting "LCs from the Beneficiary’s point of view"
- NACM Fairfield County Dinner Seminar Series "Letters of Credit and Domestic usage"
- NACM, 2 day class: Letters of Credit 101, 201, Eastern Regional Conference, Rhode Island
- International Financial Services Assoc. (IFSA) NY, "LCs and increasing service levels"
- Symposium on Int'l Trade "The Role of Banks in Int'l Trade & LCs", Chamber of Commerce, Stamford, CT
- NACM, New Haven CT "Letters of Credits and the Nitty-Gritty" Part I and II
- UCI University California Irvine, CA – International Trade Lecture
- Reimer group "What the Banks Don’t Tell You" - Letter of Credit Presentation, Orlando, FL
- Webster University, CA - MBA International Business Program - Letter of Credit Lecture
- Electronic Industries Assoc. (EIA), Letter of Credit Training Workshop "What the Banks Don’t Tell You"
- Incoterms 2000, Trumbull CT "CIP Rules, AES the importance, and don’t be at their mercy"
- Annual in-house LC Training, Incoterms for entire financial supply chain including International Sales
- 100’s of companies public and private in-house Workshops, Training and Advisory Services
- Worldwide Sales Conference-Annual Letter of Credit Training International: Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong

Affiliations & Certifications
Former member of USCIB (United States Council for International Business) “Banking Committee”
Selected to attend International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UCP 600 Uniform Customs Practice revision meeting in Paris representing US Exporters UCP600
District Export Council (DEC) Department of Commerce – Assoc. Member / Advisor, Connecticut
National Association Credit Management (NACM)
Electronic Industries Association (EIA) and Reimer Reporting Services
Center for International Trade, World Trade Center (WTC), Irvine, Long Beach & Los Angeles, CA
Women in World Trade (WIT); International Affairs Committee, Newport Beach, CA
International Trade Institute (ITI), Trade Certificate, International Trade Training Program
IFSA (International Financial Services Association) eUCP Workshops, Los Angeles, and Nevada
ISP98 International Standby Practices, Chase Manhattan, LA California – James Byrne

Linkedin Groups
·         Linkedin - Export Letters of Credit, Manager
·         Linkedin - The White House
·         Linkedin - U.S. District Export Councils
·         Linkedin - BAFT-IFSA – International Financial Services Association
·         Linkedin - The Institute of Export (IOE)
·         Linkedin - Export Sale & Trade Marketing Manager
·         Linkedin - Import - Export / Global Trading Group
·         Linkedin - International Export N Import
·         Linkedin - International Trade Network
·         Linkedin - International Partners Group
·         Linkedin - Credit and Collections
·         Linkedin - National Association of Credit Management (NACM)
·         Linkedin - International Trade Credit Group
·         Linkedin - Global Business & Commerce Network
·         Linkedin - World Trade Institute
·         Linkedin - ManufacturingCenter.org
·         Linkedin - Consultants Network

Work Experience
14 years Corporate Trade Finance experience with fortune 500 & 1000 Manufacturers
Bank of America, Senior Vice President, Global Trade & Supply Chain Solutions – Charlotte, NC
   Calling on Fortune 500 companies, supporting major clients of the Bank as a "Trusted Advisor", consistently within Top 10 Business development efforts.
Helicopter Support Inc. a Sikorksy, UTC (United Technologies Company) – Trumbull, CT
Conexant Systems Inc. a spinoff of Rockwell Semiconductor, Newport Beach, CA
Silicon Systems, Inc. (Texas Instruments Company) – Tustin, CA
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Credit Management
   Laguna Niguel, Pasadena and opening team; San Francisco and Philadelphia


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