Microsoft Office
Senior Advisor
- Presently serving as the CBP Advisor attached to the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) at the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica.
- As the CBP Advisor, I manage INL’s Borders and Ports portfolio that encompass security minded initiatives implemented through the host country’s law enforcement agencies tasked with national security at all borders and ports of entry.
- I provide border security expertise and capacity building capabilities to host country partners to include Policia de Fronteras (Border Police), Policia de Control Fiscal (Customs Police), Policia de Control de Drogas (Drug Enforcement Police), Policia de Migracion (Immigration Police), Policia de Vigilancia Aerea (Air Surveillance Police), and Guardacostas (Coastguard).
- As the CBP Advisor, I managed a multi-year budget of 12 million dollars and Assist host government agencies with preparing financial plans, conducting investment research and completing trades and transactions to assess and meet financial goals.
- I'm on a continued conversations with the Ministry of Finance (CRI Customs) to negotiate and signed an agreement between CBP and Customs.
- As the CBP Advisor, I was instrumental in the creation and implementation of the Remote Image Analysis Center (RIAC) that assist the Customs agency review and approve images sent from the seaport scanners.
- As the CBP Advisors have been fundamental in providing the necessary training, mentoring, and equipment for the center to run as required by the ministries associated with the program.
- As the CBP Advisor, I have been tasked with responding to various outside entities regarding Immigration laws and decisions. To provide the correct response, I must keep abreast and maintain expert technical knowledge of immigration laws, regulations, and procedures on screening and admission of applicants to the U.S., by analyzing problems and calculating risk to make decisions that produce high-quality results.