Thomas Travisis managing partner at Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, an international trade and customs law firm. He serves as chairman of Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, which provides management services on customs compliance and security matters for global companies. For more than 30 years, he has advised multinational corporations and governments on global trade issues and represented their interests before the World Trade Organization, the World Customs Organization, the U.S. Congress, U.S. federal agencies, and the revenue and customs services of many nations. Travis is widely recognized as a leading authority in the complex and highly technical world of international trade. He possesses extensive knowledge on subjects such as classification, valuation, and origin of imported merchandise, preference systems, and free trade agreements between the United States and its trading partners. He’s a distinguished speaker on topics ranging from international business ethics and social responsibility in sourcing to technical aspects of free trade agreements and import/export law.