Sergio Retamal is an Associate with Sage Advice Partners and is President and Founder of Global4PL, a logistics consulting and execution company that helps companies reduce cost, improve compliance, and achieve their full operational potential.  Prior to founding Global 4PL, Mr. Retamal gained significant experience managing logistics and import/export teams in both established and early-stage companies, and is widely recognized as a leader in the field.  He has led global logistics for a number of Fortune 100 companies, and has taught logistics and held board positions for the California State University system. Sergio’s professional experience includes directing the development and management of complete supply chain networks in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Past roles involved planning and leading global supply chain strategies for companies such as Sun Microsystems, Ryder Integrated Logistics, Cost Plus and Micropolis.  Mr. Retamal holds a masters degree in change management from Pepperdine University 's Graziadio School of Business and a masters in business administration in international business from California State University, Northridge. He also holds a bachelor of science in international business from California State University.

  Jeff Chiu is an Associate with Sage Advice Partners and is an award-winning international trade and compliance executive.  Jeff heads all import / export engagements and is a recognized expert in the compliance field.  He is a licensed US Customs Broker and possesses over 13 years of experience in import/export operations and compliance, with emphases on internal CBP and BIS audits, commodity classification, tariff engineering, trade programs, rulings and training.  Jeff’s past roles involved managing and executing import and export operations for companies such as Cost Plus World Market, MyCustoms, Inc., Coppersmith, Inc., Clearfreight, Inc., and Tower Group International, Inc.  He is one of the few professionals in the country who has implemented C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism), ISA (Importer Self-Assessment), ACE (Automated Customs Exchange), CCATS (Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System), VAT (Value Added Tax – EU), remote filing, and alternative recordkeeping programs. As an expert and mentor in the import / export field, Jeff has developed and conducted extensive training on a broad range of import and export compliance topics for merchants, vendors, and buying agents.  His expertise also extends to commodity and rulings-specific training.  His speaking style is engaging and he has the ability to make dry subjects interesting for his audiences.  Mr. Chiu holds a bachelors degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and has advanced his studies at the Université de Bordeaux III, in Talence, France.  He has also performed post-graduate work at Golden Gate University and is currently enrolled in the Supply Management Executive Program at the California State University, East Bay.

Rich Clewett is an Associate with Sage Advice Partners and a storage technology veteran with deep ties to the computer industry.  At Sun, he was responsible for establishing the storage group and developing multiple generations of advanced storage products over a 17 year period.  This included innovative work with RAID, large storage systems, and Fibre Channel as well as leadership in customer and OEM partnerships and M&A.   Since 2002 Rich has consulted with numerous high tech companies to develop, evaluate and deploy network storage technology in emerging markets.  He has BS and MSEE degrees from University of California, Santa Barbara.  For more detail on Rich's experience see: Rich's Linked-in Profile.