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Scott McCurdy
25 Cove Lane Redwood City, CA. 94065
Tel # 650.773.1696 E-mail: smb97dd4@westpost.net
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INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AND OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
International shipping / forwarding industry executive with 30+ years of Interna
tional experience bring a new level of production and insight to corporate opera
tions and profits.
Core strengths in:
* Customer Service Operation
* Marketing
* Sales
* Training
* Business Development
* Strategic Development
* Profit Growth
* Leadership
* Vendor management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vandegrift Forwarding Co. - Burlingame, California June 2009 - Present
Independent Sales - San Francisco Branch
Vandegrift is a nationwide Customs Broker and Foreign Freight Forwarder with 9 o
ffices thought out the U.S. and one in HK.
* Independent sales in this office. Building and managing the relationship of my
current client base plus add new clients, through long established contacts wit
hin the shipping and transportation industry.
* Added two to three new clients per month
* Built new revenue from June to date of over $50,000 per month

Vandegrift Forwarding Co. - Burlingame, California July 2008 - June 2009

Import Manager - San Francisco Branch
* Opened this branch office in Burlingame as the Import Manager in charge of all
import operations and marketing as a Customs House Broker and Foreign Freight F
orwarders/NVOCC.
* Hiring staff of five.
* Developed SOP for a major Importer of Children's apparel in San Francisco
Client provided the company with seven new jobs nationwide.
Generating new profits of over $10,000 per month for this one account, companywi
de.

UFS Asia Group / ASL- Shanghai, China & Los Angeles, CA Jan 2005 - June - 2008
VP International Operations and Development of Overseas Agents
UFS is a China based Freight Forwarder and NVOCC
* Managed operations staff of 300+, in nine offices throughout China and Hong Ko
ng and U.S.
* Developed marketing plans and overseas agent development to ensure growth and
company profits. Annual growth of over 30% World Wide.
* In charge of Bulk Vessel Charter Division. Profits from this division more tha
n $50,000 per month, from its inception.
* Managed account activity, marketing, of all world-wide clients with English fi
rst as the main form of communication. Built this from the ground up to a level
staffed with 30 members in the marketing and CVS department.
* Developed and improved employee English writing and speaking skills and a high
er level understanding of English within the operation is OP and Marketing staff
by way of "English only" speaking within the office, training classes in readin
g and writing I held during my three years there. I was able to raise the level
of English ability of the staff to level 10, as recognized by the China Governme
nt education standard chart.
* Help develop English only computer software for the booking and accounting pro
cess in all offices. These efforts provided the company with great contact world
wide, as the forwarding/shipping business is mainly English speaking as far as d
ocumentation requirement and increased the staffs understand of other English sp
eaking agent and companies around the global.
International Auto Parts and Accessories Shippers Association Jan 2005 - June -
2008
Founder - Hong Kong
IASA is a shippers association servicing its members to lower their freight rate
s and develop new contacts and business for them, worldwide.
* During my time in China I created a Shippers Association seeking members of it
s association to seek lower shipping freight rates worldwide via Ocean Carriers,
service contract. Current memberships are in the hundreds, savings tens of thou
sands of dollars for its members.

R.F. International/OWL- A Pacer International Company 1990-2005

So. San Francisco, California
Regional Manager in charge of Import operations and corporate trainer of our Bro
ker system computer
R.F. International Customs Broker and Foreign Freight Forwarder, Pacer Internat
ional is a Domestic Rail carriers, trucker, warehouse and 3PL provider.
* In charge of all Import operations in the SFO, LAX, SEA. Developed and cultiva
ted $20 million gross sales at these offices during these years. Staff of over 4
0.
* Corporate trainer of our Customs / ABI import system
* Management of sales team of five, assisting in the development of new clients,
achieving a 20% growth rate, annually
* Developed pricing strategies and service deliverables to ensure continued sati
sfaction and service to existing customers, which was a contributing factor for
the above gross sales number.
* Consistently maintained a 20-30% profit margin through strong sales and techni
cal abilities, and cross-training of staff from each department. Import, Export,
Air and Ocean, sales, and CSV.
* Overseas agent development which included world-wide travel for many years. Ag
ents were "key" to the increase of our business with new customers and rela
tionship not within our current customer's base or types of business. Annual inc
rease of new agent and profits of >20%.
EDUCATION and TRAINING
* Crestmore High School, Graduate Diploma - San Bruno, Ca
College of San Mateo - San Mateo, Ca
* U.S. FDA Certified
* Customer First - Achievement Award for customer service training
* Microsoft - Excel Certified
* Various forwarding and Customs Broker software programs
Additional Languages
* Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese - Limited speaking
Clubs and Organizations:
* Member in good standing of, ELKS - San Mateo, Ca (#1112)
* Member, LinkedInterims