Gerry Horner has been employed with the U.S. Department of Commerce for over 34 years, specializing in export data collection, publication of export statistics, formulating export regulations, and measuring the compliance of export reporting.
Mr. Horner currently is employed by the U.S. Census Bureau where he is currently the Branch Chief of the Trade Regulations Branch, responsible for overseeing the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR); ensuring that the FTR are consistent with other federal regulations and the trade community’s business practices; contributing to the development of the Electronic Export Manifest; and managing the Census Bureau’s Voluntary Self Disclosure program.
Between 2006 and 2018, Mr. Horner was a Senior Analyst and Director of the Office of Technology Evaluation for the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). He transformed BIS’s data mining efforts, deployed the Consolidated Screening List and BIS license decrementation program, and assisted in the rewrite of the export clearance, destination control statement, and shipping tolerance regulations. Mr. Horner liaised with other federal agencies on all matters pertaining to the Automated Export System (AES) while enabling BIS’s access to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) single window portal. In 2009, Mr. Horner received the Commerce Department’s Silver medal award for measuring the effectiveness of BIS’s export controls in AES filings. In 2014, he was awarded the Department’s Gold medal award for his efforts implementing the International Trade Data System in ACE.
Mr. Horner began his career at the Census Bureau in 1989, where he worked until 2006. In those 17 years, he was a major player in the multi-agency team that transformed the collection of the paper Shipper’s Export Declaration into the development and implementation of AES in 1995 and AESDirect in 1999. He formulated the AES outreach program; established the AES customer service call center; launched the AES compliance review program; and contributed to the FTR rewrite addressing AES requirements. In 2002, Mr. Horner received the Commerce Department’s Silver Medal award for his support of AES and AESDirect.
Mr. Horner has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master’s certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.
