Felice Laird has over thirty years’ experience helping companies comply with the US Export Administration and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.   Felice specializes in transactional work, reviewing clients’ product lines to establish licensing requirements and then providing guidance on how best to deal with any government restrictions on export.  Felice is a subject matter expert in encryption export controls and has helped both large and small firms navigate the complex restrictions on data security technologies.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Felice worked at the Department of Commerce in what is now the Bureau of Industry and Security.  She also worked as an International Trade Analyst at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison and as an Export Compliance Administrator for GTE Corp (now Verizon).

Felice served on the encryption working group of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA), as well as serving as a PECSEA member during the Bush Administration.  Felice is active in the National Council on International Trade and Development and TechAmerica’s Export Committee.  She has a BA from the University of New Hampshire and a MS in International Business from the American University.