James Giermanski is a specialist in
supply chain security and
container shipping
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programs of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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. He is a former
U.S. Air Force
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Office of Special Investigations (Col. ret.) and a former FBI agent.
Biography
Giermanski is an expert focused on security operations in the global supply chain, who is concerned with respective contributions of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to this worldwide concern. Global Supply Chain Security explores the potential impact of port-related catastrophic events in the United States and their effects worldwide, concentrating, in particular, on the United States' contribution to global container security.
A former military officer, and
FBI
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agent, Giermanski is a frequent commentator on container security issues and weapons defense matters, particularly such as concerns border and customs work on supply chain security.
Giermanski taught at Texas A&M University, serving as Regents Professor and as an adjunct graduate faculty member at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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. He was Director of Transportation and Logistics Studies, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at Texas A&M International University.
Giermanski serves a visiting scholar at the
Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center, an Air Force think tank at
Maxwell Air Force Base.
Education
* Master,
University of North Carolina
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* Master,
Florida International University
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* Doctorate,
University of Miami
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* Graduate, U.S.
Air Command and Staff College
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See also
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Automated Targeting System The Automated Targeting System or ATS is a United States Department of Homeland Security computerized system that, for every person who crosses U.S. borders, scrutinizes a large volume of data related to that person (see below), and then automatical ...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Global Trade Exchange
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Denise Krepp
References
External links
* BOOK
Global Supply Chain Security – James Giermanski* BOOK
Training of Special Agent IMAs Assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations: An Empirical Analysis, Research report (Air University (U.S.))). James R. Giermanski, 1986* BOOK
NAFTA rules of origin: an explanation, James R. Giermanski, Cathy Sauceda, Institute for International Trade, Graduate School of International Trade & Business Administration, Texas A&M International University, 1994* BOOK
Labor mobility under NAFTA: its border impact, Jane LeMaster, James R. Giermanski, Texas A & M International University. Institute for International Trade, 1994* BOOK
NAFTA and the process of approval, James R. Giermanski, Henry Cuellar. Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development, Graduate School of International Trade and Business Administration, Laredo State University, 1992* BOOK
The impact of NAFTA on U.S.-Mexico commercial and border zones and the potential consequences to the border, James R. Giermanski, Texas A & M International University. Institute for International Trade, 1994
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United States Air Force civilians
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)