Is Your Trade Team Ready? From Firefighting to Strategy with Altana and AAEI
Host: Lalo Solorzano and Andy Shiles
Guest(s): Julie Ann Parks and Eugene Laney Jr., Ph.D.
Published: October 29, 2026
Length: ~38:40
Presented by: Global Training Center
Summary
Your trade team is getting more attention—but is it getting the resources, authority, and technology to match?
Lalo Solorzano and Andy Shiles welcome Julie Ann Parks of Altana and Eugene Laney Jr., Ph.D., of the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) to explore what it takes to move from constant firefighting to genuine trade readiness. Drawing on the joint Altana–AAEI report, The State of Enterprise…
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