BPE Leadership Team

BPE is a consulting and training firm facilitating global trade and strategy for multi-national shippers. We support companies with their import compliance, export compliance and security operations. We were founded in 2004 to help companies understand and optimize their global trade costs and develop their global trade strategy.

Beth Peterson, President. Beth has over 25 years of experience in the logistics and international transportation business. Prior to founding BPE, Beth was Vice President of Marketing for Open Harbor where she lead the company's marketing and solutions initiatives.

Beth also served as the Vice President of Product Strategy for Qiva, Inc., where she was responsible for the design and development of Qiva's suite of supply chain execution and international trade solutions targeted to the logistics market. Beth also managed Hewlett Packard's $7.5 billion-a-year U.S. import operations and CAT audit and worked at DHL Airways, Inc., as a logistics services manager.

Beth also offers domain expertise as a licensed customs broker. She is a CBP Trade Ambassador for the redesign of the Automated Commercial Environment and serves on the Board of Governor's of the America's Association of Exporters and Importers, and Chairman of WIT-NC. Beth was awarded the Organization of Women in International Trade Member of the Year for 2006.

Julie Gibbs, Senior Consultant. Julie has been a licensed customs broker with CBP for over 10 years. Prior to joining BPE, Julie was Director of Product Management and Professional Services at Ensenda, a carrier management and "last mile" logistics service provider. Her responsibilities included defining the product strategy for Ensenda's web-based transportation products in addition to implementation of all of Ensenda's customers.

Julie has also worked as a Product Manager at Open Harbor and was responsible for the design of the company's global trade management and customs clearance solutions, and has held positions at the Gap, Qiva, and Hewlett Packard. During her eight year tenure at Hewlett-Packard, she managed several Import Operations programs including Drawback and NAFTA.

Julie holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and a B.A. in Business Economics from U.C. Santa Barbara.

Jennifer Wade, Senior Consultant. Jennifer has over ten years of experience in navigating the complex waters of international trade. She has a strong operational background in strategic and functional design of both import and export programs, as well as experience designing and implementing global standardized processes. Prior to joining BPE in 2010, Jennifer was a Manager with Deloitte’s Global Trade Solutions practice.

Jennifer has also worked for two of the largest and most well respected high tech companies in the world: Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Beginning in U.S. import operations, Jennifer grew her knowledge and experience in import and export controls beyond U.S. borders; managing compliance and automation-related projects and programs in the Americas as well as globally.

Jennifer has held leadership positions in the Denver, New York, and Northern California chapters of OWIT, as well as having served on the international board for four years. Additionally, she is an active member in the American Association of Exporters and Importers, and the International Compliance Professionals Association. Jennifer earned her B.A., magna cum laude, in International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She also has a masters certificate in Project Management from George Washington University, and is a licensed customs broker.