About us.
Boutique supply chain consulting.
GTL is a boutique supply chain consulting group located in the San Francisco Bay Area. We specialize in Customs compliance integration and achieving optimal supply chain efficiency, drawing upon the depth and breadth of our experience to offer personally tailored solutions that fit the size and unique characteristics of your business.
Customs compliance is a critical component of any company’s supply chain strategy. Fragmented supply chains and inefficient compliance processes often result in delayed shipments, unnecessary risk, and avoidable fines and penalties. With streamlined processes that adhere to relevant customs regulations across every stage of their supply chains, companies can avoid costly disruptions and labor-intensive interventions that could otherwise have been avoided.
For 25 years, GTL has collaborated with U.S. Customs and various trade advisory groups, saving our clients millions of dollars through implementation of a variety of strategies, including: transforming supply chains through end-to-end organizational restructuring, updating processes, establishing bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones, classification testing, and last-mile examinations. Our goal is to empower you to confidently manage your compliance programs within your supply chain and continue to adapt as the industry advances.
GTL is a member of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Trade Support Network and serves as executive chair of the Bonded Warehouses Trade Group.
Our team.
Roberta L. Hamilton
Customs compliance is a critical component of any company’s supply chain strategy. Fragmented supply chains and inefficient compliance processes often result in delayed shipments, unnecessary risk, and avoidable fines and penalties. With streamlined processes that adhere to relevant customs regulations across every stage of their supply chains, companies can avoid costly disruptions and labor-intensive interventions that could otherwise have been avoided.
Roberta builds strong foundations for retail product compliance, by evaluating the feasibility of centralizing the collection of product data such as attributes, product characteristics and components for import and export compliance at the front end of the supply chain.
Roberta held positions of increasing responsibility in key supply chain functions, including inbound logistics, import operation, international transportation and distribution operations that included extensive travel to Japan, Thailand and the Philippines before starting Global Trade Logistics LLC in 2006.
Roberta spent many years traveling between Singapore, Hong Kong and Europe where she served as the US representative coaching, vendors, suppliers and service providers on US Import/Export requirements on behalf of her clients.
Leanne Hill
Background
Leanne is an accomplished leader specializing in global supply chain, planning and allocation, organizational development, project management, business development and system implementations. She brings with her many years of experience in these areas.
Leanne served as Vice President, Global Supply Chain for a luxury travel retail company based in Hong Kong. In that role she transformed the company’s global supply chain, including transportation, warehousing, customs compliance, replenishment and allocation across 16 countries, 500 brands, 100k SKUs and 450 locations.
A highly regarded executive, she is known for leading complex global retail operations through significant growth and change. Her intuitive approach is direct and transparent, with a focus on driving empowerment and synergies across organizations. She is collaborative in creating sustainable solutions that reduce costs, control inventory and enable growth, delivering on-time, bottom-line results through hands on management of core disciplines.
Leanne brings a unique perspective to GTL as an executive responsible for driving supply chain optimization and customs compliance integrity throughout complex organizations. That experience serves her well in guiding clients through supply chain continuity, compliance and improvements.
Professional Memberships
Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of Northern California (CBFANC)
International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA)
Los Angeles Customs Brokers Freight Forwarders Association (LACBFFA)
National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ)
Trade Support Network (TSN)
