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Anthony Nogueras founded Alliance International, Inc. following 17 years experience in the international logistics industry as a drawback specialist. Alliance International specializes in implementing and managing duty recovery programs.

In his previous position as Regional Manager, Mr. Nogueras was responsible for West Coast operations of the nation's largest drawback service provider. His responsibilities included management of a 7 person staff, and supervision of drawback filing activities for over forty accounts. Previously, Tony managed the drawback operations of a multi-national freight forwarding and import brokerage concern. In this position, he was responsible for 4 regional offices, over forty employees, and over $50 million in annual drawback recoveries.

Tony brings drawback experience in a variety of industries including, electronics, steel, chemicals, titanium, and textiles. He has developed and presented over twenty duty drawback seminars to potential drawback filers and industry trade groups. In 1988 he graduated with high honors from San Francisco State University with a BA degree in Economics and International Relations. He is also a Licensed Customs Broker.

Geoff C. Harbell
Account Executive

Geoff has over 20 year of experience in the high-technology industry, with experience in Marketing, Sales and Account management. He has worked in both domestic and international markets for companies such as Advanced Micro Devices, Samsung, Hitachi, and Cypress Semiconductor, with account management responsibility for companies such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Apple and Dell.

Most recently he has successfully managed his own business consulting company, working with companies primarily in the high-technology industry. Geoff graduated from the University of California at Davis with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and from California State University, San Francisco with a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Suzanne Auzin
Drawback Manager

Suzanne joined Alliance soon after its founding in 2001 and is its longest tenured employee. She is responsible for the claim filing activity for many of Alliance's largest and most prominent clients. As a former owner of a successful small business based in Canada, she shares the entrepreneurial approach that drives Alliance's business model. Suzanne's varied client list has provided her with a broad range of drawback experiences with many different commodities including orange juice, high tech electronics, and chemicals to name a few.

Suzanne is also responsible for the training of new employees on all aspects of the claim preparation process, and is Alliance's foremost expert on the software used to electronically prepare drawback entries.