Samenfink to drive CBP’s ACE development

Samenfink to drive CBP’s ACE development    U.S. Customs and Border Protection has named Louis Samenfink to executive director of the Modernization Office.
   Prior to this appointment, Samenfink, a 26-year veteran of the agency, served as deputy director of the Office of Trade Compliance and Facilitation. He’s now responsible for implementing CBP’s 15-year, multibillion-dollar program to implement its new computer system, the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
   According to CBP, every dollar invested in ACE will return $2.69 in benefits to the agency, or $8.3 billion over the expected ACE lifecycle. For the trade, ACE will return $5.59 for every dollar invested, or a total of $17.2 billion, bringing the combined total to $25.5 billion, CBP said.