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Pour yourself a cup o’ joe and join us for the CRSOA Coffee & Chat from the comfort of your own home or office via Zoom!
Register below to get the skinny on the importance of crew member processing protocols during the COVID pandemic.
Wednesday, December 2nd at 10:00 am
Crew Member Processing Protocols
Featuring:
Tyler E. Porter, Area Port Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Tyler E. Porter became the Area Port Director of Portland, OR in March 2020. Mr. Porter oversees nearly 100 employees, and manages an annual budget of $1.2 million for operations at seven ports of entry in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Mr. Porter was previously assigned to the Analytical Management Systems Control Office in Washington, D.C., where he had responsibility and oversight for the furtherance of CBP's integrity mission and for ensuring law enforcement methods and techniques were successful.
Prior to arriving in Washington, D.C. in 2018, Mr. Porter served as a Chief Supervisory Customs and Border Protection Officer in Honolulu, HI, a position he held for three years beginning in 2015. He was responsible for passenger operations. During his tenure, he effectively worked with the Hawai’i Department of Transportation and other stakeholders to implement positive operational changes which resulted in increased seizures and decreased passenger wait times.
Mr. Porter served as a Program Manager of Field Programs from June 2014 until October 2015. Before arriving in Washington, D.C., he was a Supervisory Customs and Border Protection Officer in Tampa, FL, where he was directly responsible for both airport and seaport operations. Throughout his career he served in a variety of assignments and trainings throughout the land border, airport and seaport environment.
A graduate of the University of Florida, Mr. Porter has continued his higher educational studies at Cornell University and Saint Thomas University.
Questions or Technical Difficulties? Contact Tereza Edwards, Director of Member Services at [email protected] or by telephone at 503.329.3432…..then keep your fingers crossed!! We’re all in this together after all! :-)