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James Giermanski

James Giermanski

American security specialist

James Giermanski is a specialist in supply chain security and container shipping programs of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is a former U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Col. ret.) and a former FBI agent.

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Biography

Giermanski is an expert focused on security operations in the global supply chain,[1] who is concerned with respective contributions of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to this worldwide concern.[2][3] Global Supply Chain Security explores the potential impact of port-related catastrophic events in the United States and their effects worldwide, concentrating, in particular, on the United States' contribution to global container security.[4]

A former military officer, and FBI agent, Giermanski is a frequent commentator on container security issues and weapons defense matters,[5] particularly such as concerns border and customs work on supply chain security. Giermanski taught at Texas A&M University, serving as Regents Professor and as an adjunct graduate faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was Director of Transportation and Logistics Studies, Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at Texas A&M International University.[6]

Giermanski serves a visiting scholar at the Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center, an Air Force think tank at Maxwell Air Force Base.[citation needed]

Education

See also

References

  1. [1]
    In-Bonds Shipments: A Security Vulnerability Waiting to be Exploited, Homeland Security Today, 20 July 2011
  2. [2]
    Global Logistics Comment: Government Acquiescence and Inaction on Our Southern Border: The Commercial Border-Crossing Threat, Supply Chain Digest, 11 November 2011
  3. [3]
    Belmont company working to reduce worldwide terror threat, Gaston Gazette, 14 November 2013
  4. [4]
    James Giermanski Says Bungled Container Security Initiatives Call the S&T Directorate Into Question, Maritime Executive, Sept 24, 2009
  5. [5]
    Smart weapons Kill switches and safety catches, The Economist, 28 November 2013
  6. [6]
    United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation (1997). Reauthorization of ISTEA : North American Free Trade Agreement, border infrastructure and motor carrier safety, Laredo and Pharr, TX : hearings before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, August 8, 1996 (Laredo, TX), August 6, 1996 (Pharr, TX). Washington: U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 0-16-054304-5. OCLC 37006182.
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