Gavin Gayden

About Gavin Gayden

I commercialize customs and trade strategy.I advise importers on customs and trade strategy to improve performance, reduce risk, and unlock margin. I partner with growth-focused companies to strengthen broker execution, streamline clearance processes, and build disciplined, scalable customs programs that drive measurable financial impact.My focus includes duty mitigation, drawback recovery, tariff strategy, and strengthening reasonable care frameworks to support long-term growth.I operate cross-functionally across brokerage, technology, and advisory teams to design and price solutions that drive measurable impact - from landed cost transparency to tariff mitigation and duty recovery.Licensed Customs Broker with a focus on:• Duty drawback strategy• Section 232/301 tariff impact modeling• Landed cost analytics• Regulatory positioning & reasonable care frameworks• Commercial structuring of trade programsTrade is complex. The right structure turns it into advantage

Experience

1. Business Development Manager, Customs

   Flexport

   Sep 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Universidad de Granada

  Spanish & Iberian Studies

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Spanish & Portuguese

Skills

• Spanish
• Specialty Coffee
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Ilife
• Leadership
• Data Entry
• Liasoning
• Technical Support
• Event Planning
• Social Media
• Management
• Customs Brokerage
• Social Media Marketing
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Customer Service
• Marketing
• Research
• Strategic Planning
• Public Speaking
• Advertising
• Facebook
• Google Adwords Professional
• Digital Marketing
• Data Analysis
• Hitpath