While in college, Mike Allocca interned at a freight forwarding company in Albany, NY. After obtaining his bachelors in business administration, he then became a full-time employee handling international ocean exports and imports. He quickly worked his way up over 10 years from internal operations to vice-president of sales for the Latham, NY based company. He was part of the select few of the Presidents Team, (Accruing well over one-million dollars in gross sales in 12 consecutive months) for 6 years in a row.

Mike went through the accelerated executive MBA Program through the University at Albany. He has sat on the board of directors of the global business network for 2 years. He has traveled abroad many times throughout Europe & China and goes to China for about a month per year, and has returned from his 4 compliance audits, implementing export & import management systems. He conducts on-site and public training seminars several times a month across the United States. He discusses a host of international compliance topics and consults with local manufacturers daily on domestic and international compliance & logistics issues.

From 2003-3006 he was also a partner in an export/import consulting company in New York. He conducted worldwide compliance & logistics training to many of the worlds leading companies. In 2006 Mike started his own consulting company under Allocca Enterprises Inc. and continues to work with companies across the United States and the globe.

He stays updated on export/import regulations by attending and/or hosting monthly programs, seminars and events with the Department of Commerce, US Customs & Border Protection , US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Industry and Security, NAFTA – office of Intra American Affairs and the TSA.