Jason Knowles
Sr. Associate, U.S. Export Controls & Compliance
As a former U.S. Department of State Senior Defense Trade Control Analyst, a U.S. Air Force retired combat veteran, a U.S. Air Force Weapons Officer and Joint warfighter, combined with his experiences as an U.S. Export Controls and Compliance consultant and advisor across multiple industries, Jason brings an uncommon depth of ITAR and EAR understanding, awareness of related U.S. government operations, military background, attention to detail, and an ability to span, connect, and implement strategy to task and back across business operations related to U.S. regulatory export control and compliance.
While with the State Department, Jason reviewed and audited ITAR export applications with a combined value of over $42.5 Billion for approval and/or compliance. He renovated ITAR Agreement analyst training, dramatically improved ITAR Agreement analyst review processes and associated tools.
In addition, Jason frequently spoke on behalf of the U.S. government to U.S. and foreign government officials and industry groups and individuals.
U.S. Export Controls & Compliance Advisor
Since departing the State department, and in addition to providing highly effective ITAR control, compliance, Agreement, and licensing advice and services, Jason has developed EAR expertise to expert levels so to support multi-jurisdictional control, compliance, and licensing strategy development, assisting with implementing those strategies, and in the development and implementation of related compliance programs. Jason’s experiences and expertise include the ITAR, EAR, OFAC and export related elements of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) processes.
STRADA Team & Advisors
Linardakis
Advisory Board Member
Business Advisor and Sr. Consultant
Sr. Associate, U.S. Export Controls & Compliance
Of Counsel
Business Advisor
Consultant & Cyber Advisor
Testimonials
ISD is a small player in a huge minefield of the world’s largest Aerospace and Defense Companies mixed with highly specific and varied U.S. and international regulations, related to the sale and transfer of controlled technologies to international governments. Finding timely, applicable expertise and advice in all of these areas is rare.
Over the past five plus years, your candor, relevant legal and operational experience, personal engagement, ITAR, NIST & FCPA audits and recommendations, and preemptive strategies have been golden. When there is any doubt or question, and there are many, the rejoinder is “check with Christos”. Without question, your services have been invaluable to our success.
Wayne Emroe, CFO, www.isr-def.com
I worked with Strategic Aerospace & Defense Advisors over the past 18 months. Their expert level of technical and regulatory compliance in the areas of ITAR, DFAR and FAR, are second to none. More importantly, their ability to communicate complex legal principals to the business, gave myself and our teams, the skills and tools to collaborate with both defense customers and government agencies; it was not uncommon to have a representative of STRADA support us in sales calls to customers.
VP Sales – Defense Automation Company