How Data Addresses Global Trade Complexity

About this event

Join the MSBA program for an evening of networking, appetizers and a talk by Claudia Loranca Schroeder of IBM.

Claudia will talk about how data helps companies manage the complexity of global trade, from product classification and country of origin to customs and trade agreements. She will share lessons from her work in trade compliance and supply chain systems and what this field can mean for MSBA careers. Time for questions will follow.

About the speaker

Claudia Loranca Schroeder is an Associate Partner at IBM, where she works in Oracle solution architecture. She has spent 15 years helping multinational companies turn trade compliance, customs and supply chain complexity into better processes, systems and strategy, from customs audits in Mexico to Oracle Global Trade Management transformations in the U.S. Before joining IBM in 2025, she was a Solutions Director at Accelalpha and worked in trade and customs advisory at KPMG in Mexico and China. She holds an MBA from Hult International Business School and a bachelor's degree in international business from Tec de Monterrey.

Co-sponsored by the Albers Graduate Student Association (AGSA).