About Us

Maarten Sengers runs the Washington, DC office for Trade Controls Consulting.  He has worked his entire career as an export compliance advisor on EAR, ITAR and OFAC goods control compliance. As an export control consultant, he has provided export control guidance to a wide array of companies and industries in the US and globally.  His work includes providing day-to-day export compliance advice to corporate export compliance and legal departments, assisting with developing or improving export compliance programs and procedures, supporting special compliance monitorships, conducting compliance assessments, supporting law firms in major enforcement cases, drafting complex export license or other government regulatory submissions, and conducting export compliance training.

Example engagements include serving as an interim export compliance Director for a major PC company and a satellite communications company, serving on an ITAR consent decree monitorship team for a high profile matter, designing and drafting export compliance procedures for a major global aircraft manufacturer, and conducting global audits for a large software company.  He has substantial expertise in assisting non-US companies with managing risks associated with US extra-territorial export control.   Maarten Sengers is an original co-founder of the Export Compliance Training Institute and is a regular speaker and trainer on US export controls.

Maarten received a B.A. in Economics with Honors from the University of Maryland, and a Juris Doctor from the College of William and Mary and is admitted to the New York, Washington, DC and Maryland bars.

Email: msengers@tradecontrols.com
Tel: + 1 202 293 8010

Scott’s consulting practice concentrates on helping businesses, governments, and other institutions understand and cope with U.S. export controls and sanctions. He advises and trains clients large and small, U.S.-based and abroad, on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and related elements of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions programs.

Scott advises clients on all aspects of U.S. export controls, including jurisdiction and classification matters and eligibility for exemptions and license exceptions. He assists exporters and reexporters in obtaining licenses and other authorizations from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Scott excels at developing and enhancing compliance programs with experience across aerospace, defense, software, electronics, cryptography, and higher education. Scott has been both a consultant and a sought-after export controls trainer for many years. He has personally taught many thousands of learners in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia through public seminars, private courses, and via e-learning. From 2015 to 2025 Scott was president of the Export Compliance Training Institute (ECTI), overseeing the world’s foremost provider of export controls education. He continues to train in-house subject matter experts, business leaders, and rank-and-file staff on export controls and sanctions.

Before joining Trade Controls Consulting, Scott worked for Microsoft Corporation, where he held multiple international trade compliance roles, culminating in management of Microsoft’s export compliance program for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa while based at the company’s operation center in Ireland.

Scott received a B.A. in international studies and economics from American University. He is a licensed customs broker

Email: sgearity@tradecontrols.com
Tel: +1 216 772 0370