BIOGRAPHY - Gene Christiansen   (As of April 4, 2004)  

Mr. Gene Christiansen is Acting Division Chief, Office of Strategic Trade Division where he leads a 14 member staff responsible for the licensing of all dual-use items controlled for National Security reasons.  As a Senior Engineer, he is involved in many intra and inter-agency working groups that are considering changes to export controls and practices.  He reviews all commodity classifications as part of the Department’s quality control program and also performs the final review of all of the license decisions of the Licensing Officers in the Office of Strategic Trade Division before those licenses are issued. 

Mr. Christiansen joined the Department of Commerce in 1983 after serving 20 years in the US Air Force.  He is a frequent participant in the Department’s Export Administration Regulations training program.  He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University and a Masters in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri.