Sandro Murtas | Lead Export Finance Manager, Office of International Trade
US Small Business Administration

Sandro Murtas is the Lead Export Finance Manager for the Office of International Trade at the U.S. Small Business Administration in the Miami US Export Assistance Center covering Florida, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Previously he was the Regional Manager in the New Orleans USEAC, Atlanta USEAC Tampa USEAC. In addition, he was the Global Trade Specialist at Synovus Bank’s Government Guaranteed Lending Group covering Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Carolinas and Florida. Previous to joining SBA,  he was the Director of the International Trade Center of the Puerto Rico Small Business & Technology Development Center. He chaired the Export Committee of Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association, from 2004 to 2011 organizing 14 trade missions to the Caribbean and Central America. In addition, he advised ALETI  (Latin America Association of IT Clusters) and was part of regional meetings in Argentina and Colombia. In addition, he presented on the SBDC program to government entities in various Caribbean Countries in cooperation with the US Embassies in those countries.  He is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) by the North America International Trade Educators (NASBITE), a Certified International Credit Professional by the Finance, Credit International Business Association (FCIB) and a Certified Global Credit Executive (CCE) by Thunderbird School of Global Management. He has participated in many conferences and seminars as a speaker in the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, and Italy. He has published in journals, newspapers and magazines He is a graduate of Wichita State University where he received an Economics and International Business undergraduate degree and an MA in Business Economics.