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What it means to be a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP®) [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Certified International Trade Professional (CITP®) designation has been around for more than 15 years. It was the first professional designation in the world created…

Jacob Varghese

Jacob is the VP of Marketing and Technology at the Forum for International Trade Training. Focused on improving the customer experience. A Content chef; words, images, some code and a healthy serving of web analytics.

Celebrating the community of professionals driving global trade forward

The 2026 CITP Gala brought professionals together from across Canada and around the world to celebrate a shared commitment to excellence in international trade. The…

FITT Team

The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is the standards, certification and training body dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses. Created by business for business, FITT’s international business training solutions are the standard of excellence for global trade professionals around the world.

How can businesses, and the trade professionals who support them, move forward with confidence in a volatile world?

Global trade has rarely felt more uncertain, or more full of opportunity. That tension was at the heart of the panel discussion at the 2026…

FITT Team

The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is the standards, certification and training body dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses. Created by business for business, FITT’s international business training solutions are the standard of excellence for global trade professionals around the world.

6 Essential questions every international business professional should be asking before they go global

Expanding into international markets has always required ambition. Today, it requires something more: disciplined preparation. With geopolitical tensions reshaping supply chains, unilateral tariffs disrupting established…

FITT Team

The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is the standards, certification and training body dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses. Created by business for business, FITT’s international business training solutions are the standard of excellence for global trade professionals around the world.

How to tap into the best resource for export success – experience

It’s a messy time for businesses wanting to grow internationally. The disruption of the 75-year old “international rules based order”, geopolitical situations, and the upending…

David Y Smith

David Y Smith is the Founder & CEO of Elderberry.work, a Canadian online B2B services marketplace that rapidly and flexibly matches independent consultants with 20+ years of proven experience from all functions, levels, and industries, with funded startups and SMBs. Cost effectively for consulting, interim, fractional, and project assignments. In Canada and across 40+ countries. Informed by his experience as an executive in large companies, as a consultant and fractional executive, and with startups, including extensive experience in the USA and internationally.

How to land a role in the international trade job market

A quick browse through most LinkedIn feeds these days, and you’ll see a common theme that everyone is talking about: today’s tough job market.   HR managers are complaining that potential employees are ghosting interviews, job seekers are ranting…

FITT Team

The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is the standards, certification and training body dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses. Created by business for business, FITT’s international business training solutions are the standard of excellence for global trade professionals around the world.

The fastest-growing international trade jobs for 2026 and how to get them

In the past, careers in international trade followed a rhythm: logistics coordinators tracked shipments across oceans, customs brokers filled out the paperwork, trade analysts parsed…

Sheena Koo

Sheena is a content marketing consultant and writer with a background in copywriting, content strategy, content marketing, and content management. Passionate about stories with purpose and meaning, she connects readers to writing that's engaging, useful, and informative.

From the classroom to global impact: The inspiring journeys of FITT’s 2024 Educational Award winners

Each year, FITT honours students who have excelled in their international business studies, recognizing not only their academic achievements but also their creativity, resilience, and…

FITT Team

The Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) is the standards, certification and training body dedicated to providing international business training, resources and professional certification to individuals and businesses. Created by business for business, FITT’s international business training solutions are the standard of excellence for global trade professionals around the world.

From student to teacher, how global business training has shaped my rewarding career

Throughout my career I was able to grow in two ways:  professionally and academically. Here’s my story of career success through the right training and experience.

Emiliano Introcaso MBA CITP PLOG CCI

Emiliano has more than two decades of experience working with manufacturers and exporters looking to increase their global growth by providing them with support and guidance in all things export. His strategy not only focuses on navigating companies through the complexities of global supply chains, but also in the small details that can make or break an international trade transaction. Emiliano is a Sr. Product Operations Manager at Export Development Canada (EDC), a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) with the Forum For International Trade Training (FITT), holds the Professional Logistician (PLOG) designation from the Logistics Institute, is an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Registered Trainer on Incoterms® 2020 and a Certified Instructor (CCI) with the Canadian International Freight Forwarding Association (CIFFA). Emiliano completed a Master of Business Administration (Global Leadership stream) at the University of Fredericton. More blogs by Emiliano at EDC: https://www.edc.ca/en/bio/emiliano-introcaso.html For social links visit: https://linktr.ee/introcaso

The missing link between ambition and an export plan is an export vision – here’s how to build yours

Building an export vision is a critical step for any organization planning to expand internationally. This article outlines the practical steps and introduces FITT’s Export…

Lora Rigutto, CITP

Lora Rigutto, CITP, is the Partnerships and Community Lead at FITT with over 25 years of experience in international trade. Formerly a Trade Advisor with ProChile – Trade Commission of Chile in Toronto, she has helped businesses navigate global markets and export challenges. As a CITP and ICC-certified Incoterms® 2020 Trainer for Canada, Lora brings deep expertise in trade practices and is passionate about sharing FITT’s renowned training programs with students and businesses.