“One-part global trade evangelist, one-part creative problem solver, two-parts team motivator, and one-part political negotiator. I love what we do because defense exports are the best team sport!”

– Steven A. Casazza, President

Steven brings two decades of experience shaping defense trade and export strategies. The events of 9/11 helped sharpen DTS’s early mission to strengthen alliance relationships that protect U.S. warfighters, and that practical focus continues to guide his work. He previously served as an Empowered Official, building global trade compliance programs at mid-tier defense firms, operationalizing TSFD requirements to secure export policy approvals for critical technologies, and helped establish FMS & DCS export policy and export-control reform requirements while supporting the Department of Defense. He is a serving member of the Department of State’s Defense Trade Advisory Group and Vice Chair of the National Defense Industrial Association International Division.

Today, DTS helps aerospace and defense companies remove friction, navigate complex regulations, and accelerate approvals by translating policy into practical processes—aligning commercial growth with U.S. national security and foreign policy priorities while moving at the speed of business.