Ian Steff was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration in June 2017. In addition to this capacity he is currently performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Global Markets and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service at request of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

He oversees approximately 1,400 trade and investment professionals based in more than 100 U.S. cities and 70 markets around the world. He manages a $300 million budget and a broad portfolio of International Trade Administration initiatives aimed at increasing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers and service providers. In this capacity, he is among those senior officials responsible for executing the Administration’s plans to foster growth in U.S. jobs, exports, and investments.

Before joining the U.S. Department of Commerce, Steff served as the state of Indiana’s first Chief Innovation Officer under then-Governor Pence and subsequently Governor Holcomb. He was Executive Vice President for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the state’s senior advisor for science, technology, and advanced manufacturing. Steff oversaw Indiana’s strategy regarding science and technology economic development and was directly responsible for the implementation of the Governor’s billion-dollar innovation and entrepreneurship initiative. He worked to expand investments and public-private partnerships in information technology, life sciences, composite materials, nanotechnology, energy storage, and the Internet of Things. Steff served on the Board of the Battery Innovation Center, the Dean of Engineering’s Advisory Council at Purdue University, and the Vice Chancellor for Research’s Advisory Board at IUPUI. Steff also served on the Board of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation.

Prior to his roles in the state of Indiana, Steff worked for the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) for nearly a decade. At the SIA, he served as vice president of global policy and technology partnerships. He was Executive Chairman the Board of the United States Information Technology Office in Beijing. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors and the Advisory Board of Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Microelectronics.

Steff started his professional career as a member of the Ways and Means trade staff in the U.S. House of Representatives under Chairman Thomas and Subcommittee Chairmen Shaw and Crane. Steff graduated Magna Cum Laude from American University where he possesses a B.A. in International Studies. He also completed graduate work at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and received a M.A. in International Science and Technology Policy from the George Washington University.

Moshe is a Tax Director in the Deloitte International and U.S. Tax group in Tel Aviv. Moshe specializes in providing international tax planning and implementation services to private, public and multinational corporations.

He has extensive experience in advising clients on international tax matters with a focus on U.S. taxation and transfer pricing in general.  His work includes structuring and implementing tax-efficient business models in various industries and jurisdictions and counseling clients on the U.S. tax consequences of their U.S. operations. Throughout the years, Moshe has been involved in many complex transactions and has dealt with a wide verity of International and U.S. tax issues.

Moshe has an LL.B. degree from Bar-Ilan University and an LL.M in taxation from Georgetown University. He is admitted to practice law in Israel and in NY, and has 15 years of experience as a tax practitioner. Prior to joining Deloitte, Moshe worked at Lipa Meir & Co. in Israel and in the NY and DC offices of McDermott Will & Emery LLP.