GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview “Current Key Challenges in Global Trade Compliance” with Ron Hesse features Shannon Hynds. Shannon is Co-Founder and CEO of Quickcode.ai, an AI-powered trade compliance platform helping companies manage product classification, tariffs, regulatory change, and global trade. She is focused on making advanced technology practical for trade and compliance professionals, using AI to automate repetitive research and monitoring while keeping subject-matter experts at the center of decision-making. A frequent speaker and writer on AI, software, supply chains, and international trade, Shannon advocates for elevating trade compliance from a back-office function to a strategic business capability. Her work focuses on helping organizations respond more effectively to tariff volatility, regulatory complexity, and shifting global supply chains.
Audio Interview Guest:
Ms. Shannon Hynds
Co-Founder and CEO
Quickcode.ai
In the 23-minute Audio Interview, Ms. Hynds discusses these questions:
• How is AI changing trade compliance?
• How are tariff and regulatory volatility reshaping the functions of enterprise trade teams?
• Why is it not possible to continue with the status quo for trade compliance management – after all, it has worked for 40 years
• If I was building a modern trade compliance function, what would be the first steps?
• What does the future of global trade compliance look like?
About Shannon Hynds:
Co-Founder and CEO with Quickcode.ai
Shannon Hynds is the Co-Founder and CEO of Quickcode.ai, an AI-powered trade compliance platform built to modernize how companies navigate product classification, tariffs, regulatory change, and global trade.
Shannon is passionate about making sophisticated technology practical and accessible – particularly for the subject matter experts whose knowledge is critical to an organization but whose workflows have often been underserved by modern software. At Quickcode, that philosophy translates into AI-assisted workflows that automate repetitive research and monitoring while keeping experienced trade professionals at the center of decision-making.
A frequent speaker and writer on the intersection of artificial intelligence, software, supply chains, and international trade, Shannon advocates for moving trade compliance out of the back office and treating it as a strategic business function. Her work focuses on how AI can augment—not replace—human expertise, helping organizations respond more effectively to tariff volatility, regulatory complexity, changing supply chains, and growing compliance demands.
Shannon holds a BS in Computer Information Science from the University of Colorado Boulder and an MBA from Marymount University.
To view her LinkedIn Profile, visit here.