Stacy Timperley is the export operations manager at Forbs Export Services LLC in Des Moines, Iowa. She helps Iowa companies export heavy agricultural equipment worldwide by navigating international shipping regulations and documentation requirements. Timperley has 10 years of experience in exporting and acts as a consultant to guide small and medium-sized companies through the export process. Forbs focuses on full container loads of equipment from Iowa manufacturers to destinations around the world. Timperley travels extensively to meet with clients and promote exporting as an economic development opportunity for Iowa communities.

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Stacy Timperley
Age: 28
Education: Associate degree, sales and marketing,
AIB College of Business
Family: Husband, Adam; daughter, Addison
Contact:
Email: Stacy@ForbsIowa.com
Phone: 515­245­3820
Linkedin: http://linkd.in/1NKJCvi
A Closer Look: Stacy Timperley
Export Operations Manager, Forbs Export Services LLC
BY PERRY BEEMAN, Senior Staff Writer
Friday, April 10, 2015 6:00 AM
Stacy Timperley is a small­town Iowan who didn’t grow up on a
farm, but now can tell you plenty about heavy agricultural
equipment. Her job is to make it easier for Iowa companies to
export heavy machinery around the world. She works in a two­
person office in the Ruan Center. She traveled to Brazil
recently on an Iowa Farm Bureau Federation trip. She joined
Forbs Expert Services LLC in November.
From her base in the Ruan Center, Timperley works in an Iowa
export industry that has been on the rise. The state has been a
power in grain exports for decades, but Forbs is focusing on the
equipment behind some of that agriculture.
A “recovering introvert” who is easygoing but driven, Timperley
works to smooth out the rough spots that can come in trying to
navigate international shipping regulations. The job is a long
way from fixing the pinsetters at her hometown bowling alley as
a child.
We sat down with Timperley to learn what’s new in the world of
exports.
What do you do?
I handle all the documentation. Our goal is to help small and
medium­size companies export their equipment, so we meet
with them and we figure out their needs and how to address
their issues with exporting. We do everything from government
financing to their documentation to regulations. We just try to
help them make it a little easier, and take their hand and guide
them through the international process.
Are you a consultant then?
Yes. It can be intimidating if you don’t know what you’re doing.
But I’ve been exporting for 10 years. The experience we have
we want to give to small and medium­size companies across
Iowa. Many of them don’t know there are services like us. The
government promotes exporting, but they don’t give you the
step­by­step information on how to do it. We’re that extra
resource to serve them. Some don’t export because they don’t
know how to do it.
Are many of them new to exporting?
Maybe have done a few deals, but they don’t have the time or expertise to know what they are doing, or they’ve
had some complications. If they do have an export department, we can go in and help train their people to keep
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the jobs in the smaller communities. We can act as a consultant­trainer, or we can actually take their paperwork
and do it for them. We just want to connect them to their network.
Is it difficult to keep up with varying regulations from country to country?
We have to pay attention to the regulations in each country. We have those reports, so we can look them up if
you are going to Brazil, or if you are going to South Africa. Those regulations will determine who your partners
are. We do have some conflicts with Russia, so we need to pay attention to where you can ship products and
where you cannot. There are a lot of compliance issues.
What other complications do you run into?
Look at the port congestion from the West Coast. That also is tricking down, and Canada is refusing our goods.
Now I have just heard there are going to be rail strikes slowing down the rail transportation. All these moving
parts, they lean on each other and determine how you do things. We can direct goods around these issues and
help the customers avoid these problems.
Have you ever had a shipment get overseas, and it couldn’t get into the country?
Yes. There are the issues where they will require certain documents. It happens in importing as well. You’ll get
that X­ray fee, or they’ll want to look at what is inside the container. Or it could be a flag on your documents not
saying the correct thing. Or it’s the random count. They aren’t going to show you their cards on why they want to
look at that container. But when they ask you that information, all you have to do is pull that file and give them
what they are asking for to clear it and move on. As long as you are prepared, those hiccups don’t affect the
overall process.
What is your specialty?
We really go after the large equipment. Iowa has beautiful products to offer. There is paving equipment, there are
sprayers, there are fertilizer carts. We like to put them in full container loads so it is just their product and ship
them to their destinations. That include the Phillipines, South Africa, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil. We go
worldwide. We focus on Iowa companies, particularly those that are manufactured here.
Do you actively seek new clients at shows, etc.?
This is our third year in business. We get our steel­toed boots on and we go into the field. This dress I’m wearing
today is not our normal attire. I put on my jeans and steel­toed boots and we walk into the fields and find those
customers. We go to the Farm Progress Show every cycle it comes to Boone. We will be going to the Iowa
Power Farming Show. If we find a lead, we will go to their factory in northwest Iowa. We don’t stay in Des
Moines.
Do you consider yourself a force in economic development, in addition to helping clients with specific
exports?
We are trying. We want to keep that revenue in Iowa, and those jobs. We are a growing company. We are
looking to hire more people. We are looking to expand our reach. We want people to understand we aren’t just in
Des Moines. We want to help these small communities survive. Coming from small­town Iowa, I know what it is
like to want to get out of a small town when you are young. But now that I am 10 years older, I appreciate what a
small town has to offer.
How did you get interested in machinery?
My family owned a bowling alley down in Leon. I had an entreprenuer experience working in the back of the
bowling alley. That’s why I love equipment ­­ I was fixing the pinsetters in the back of the bowling alley and stuff
like that. That was my job. My sisters were in the kitchen. My friend raised beef cattle and I was always out on
the farm. I didn’t grow up on a farm, but I grew up in a rural community and the co­op was right down the street.
What do you like to do when you’re off work?
I have an 18­month­old daughter that takes a lot of my time. We take walks and enjoy activities around Des
Moines. I also enjoy golf and bowling. I love my athletics. I’m a (Kansas City) Chiefs fan. I’m a glutton for
punishment because I am also a Chicago Cubs fan. I teach water aerobics. I’ve lost 70 pounds already, so the
healthy lifestyle is something I’m interested in as well, I am a horrible bowler. We owned a bowling alley but I
never bowled, because I was always in the back fixing things. But my family and I are going to the national
bowling championships in El Paso in June. It’s kind of one of our last gung­ho family trips together. There are 12
of us. We all had to join a league. It’s a family of good athletes. My dad has like a 200 average, and my brother is
up there. I am the comedy relief at about 120, but we have fun.
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