About us

C O M P E T E N C E B U I L D E R S

Competence Builders, Inc. (CBI), a SBA-certified SDB company, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, offers technical, strategic and business consulting services to organizations and companies interested in providing or developing services and products in the US and abroad, especially in Latin American and the Caribbean.

CBI personnel have a great deal of consulting and training experience with extensive expertise in marketing/business strategy and planning, research and assessment of competition, technology transfer, project management, telecommunications, customer acquisition, market development and positioning, RFP development, technology/vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, and implementation of tailor-made training programs. Moreover, we have performed technical and strategic venture assessments on behalf of venture capitalists and also have provided technical and strategic support to startup companies looking to raise capital.

Specifically, to help your company successfully develop business in the USA, Latin America and the Caribbean, we offer the following services:

* Assistance with financing.

* Preparation of proposals and business plans.

* Positioning your company with local key players.

* Provisioning of local competitive intelligence.

* Search and assessment of local business opportunities.

* Development of strategies to enter local markets.

* Search, assessment and setup of local strategic partnerships.

* Assistance with the setup of local office/representation, etc.

We are well positioned to help your company tap the Latin American and Caribbean markets by virtue of:

* Great deal of experience and expertise developing and doing business in this region.

* Personal contacts with key local player in private industry and government.

* Our offices are located in the Metropolitan DC area, which allows us to have ready access to the headquarters of major international financial institutions that promote development in this region, such as the Inter American Development Bank and the World Bank.

* Bilingual personnel (Spanish-English).

We have a cadre of experts in Information Technology (IT), Telecommunications, Marketing, Business and Management, Networking, Project Management, Training Programs, Technology Transfer, and Business Strategy.