Entrepreneurship
Arlindo Antonio Velásquez Fuentes began his career in the business sector, for more than 25 years, working in his own company in exports, imports, small business marketing, training, teaching, advice and consulting for different national and international organizations.
He has provided advice on the preparation of business plans, strengthening of the business and craft sector, promoter of the Rural Development Program, PDR, management and evaluation of projects and international marketing, and developed consulting activities for institutions such as PROSIGUA-GTZ, AGEXPORT, CECI-ACDI, European Union, El Puente GmbH, Proyectos ALA, PRODEVER, CENPROMYPE PAIRCA-UE, SEGEPLAN and Ministry of Economy.
It has carried out several market investigations of national products, for national and international sale, has participated in regional product development and adaptation processes, has carried out cost and competitiveness analyses, executed socioeconomic reactivation programs in rural areas, developed export, purchase processes in Latin American countries, for fair trade companies in Germany. It has also participated in several international fairs and business conferences in countries such as Germany, the United States and Mexico.
In 2011, he joined VRS Consult, in the consulting and workshop development area.
To date, he has trained in various places in the Republic of Guatemala, as well as in the Central American area. He has done business in different countries of the European Union, the United States, New Zealand, Mexico, Central America and Japan.
He is a Business Administrator and has an MBA in Business Administration, he also has a number of training programs such as certification such as Project Dpro, internationalization of MIPYMES; management training, design, among other types of training.
He has been a university professor for 20 years, having served to date at the following universities: Universidad Mesoamericana, Universidad Panamericana, Universidad Rafael Landívar and Universidad de Occidente where he has taught courses on entrepreneurship, international trade and marketing.
Speaks: Spanish, English and German