Since the Mexico City Office was established in 2000, it has doubled in size and increased the space of its training and demo rooms to meet the growing demands of the region. CPI’s Mexico City Office now includes a state-of-the-art training center, CDAT, which is designed to provide training and educational expertise in the latest technologies for today’s IT and Telecom applications to customers and users.
CPI’s ten year presence in Mexico would not be the success it is without the team behind it. In 2000 Alfonso Santos was appointed Area Manager for Latin America and established Mexico’s first office. Along with Alfonso, Rosa Maria Romero Ruiz, who also came on board in 2000, were the driving forces in the startup and growth of CPI in Latin America.
In 2006 Victor Banuelos joined CPI as a Field Applications Engineer to support pre and post sales technical needs. Victor creates technical presentations and designs as well as prepares and executes training programs to distributors, contractors and end users.
Francisco Gonzalez came on board to CPI in 2009 as a Regional Sales Manager for Northern Mexico. His sales territory includes North and West Mexico and he has diligently worked to develop the market in the region, effectively reaching more business partners and increasing market share.
Under Alfonso’s leadership CPI’s unique corporate culture of employee ownership has been established and furthered in Mexico. From 2000-2010 the sales revenue has increased eightfold, the number of distributor partners in Mexico has doubled and in 2010 a Certified Contractor Program was established with 44 contractors. CPI has also been able to expand into new markets such as Costa Rica and Panama.
To recognize the accomplishments of CPI and their 10 years in Northern Latin America as well as the grand opening of the new CDAT facility, there will be a celebration on December 9, 2010 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. In attendance will be local customers, business partners, CPI’s Executive Team, and board members. CPI’s President & CEO Larry Renaud will perform the highly anticipated ribbon cutting for the new CDAT facility followed by an award ceremony at 8:00pm honoring distributors and selected contractors. The celebration will end with Victor Banuelos, Francisco Gonzales and Alfonso Santos giving a tour and presentation of the new CDAT facility.