trading name sbi type private industry business intelligence founded washington d.c. united states 1996 1996 founder harry b. skip brandon gene m. smith headquarters washington d.c. area served worldwide services due diligence corporate investigations website www.smithbrandon.com smith brandon international inc. sbi is an american boutique corporate investigations and risk consulting firm based in washington d.c. 1 it was founded in 1996 by gene m. smith and harry skip brandon and today employs a worldwide network of investigators including former heads of law enforcement agencies political figures and professionals with legal financial and intelligence backgrounds . 2 3 sbi offers a range of services including high level political analysis global due diligence risk avoidance corporate investigations financial investigations political risk assessments and business intelligence services . 1 4 sbi does not disclose the names of its clients or the specifics of its projects . 2 5 however sbi s clients include domestic and foreign fortune 50 companies as well as small and medium sized companies working internationally in many industries such as banking oil mining and timber . 6 7 8 with assistance from its international network of contacts in the intelligence business and diplomatic communities sbi has worked across north america latin america the middle east asia africa and india . 5 8 9 ninety five percent of their work is outside of the u.s. 10 founders smith and brandon have had close ties with u.s. governmental agencies ; smith was an agent for the cia and brandon was deputy assistant director of the national security and counter terrorism programs for the fbi . 5 11 both have contributed to various industry journals such as the harvard business review and have spoken at various conferences and on national radio programs including npr s talk of the nation . 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 references edit a b frequently asked questions . smith brandon international . retrieved february 11 2013 . a b fields julia august 1999 . intelligence firm profits from overseas contacts . ottawa business journal 10 . about sbi . smith brandon international . retrieved february 11 2013 . larsen peter thal april 11 2002 . insecurity and fear feed a once secretive industry . financial times . a b c ripley amanda july 31 1998 . rent a spook . washington city paper . retrieved february 11 2013 . stein jeff november 20 1996 . the dogs of peace . salon . retrieved february 26 2013 . whitefield mimi april 20 1998 . risk analysts cut a path for latin american investors . the miami herald . a b stein jeff march 1997 . risky business . impact 21 22 25 . andrew edgecliffe johnson april 10 2001 . the top players in intelligence industry . financial times . a b finder joseph 2007 . the ceo s private investigation . harvard business review . harvard business publishing . 85 10 54 . retrieved february 16 2013 . brandon harry august 16 2004 . can fbi & cia work together . interview with soledad o brien . cnn . retrieved february 11 2013 . brandon harry ; smith gene m. march april 1998 . coping with disaster you need a plan . miningvoice . 4 2 23 27 . brandon harry ; smith gene m. march 1999 . expert advisor expect the unexpected terrorism in today s world . crime victims litigation . the national center of victims of crime . 6 1 10 11 . smith gene m. november december 2000 . credit risk and risk avoidance . business credit . 102 10 58 59 . brandon harry august 17 2005 . talk of the nation . interview with neil conan . national public radio . wbur . boston massachusetts . retrieved february 11 2013 . smith gene m. 2010 . challenges in international security kidnapping & crisis management pdf . journal of the washington institute of china studies . the washington institute of china studies . 4 4 71 76 . retrieved february 16 2013 . smith gene m. ; brandon harry october 9 2004 . academy of international business northeast usa 2004 annual conference . smithfield rhode island http web.bryant.edu aibne program.htm . retrieved february 2 2013 . missing or empty title help brandon harry may 15 2012 . india enterprise forum . dallas texas http 184.168.136.190 ief index.php option com content & view article & id 102 & itemid 620 . retrieved february 2 2013 . missing or empty title help stensgaard anne birte march 7 2005 . fcib 1st international credit & risk management conference in the middle east . ameinfo.com . retrieved february 16 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smith brandon international & oldid 714736469 categories companies established in 1996private detectives and investigatorsbusiness intelligence companiessecurity consulting firmsmanagement consulting firms of the united statesprivately held companies based in washington d.c.private intelligence agencieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 april 2016 at 15 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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