nyse cdi industry engineering technology staffing founded 1950 headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania united states key people walter r. garrison chairman of the board ; scott j. freidheim ceo revenue 985 million fy 2015 1 operating income 28.596 million fy 2015 1 net income 37.003 million fy 2015 1 total assets 339.097 million fy 2015 1 total equity 221.243 million fy 2015 1 number of employees 900 december 2015 1 website www.cdicorp.com cdi corporation is a multinational company providing engineering information technology and staffing services to clients in a range of industries including energy chemical aerospace defense transportation and financial services . the company employs 900 staffers and approximately 7 500 billable employees 1 and is headquartered in philadelphia pa . contents 1 history 2 divisions 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 external links history edit cdi corps philadelphia headquarters at 1717 arch street aka three logan square formerly the bell atlantic tower . cdi corporation was founded in philadelphia in 1950 as comprehensive designers inc. 2 the company provided temporary technical services to manufacturing industries including servicing the growing automotive and defense industries . in 1956 walter r. garrison an engineer with boeing joined the company as its chief engineer . in 1961 garrison and two colleagues bought the company and garrison became ceo . 2 in 1972 the company diversified into the field of job placement by buying management recruiters international a firm that focused on providing permanent management talent for clients . 3 in 1973 comprehensive designers inc. changed their name to cdi corporation . 2 in 1991 the company began further diversification into temporary staffing services of clerical and unskilled workers by acquiring temporary placement agency today s staffing . 4 by the end of 1994 the company reported over 1b in revenue in the three core areas of technical services temporary services and management recruiters with approximately 3 000 customers . 5 in march 1997 the company elected mitch wienick to the position of ceo and president to replace the retiring walter garrison . garrison remained on the company s board of directors . 6 in 1999 cdi purchased executive headhunting firm humana international further expanding its mid level management search and recruitment services through the addition of humana s 136 franchised offices in europe and asia . 7 in 2001 mitch wienick announced his retirement and roger h. ballou was elected as cdi s new president and ceo . 2 in 2003 cdi announced the acquisition of anderselite a united kingdom based provider of building and construction professionals on a permanent and temporary basis . in september 2007 the company announced the sale of today s staffing to spherion for 40m . 4 in july 2010 the company announced the acquisition of l. robert kimball & associates inc. l.r. kimball a 550 person professional services firm that provided architecture civil and environmental engineering communication technology and consulting services . the firm was integrated into what was then called cdi engineering solutions . 8 in 2011 paulett eberhart a veteran of electronic data systems 9 was announced as cdi s new president and ceo replacing the retiring roger ballou . 10 in august 2014 the company announced a new ceo former investcorp sears and lehman brothers executive scott j. freidheim . 11 in october 2015 cdi acquired boston massachusetts based edgerock technologies llc a private it staffing company for 30 million . 12 divisions edit cdi corporation operates with three business units global engineering and technology services gets professional staffing services pss 13 and management recruiters international mri . 14 awards and recognition edit cdi was named 25 on enr.com s list of the top 500 engineering design firms . 15 cdi was selected as the 2013 outsourcer of the year by hdi a professional association and certification body for technical service and support professionals . cdi was honored for its commitment to excellence efficiency and service quality . 16 cdi s virginia security team was honored by the department of defense with the james s. cogswell award for providing outstanding industrial security . 17 references edit a b c d e f g cdi corp. reports fourth quarter and full year 2015 results pdf . investor.shareholder.com . retrieved 2016 03 09 . a b c d cdi corporation history . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2013 11 27 . mrinetwork recruiting pioneers . mrinetwork.com . retrieved 2013 11 27 . a b cdi to sell office temp dallas unit todays staffing will go to spherion corp. for 40 million . . philly.com . 2007 09 21 . retrieved 2015 03 19 . 10 k annual report . investor.shareholder.com . 1995 03 02 . retrieved 2013 11 27 . form 10 q quarterly report . investor.shareholder.com . 1997 08 08 . retrieved 2013 11 27 . cdi acquires humana international . philadelphia business journal . 1999 04 04 . retrieved 2013 11 27 . l.r. kimball acquired by cdi corp. . pabusinesscentral.com . 2010 07 16 . retrieved 2014 10 27 . corner office . nytimes.com . 2013 06 08 . retrieved 2015 03 19 . phillyinc eberhart tapped as cdi corp. chief . philly.com . 2011 01 10 . retrieved 2015 03 19 . cdi taps ex sears lehman boss as new ceo . philly.com . 2014 08 13 . retrieved 2014 10 07 . cdi acquires it staffing provider edgerock for 31 million . staffingindustry.com . 2015 10 06 . retrieved 2016 03 09 . spencer group appoints cdi anderselite as recruitment partner . recruitment international uk . 2014 04 24 . retrieved 2014 10 09 . cdi corporation 2013 annual report pdf . cdicorp.com . 2014 04 06 . retrieved 2014 10 09 . the top 500 design firms . enr.com . 2014 04 14 . retrieved 2014 10 07 . hdi team excellence award . hdi . retrieved 2013 11 27 . cdi corp. s security team in portsmouth virginia honored by department of defense for outstanding industrial security . pr newswire . 2013 06 27 . retrieved 2013 11 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