please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message icf type public corporation traded as nasdaq icfi industry professional services pr brand strategy communications and management consulting founded 1969 headquarters fairfax virginia key people sudhakar kesavan chairman and ceo revenue us 1.13 billion 2015 number of employees 5 000 2015 subsidiaries olson . olson engage . olson 1to1 . olson canada . pulsepoint group . citytech inc. ironworks icf interactive icf mostra eca website www.icf.com icf provides professional services and technology based solutions to government commercial and international clients . the company offers advisory and implementation services to its clients to help them conceive develop implement and improve solutions in strategy and policy analysis program management project evaluation and other services . its services primarily address four markets energy and climate change ; environment and infrastructure ; health human services and social programs and homeland security and defense . the company s advisory and management consulting services include needs and markets assessment policy analysis strategy and concept development change management strategy enterprise architecture and program design . its implementation services include information technology solutions project and program management project delivery strategic communications and training . 1 2 contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 acquisitions 1.3 recent history 2 leadership 3 services 4 markets 5 contributions 6 references 7 external links history edit early history edit icf was founded in 1969 as the inner city fund a venture capital firm established to finance inner city businesses . its first president was c. d. lester a former tuskegee airman who was joined by three u.s. department of defense analysts . the firm s consulting business proved more successful than its investments and in 1972 it was reorganized as a consulting firm and renamed icf incorporated . icf focused on energy issues for u.s. federal agencies throughout the 1970s . during the 1980s the firm expanded its environmental business and began to build its engineering capabilities . in 1988 the firm acquired kaiser engineers which had originated as the engineering unit of henry j. kaiser s industrial empire and grew to rank among the largest engineering and construction companies in the world . the following year the combined company went public and eventually traded its stock on the new york stock exchange . the combined company operated as icf kaiser maintaining its consulting unit largely intact . in 1999 icf international ended its decade long affiliation with kaiser engineers through acquisition by its management and cm equity partners lp an equity investment firm based in new york city . 3 acquisitions edit in 2002 icf acquired two divisions of arthur d. little global environment & risk americas and public sector program management . in 2005 icf acquired synergy inc. a provider of strategic planning analysis and technology solutions in defense command and control operations and logistics . in 2005 icf acquired caliber associates a fairfax virginia firm that provided high end consulting services primarily to u.s. federal clients . in 2007 icf acquired energy and environmental analysis eea a firm that specialized in energy market analyses modeling transportation and energy technology and environmental advisory services . in 2007 icf acquired advanced performance consulting group apcg a firm that specialized in helping federal organizations develop and implement strategy improve enterprise performance manage change support employee growth and communicate effectively . 4 in 2007 icf acquired z tech corporation a provider of software engineering web design and development and scientific computing services in support of federal health agencies . 5 in 2007 icf acquired sh & e the world s largest consulting firm dedicated to air transport . 6 in 2008 icf acquired jones & stokes an integrated planning and resource management firm specializing in the transportation energy water and natural resource management sectors . 7 in 2009 icf international acquired macro international inc. an advisory implementation and evaluation services firm providing research based solutions to u.s. federal government agencies in health and other areas . 8 in 2009 icf acquired jacob & sundstrom inc. an information technology firm specializing in cybersecurity and identity management services for u.s. federal civilian and defense agencies . 9 in 2010 icf acquired marbek resource consultants ltd. a leading canadian energy and environmental consulting firm . 10 in 2011 icf acquired ironworks consulting llc an interactive web development firm that provided customer engagement solutions across web mobile and social media platforms to companies in the health energy and financial services industries as well as to u.s. federal government agencies and nonprofit organizations . 11 in 2012 icf international acquired ghk holdings limited a multidisciplinary consultancy headquartered in the uk serving government and commercial clients on environment employment health education and training transportation social policy business and economic development and international development issues . 12 in 2013 icf international acquired ecommerce accelerator llc a premier hybris multichannel e commerce integrator . 13 in 2014 icf international acquired citytech inc. a chicago based digital interactive consultancy specializing in enterprise applications development web experience management mobile application development cloud enablement managed services and customer experience management solutions . 14 in 2014 icf acquired mostra s.a. a fully integrated communications firm headquartered in belgium offering end to end multichannel communications solutions to assist government and commercial clients in reaching out to their stakeholders and customers and a key provider of strategic communications to european union institutions . 15 in 2014 icf acquired olson an integrated marketing technology and digital services provider offering digital marketing solutions around customer engagement and branding ; widely recognized for its innovative strategic advisory work its software driven customer loyalty programs and its analytics based marketing . 16 this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . march 2015 recent history edit in 2006 icf consulting was renamed icf international to reflect the firm s growing geographic presence and increased service offerings . the firm also pursued an initial public offering ipo and now is a publicly traded firm listed on the nasdaq under the symbol nasdaq icfi . in 2016 icf international was rebranded as icf with a new logo and slogan we make big things possible . 17 leadership edit sudhakar kesavan chairman & chief executive officer john wasson president & chief operating officer james c. morgan executive vice president & chief financial officer john george chief information officer colette laforce senior vice president & chief marketing officer 18 andrea baier senior vice president 19 louise clements execituve vice president 20 gene costa senior vice president james daniel senior vice president & general counsel ellen glover executive vice president 21 john guda senior vice president jim lawler executive vice president 22 philip mihlmester executive vice president sergio ostria executive vice president dr. barbara rudin executive vice president dr. david speiser executive vice president robert toth senior vice president 23 24 services edit in addition to professional services and technology based solutions icf provides universal services throughout the project and program lifecycle in benchmarking business process operations and optimization customer satisfaction economic and financial analysis icf olson information and data management it solutions management consulting modeling and simulation organizational learning and performance performance management program management and it management research and evaluation scientific and engineering analysis strategic communications and marketing strategy policy analysis and regulatory development survey research training and technical assistance 25 markets edit aviation climate community development cybersecurity 26 education energy environment families and communities health international development transportation 27 contributions edit icf s integrated planning model ipm a detailed model of the electric power sector has been used by the u.s. environmental protection agency in support of its air regulatory analysis for more than 15 years . icf provides support to epa in applying the model . 28 references edit icf international on the forbes america s best midsize employers list . forbes . retrieved 2016 06 14 . icf at a glance . www.icf.com . retrieved 2016 06 14 . our history icf intl . icfi.com . retrieved february 1 2012 . icf international acquires advanced performance consulting group icf intl . icfi.com . january 23 2007 . retrieved august 13 2014 . icf international acquires z tech corporation icf intl . icfi.com . june 28 2007 . retrieved august 13 2014 . icf international completes acquisition of simat 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