Consultant Specialists

What Consultant Specialists does

Consultant Specialists, Inc. (CSI) is a privately held IT staffing and consulting agency founded in 2002 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm places technology professionals with employers under three engagement models — contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire — across six specialization areas: Business Systems Analysis, Information Security, Database Development, Desktop Support, Front End Development, and Professional Positions. Its primary service area is Northern California (San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and surrounding regions), with claimed nationwide placement reach.

CSI operates a sales-led, recruiter-driven go-to-market. The technology layer is modest: a corporate website at csi-it.com (built by Haley Marketing and relaunched in June 2016) and a self-serve job board at jobs.csi-it.com that lets candidates search openings and apply directly. Organic social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook) and a content blog support top-of-funnel candidate attraction; direct recruiter engagement with employers drives the bottom of the funnel. Placed contractors are offered benefits including medical, sick days per California requirements, and a 401(k) plan.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees on placements, but no revenue, headcount trend, funding, M&A, partnership, or leadership data is disclosed in the available source material. No patents, certifications, awards, AI capabilities, or subsidiary structure are documented. CSI presents as a small, independent, founder- or privately-owned regional staffing firm with no observed institutional investment, recapitalization, or ownership change.

Name

Consultant Specialists

Legal name

Consultant Specialists, Inc.

Website

https://csi-it.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Consultant Specialists, Inc. (CSI) is a privately held San Francisco-based IT staffing agency founded in 2002 that places technology professionals in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire roles across six specializations, primarily in Northern California with nationwide reach.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Staffing and Recruiting Services: Revenue generated through placing IT professionals at client companies. Offers three placement types: contract (temporary IT staffing), contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements. Recruiters work with employers to fill technical positions and connect skilled professionals with opportunities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Consultant Specialists, Inc. (CSI) is an IT staffing and recruiting agency that connects skilled technical professionals with companies through contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placement arrangements. The firm recruits across six specialization areas (Business Systems Analysis, Information Security, Database Development, Desktop Support, Front End Development, and Professional Positions) primarily in Northern California with nationwide reach.

Product overview

Consultant Specialists, Inc. (CSI) is an IT staffing and consulting agency that operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company's core offering consists of IT staffing, consulting job placement, and contract position services. Their portfolio includes six specialized verticals: Business Systems Analysis, Information Security, Database Developers, Desktop Support, Front End Developers, and Professional Positions. The company also maintains a job board (jobs.csi-it.com) and an industry blog for candidate and client engagement. Services are delivered through contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire employment arrangements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IT Staffing Services IT staffing and recruiting agency providing contract (temporary), contract-to-hire, and direct hire placement services for companies seeking technical talent. Offers candidates across six specialization verticals: Business Systems Analysis, Information Security, Database Development, Desktop Support, Front End Development, and Professional Positions. Placed contractors receive medical benefits and 401(k).
• IT Consulting and Contract Job Placement Placement services connecting skilled IT professionals with consulting engagements and flexible contract positions. Provides opportunities for in-demand technical professionals seeking short-term, contract-to-hire, or direct-hire roles across Northern California and throughout the United States.
• IT Job Board Online job board at jobs.csi-it.com where IT job seekers can search contract openings and apply, or contact recruiters directly for career assistance.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Mondo: Digital, technology, and creative staffing agency providing contract and direct hire placements; similar boutique positioning, technology-leaning specializations, and high-touch recruiter model as CSI.
• Insight Global: Large IT and engineering staffing firm with nationwide reach and a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire model that closely parallels CSI's value proposition and target IT employer segments.
• TEKsystems: One of the largest pure-play IT staffing firms in the US, offering contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire across the same IT specializations (security, development, infrastructure) as CSI.
• Kforce: Public staffing firm with a significant technology practice providing contract and direct hire IT talent across development, security, and enterprise systems roles similar to CSI's verticals.
• Apex Systems: IT staffing and consulting firm operating nationwide with a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire model covering IT engineering, security, and development roles comparable to CSI's specializations.
• Eliassen Group: IT staffing and consulting firm with technology focus across consulting engagements and direct hire placements, serving many of the same mid-market and enterprise IT hiring customers as CSI.
• CyberCoders (ASGN): Tech-focused recruiting firm now under ASGN that places IT and engineering talent across permanent and contract roles; the digital-recruiting-led model competes with CSI for the same IT candidate pool.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Largest US staffing firm with a sizable technology placement division offering contract and direct hire IT staffing; broader portfolio includes finance, legal, and administrative, but its IT practice directly overlaps CSI's contract-to-hire and direct hire offerings.
• Aerotek: Large multi-discipline staffing firm with technical and IT placement capabilities as part of a broader industrial/professional portfolio; competes for IT contract roles alongside CSI while serving a wider range of occupations.
• Randstad Technologies: Global staffing giant with a dedicated technologies division providing IT contract and permanent placement at scale; broader workforce solutions portfolio but directly competes for IT talent placements in the same NorCal and nationwide markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/consultantspecialistsinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consultant-specialists-inc-csi-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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