CI International

What CI International does

CI International (legal name: Communication Institute International, Inc.) is a privately held professional services firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, with 11-50 employees. The company provides customized consulting, coaching, and learning and development services to federal government agencies and commercial clients, with its primary segment being the federal vertical.

The firm's service portfolio spans four practice areas: organizational development consulting, targeted learning and development programs, executive and leadership coaching, and a newer wildfire mitigation planning line for public agencies and tribes. Its proprietary product, MileMarker 360 (developed in partnership with Newmeasures), is a 360-degree leadership assessment built on the CI Leadership Model and OPM's Executive Core Qualifications with agency-specific norm groups. Delivery is supported by an online course catalog at courses.ciinternational.com containing 100+ courses spanning leadership, change management, coaching, communications, and productivity topics, plus a third-party assessment suite including Everything DiSC, MBTI, EQ-i 2.0, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Real Colors, and the Thomas Kilmann Conflict Instrument.

Revenue is generated through customized professional services engagements with multi-year contract structures across Firm Fixed Price, Time and Materials, Cost Reimbursement, and Incentive pricing. Federal sales flow through two anchor procurement vehicles: the HCaTS SB Pool 1 Best-in-Class MA-IDIQ contract (order period through November 9, 2032) and the GSA Professional Service Schedule (00CORP). Commercial revenue is generated through consultative direct sales supported by an online course catalog as a mid-funnel channel. The go-to-market blends direct phone and email outreach, content marketing through a corporate website and Insights & Resources blog, LinkedIn presence, and the self-serve course platform.

Name

CI International

Legal name

Communication Institute International, Inc.

Website

https://ciinternational.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CI International is a privately held consulting, coaching, and learning and development firm founded in 1994 serving U.S. federal government agencies and commercial clients. It delivers customized training, leadership development, and coaching through HCaTS SB and GSA Schedule contracts, supported by its proprietary MileMarker 360 assessment and an online course catalog.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Littleton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Federal: Consulting, coaching, and learning & development services delivered to federal government agencies through HCaTS SB Pool 1 contract vehicle and GSA Professional Service Schedule (00CORP). Revenue generated through task orders for customized training, human capital strategy, and organizational performance improvement.
2. Professional Services - Commercial: Customized consulting, coaching, and learning & development services delivered to commercial clients including corporations, state/municipal governments, and academic institutions. Services include leadership development programs, team building, change management, and executive coaching.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CI International delivers customized consulting, coaching, and learning & development services to federal government agencies and commercial clients. Core offerings span organizational development consulting, targeted leadership training programs, executive and team coaching, and wildfire mitigation planning for public agencies and tribes. The company also offers the proprietary MileMarker 360 leadership assessment, an online catalog of 100+ courses, and access to multiple validated assessment tools (DiSC, MBTI, EQ-i, StrengthsFinder).

Product overview

CI International offers a portfolio of consulting, coaching, and learning & development services for federal government and commercial clients. The core offerings include Consulting Services (organizational development), Learning & Development Programs (training and workforce development), Coaching Services (executive and leadership coaching), and Wildfire Mitigation Planning. Key proprietary products include MileMarker 360 (a 360-degree leadership assessment aligned with OPM's Executive Core Qualifications), and the HCaTS Contract Vehicle (government-wide procurement solution). The company also offers a comprehensive course catalog spanning leadership, change management, coaching, communications, team building, and productivity topics, supported by various assessment tools including Everything DiSC, MBTI, EQ-i, and StrengthsFinder.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MileMarker 360: Proprietary 360-degree assessment tool developed in partnership with Newmeasures, based on the CI Leadership Model and OPM's Executive Core Qualifications.

Products and services

• Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Three decades of federal and commercial client service demonstrating sustained business performance

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NewmeasurescoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Newmeasures to create the proprietary Mile Marker 360 assessment tool. This 360-degree feedback instrument is based on the CI Leadership Model and OPM's Executive Core Qualifications, providing leadership development assessment for federal agency leaders.
• GSA (General Services Administration)coreOthersGovernment-wide contract vehicle partnership through HCaTS SB Pool 1 Best-in-Class designation and GSA Professional Service Schedule (00CORP) for federal procurement of customized training, human capital strategy, and organizational performance improvement services.
• OPM (Office of Personnel Management)coreOthersPartnered with GSA to deliver HCaTS - a Best-in-Class (BIC) procurement solution providing federal agencies with access to customized training and development, human capital strategy, and organizational performance improvement services.
• Independent Consulting ExpertsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of dozens of independent experts who provide crucial support and advice to CI's team and clients, enabling capacity scaling and specialty capabilities as needed for client engagements.
• Major Consulting OrganizationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngagements with well-known consulting organizations in the industry to deliver top-quality consulting, coaching, and training services. These partnerships make possible the delivery of comprehensive professional services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Development Dimensions International (DDI): DDI is a global leadership and talent-development firm that designs assessment-driven leadership programs for federal and commercial clients. It is the closest like-for-like to CI International's leadership-development, assessment, and coaching portfolio.
• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey sells leadership training, coaching, and consulting — including to U.S. government buyers — through its proprietary content frameworks. It overlaps directly with CI's L&D, executive coaching, and change-management offerings.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): CCL is a non-profit leadership-research and executive-development organization whose assessment-based programs and government-clients practice compete head-to-head with CI's leadership development and 360-feedback services.
• BTS: BTS is a consulting firm centered on learning simulations, executive coaching, and leadership development for global enterprises and public-sector clients. Its delivery model (high-touch, customized, business-simulation-driven) closely mirrors CI's approach.
• Wilson Learning: Wilson Learning provides customized learning and development, leadership, and sales-effectiveness solutions globally, including for government buyers. It competes for the same mid-sized L&D engagements CI pursues.
• GP Strategies: GP Strategies is a publicly traded corporate training and workforce-advisory firm with a substantial federal practice. Its combination of LMS/managed-learning services and human-capital consulting overlaps with CI's HCaTS-positioned federal L&D work.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Right Management delivers talent and leadership development, coaching, and career-management services globally, including to public-sector clients. Its assessment-and-coaching portfolio overlaps directly with CI's mid-market leadership offering.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a sizable leadership-development, coaching, and assessment practice serving federal agencies. It competes with CI on higher-end federal leadership engagements but operates at far greater scale and brand recognition.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a major federal consulting incumbent with a sizable human-capital and workforce-transformation practice. It regularly competes for HCaTS and adjacent federal task orders, representing the upper bound of competition CI faces on larger recompetes.
• ICF International: ICF is a large federal and commercial consulting firm with deep human-capital, learning, and organizational-change practices. It is a frequent HCaTS competitor and a natural comp for the type of scaled federal L&D work CI aspires to grow into.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ci-international-inc./about

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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