Our History

Since its founding in 2002, CSI has provided customized, reliable and reasonably priced services for clients across the globe. Approximately twenty client organizations have been served since 2002.







The experience of Jim Fremming, CSI's owner and lead consultant, includes research design and analysis in applied settings since the late 1970s and fieldwork in evaluation, performance monitoring and strategic planning for international development since 1994.

Our Philosophy

At CSI, we aim to provide our clients with services and products of exceptional quality. We believe that our work constitutes critical contributions to improvement of the human condition, particularly in developing and transitional societies. In order to do this job well and to support this belief, we carry out our work guided by five principles:



--Focus on client needs: We take special care in completely understanding the content and context of our clients' objectives and their own approach to their work. In all aspects and stages of our assistance, we hold the practical usefulness of our contributions toward the client's objectives as the highest priority.



--Technical rigor: In order to most effectively and efficiently meet client needs, we deliver our assistance at an excellent and state-of-the-art level of technical quality, from design through implementation to product delivery and beyond.



--Deep substantive knowledge: We find that successful assistance involves a great deal more than "number-crunching." CSI does not attempt to supplant a client firm or its employees, but we do consider ourselves part of a working team sharing a problem-solving agenda with the client organization. Our substantive training and continued work in international development across several technical sectors provides us with a firm foundation of knowledge that continues to support our analytical work, training and facilitation.



--Getting the job done: Products delivered late or without sufficient attention to detail can be counterproductive to clients' objectives. Timely delivery of "polished" products is key to our mutual success.



--Adherence to professional standards: In addition to client expectations, we conform to product and service guidelines of relevant professional organizations. These include the Guiding Principles for Evaluators developed by the American Evaluation Association.