CGI:The Story of CGI Group

CGI Group Inc. is an information technology (IT) management and business process services (BPS) company.

Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, CGI employs more than 35,600 professionals in over 126 offices in 16 countries.

As of September 2010, CGI had an annual revenue of CA $3.7 billion with an order backlog of CA $13.3 billion.

CGI stands for "Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique" in French, or "Information Systems and Management Consultants," in English. However, the official English meaning is "Consultants to Government and Industry."

CGI is part of the Forbes Global 2000, an annual ranking of the top 1000 public companies in the world.

Serge Godin founded CGI in 1976 in Montreal, Canada. In 2004, CGI purchased the majority of American Management Systems (AMS), acquiring the commercial business and all government business not related to national defense. In May 2010, CGI announced the acquisition of Stanley, Inc., for an enterprise value of approximately $1.07B.In August 2010, CGI finalized the acquisition of Stanley.

CGI is one of four primary Recovery Audit Contractors, responsible for auditing region B.

CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services, such as:

1.Application Management
2.Business Process Services
3.Infrastructure Management
4.Systems integration and consulting
5.Technology Management.

CGI sells its software to various industries, which include:

Banking
Credit Unions
Distribution
Government
Health care
Insurance
Manufacturing
Oil and Gas
Retail
Telecommunications
Utilities
Wealth management
Financial Services

Awards and recognition

“CGI’s Donna Morea: Q1 2011 Looking Strong” by Katy Saulpaugh.
CGI listed #14 within BusinessWeek’s “Tech Hot Growth Companies 2010".
“The Top 20 People to Watch in 2011” – CGI Federal President George Schindler listed.
Contractor award winners announced – CGI Named 2010 Greater Washington U.S. Government Contractor of the Year.

A focus on the fundamentals
-35 years of long-term growth with 31,000 professionals in 125 offices
-9/10 satisfaction score from more than 2,500 signed client assessments
-Rigorous project monitoring resulting in 95% on-time, on-budget delivery
-Committed to world-class service levels with over 98% exceeded or met
-Among the lowest attrition rates in the industry – with 90% of professionals owners

The CGI dream

A number of governing ideas inspired the creation of CGI and continue to drive its development. These ideas constitute what we call the CGI "dream." It is a dream based on a set of values to which we are profoundly attached.

The dream has allowed us to assemble, all around the world, a team of extraordinary men and women who share it and are building a company that reflects their aspirations - who are, in fact, building their "own" company. Over the years, our team has built a clientele we are extremely proud of and whom we are dedicated to serving with the utmost skill.

This dream has its roots in the original and simple idea that first motivated CGI's founders when they created the company:

"To create an environment in which we enjoy working together and, as owners, contribute to building a company we can be proud of."

From this very basic idea grew an entire business philosophy. Our resulting corporate governance values, policies and frameworks help us continuously manage and measure our ability to sustain our dream and balance the needs of our three stakeholders: our clients, our members and our shareholders.

At CGI, our dream inspires us to be a team of builders. With a drive for quality and excellence, CGI members are committed to sharing in our clients' business challenges, finding the best solutions, and achieving client success.

Sharing the same values

Sharing the same values allows us to enjoy considerable autonomy and swiftness of action without compromising our cohesiveness. It also allows us to mobilize teams more rapidly and bring together the most experienced individuals from across the company, who are able to quickly work as one to address a given challenge. And, of course, these values also guide our decisions and actions.

Partnership and quality
For us, partnership and quality are both a philosophy and a way of life. We develop and follow the best management practices and we entrench these approaches into client relationships and service delivery frameworks in order to foster long term and strong partnerships with our clients. We listen to our clients and we are committed to their total satisfaction in everything we do.

Objectivity and integrity
We exercise the highest degree of independent thinking in selecting the products, services and solutions we recommend to clients. In doing so, we adhere to the highest values of quality, objectivity and integrity. Consequently, strict rules of business and professional conduct are applied. We do not accept any remuneration from suppliers.

Intrapreneurship and sharing
Our success is based on the competence, commitment and enthusiasm of our members. Therefore, we promote a climate of innovation and initiative where we are empowered with a sense of ownership in supporting clients, thus ensuring the firm's profitable growth. Through teamwork, sharing our know-how and expertise, we bring the best of CGI to our clients. As members, we share in the value we create through equity ownership and profit participation.

Respect
As a global company, we recognize the richness that diversity brings to the company and welcome this diversity while embracing the overall CGI culture. In all we do, we are respectful of our fellow members, clients, business partners and competitors.

Financial strength
We strive to deliver strong, consistent financial performance which sustains long term growth and rewards our members and shareholders. Financial strength enables us to continuously invest and improve services and business solutions to the benefit of our clients. To this end, we manage our business to generate industry superior returns.

Corporate social responsibility
Our business model is designed to ensure that we are close to our clients and communities. As members, we embrace our social responsibilities and contribute to the continuous development of the communities in which we live and work.

CGI worldwide locations

With professionals in 126+ offices worldwide, CGI adheres to the fundamental belief that having a strong local presence with clients is critical to our joint success. This client-proximity business model is combined with global delivery options to provide clients with a strong local presence and a best-fit mix of global sourcing. The result: highly accountable services delivered at the best value.

Australia
Poland
Belgium
Portugal
Canada
Singapore
France
Spain
Germany
The Netherlands
Hungary
United Kingdom
India
United States

Italy