The story
Founded by Herbert W. Karr and Harry Markowitz on Jul 17, 1962, in Santa Monica.1
20th century
CACI was founded by Herb Karr and Harry Markowitz, who left RAND Corporation in 1962 to commercialize the SIMSCRIPT simulation programming language. The company went public in 1968. "CACI", which was originally an acronym for "California Analysis Center, Incorporated", was changed to stand for "Consolidated Analysis Center, Incorporated" in 1967. In 1973, the acronym alone was adopted as the firm's official name; reflecting the name customers had grown familiar
with.
Their CACI Limited (UK) subsidiary was founded in 1975.
From 1984 the company was led by CEO Jack London, a former US naval engineer, who later became chairman and died in 2021.
21st century
In February 2020, CACI announced the hiring of former White House staffer Daniel Walsh as corporate strategic adviser and senior vice president.
In April 2022, CACI announced that it had been awarded the Gold Edison Award, for its critical data dark web analysis intelligence platform DarkBlue.
Acquisitions
CACI's growth has been predominantly via acquisitions of other IT companies.
Internal growth
CACI's SIMSCRIPT software product line added object-oriented capability, and added a new government contracting area: Space.
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