Alexandria, Virginia · Est. 2006
Bridging analytical gaps.
Intelligence analysis, supply chain risk and technical expertise for government and industry.
Explore our capabilitiesFrom systems to components
Every detail. A wider context.
Understanding a supply chain means looking beyond the finished product. We examine organizations, components and the relationships between them.
- Ownership
- Components
- Relationships
Better questions. Stronger perspective.
Explore supply chain risk- Ownership
- Analyst-owned and led
- Status
- SBA-certified SDVOSB
- UEI · CAGE
- LK5CFHLMKLK1 · 4CDF0
- Since
- 16 March 2006
The image: an illustrative semiconductor package that comes apart as you scroll — heat spreader, compute dies, stacked memory, interposer, bumps, substrate and ball-grid array — and is then seen side on, every layer in its place.
I — Overview
The value is in the connections.
We investigate the organizations, suppliers and relationships behind your questions. Our assessments explain what the evidence shows and what it means for your decision.
Analyst-owned and led, IAI brings together analysis, technical expertise and program support for government and commercial organizations.
About IAI
Lid off · Under the heat spreader: the dies, the memory, the silicon they sit on.
II — The people behind the perspective
Experience makes the difference.
Our leaders are intelligence analysts who understand the work and support the people doing it.
Compute die · Close on the silicon: the floorplan shows as colour in the light.
1984In intelligence since
Carl McDonald
President · Founder
- US Navy intelligence analyst
- Founded IAI in March 2006
- Supply chain risk management subject-matter expert since 2016
22Years, US Air Force
Barry Fisher
Chief Executive Officer
- Counterintelligence and criminal investigation
- IAI counterintelligence analyst, 2017–2018
- Chief executive since August 2025
III — Capabilities
Depth where it counts.
- 01 Flagship practice
Supply Chain Risk Management
Assess vendor, component and ownership risks across federal supply chains.
In elevation — The stack, side on: what sits on what. - 02
Corporate Due Diligence
Investigate company ownership, control and relationships to support business and government decisions.
Compute die — Close on the silicon: the floorplan shows as colour in the light. - 03
All-Source Intelligence Analysis
Combine intelligence from multiple sources into assessments that explain the findings, evidence and uncertainty.
In plan — From above: what was placed where, and next to what. - 04
Counterintelligence and Insider Threat
Analysis, threat assessment and program support for counterintelligence and insider threat teams.
Lid off — Under the heat spreader: the dies, the memory, the silicon they sit on. - 05
AI and Data Solutions
AI planning, data integration and analytic support shaped around your team’s needs.
Stacked memory — Eight layers on a base die, fanned apart. - 06
Technical and Program Services
IT, project management, system assessment and proposal support for customer programs.
Underside — The ball-grid array: every connection the part makes with the world.
In elevation · The stack, side on: what sits on what.
IV — Method
Better questions. Stronger perspective.
- 01
Evidence
Start with what is known.
Examine the evidence and the reliability of its sources.
- 02
Context
Follow the connections.
Understand the organizations, systems and relationships behind the question.
- 03
Judgment
Make uncertainty clear.
Explain what the evidence supports and what remains unresolved.