Since its founding, IESC claims to have helped businesses create or save over 1.5 million jobs,[3] with projects serviced by a combination of staff, consultants and volunteers.By 1965, IESC was operating in Thailand, where Raytheon executive Ray Ellis was assigned as management advisor to T. S. Lin, President of Tatung Engineering Company.A. Wilcox visited MalacaƱang Palace in the Philippines, accompanied by Marikina municipal mayor Osmundo de Guzman, to engage in a call with president Ferdinand Marcos.[10] The project is a collaboration between IESC and the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) and is called the Assistance in Building Afghanistan by Developing Enterprises (ABADE) Program.[16] In Mali, volunteers from IESC's Geekcorps built or refurbished radio stations on the edges of the Saharan desert, helping to deliver internet access to remote parts of the country.