Digital Consulting Institute (DCI) was a seminar company launched in 1982 by George Schussel and his wife Sandi from their home in Massachusetts.
In the early 1980s the United States was coming out of a steep recession, and the DCI company grew quickly as demand for improved knowledge about the use of information technology (IT) soared.
The events were highly regarded for their content, educational focus, and ability to draw important industry exhibitors and qualified speakers.
Just a few of the industry celebrities who keynoted DCI included: Fran Tarkenton, Ed Yourdon, Charles Wang, John Cullinane, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, Chris Date, Edgar Codd, Steve Jobs, and Dave Duffield.
In addition to book authors, independent consultants and experts, many of the company's presenters came from industry leaders as IBM, Microsoft, Computer Associates, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, Siebel, Salesforce, and Sybase.
DCI's operations wound down in the early 2000s after its founder, George Schussel, and former president, Ron Gomes had retired from the business.
[4] From 1992 through 1996, DCI diverted over $8 million of its gross receipts to Digital Consulting International, Ltd. (DCIL), a corporation set up in Bermuda, for the purpose of evading the payment of taxes on that income.