From CSSI in the 1980s to Info-Stat.com in 1996 to Accounting Education Institute in 2004 to Excel 365 Solutions today, we have been providing Excel and accounting education all with a focus on Solutions.

Info-Stat was founded in 1996 after seven years of PC training under the name of CSSI. The founder, Jim Colville, CPA, was performing accounting related consulting projects and many requests were made for statistical analysis-type projects. The Info-Stat name was not in effect at that time. At first, these projects were performed using Lotus 1-2-3 and then Excel v3 and 4 beginning around 1990. No web-based projects yet, a bit before the Internet being mainstream. We began using the name Info-Stat and issuing reports in that name.

In 1996 the company obtained the Domain name Info-Stat.com (with the hyphen) as InfoStat was already taken and began doing business with
Excel solutions based articles and Excel file downloads along with other technology topics.

Back tracking, the CPA spreadsheet consulting business evolved into dedicated PC Training in the Fall of 1986 which became San Diego’s
largest and most prominent PC training company. Yes, some consulting projects still came our way. Our training focus was first, basic through
advanced software training, but second, tailored programs to fit the companies specific needs. In other words, Solutions based. About this
time the PC Training began to become over saturated and large mass training companies took over the market. We kept with our Solutions
Based approach (and still do to this day), but glory days of great revenue declined and we supplemented the training with consulting
projects, large and small, large and small companies.

Today, 2024 and forward, we are substantially all online with consulting projects upon request. As noted in the “What’s in a Name” page our name, Excel365Solutions, is modernized, yet still emphasizes our Solutions approach.