The QAI Global Institute, formerly known as the Quality Assurance Institute, was founded in 1980 in the United States of America and is one of the first professional organizations to recognize the need for dedicated IT Quality practitioners and to have the vision to be exclusively devoted to the information technology profession. Known as the knowledge base component of a leading international consulting organization (Asia's largest, and the world's third largest), QAI Global Services, the Institute's founding objective was, and remains, to provide leadership in improving quality, productivity, and effective solutions for IT and IT enabled organizations and practitioners.

"one–stop shop" accessibility to a wealth of concepts and skills building and reinforcement through consulting, training, assessments, benchmarking, certification, conferences, and e–Learning in addition to supporting practitioners by facilitating corporate and individual membership programs. The Institute's focus on People, Process, and Technology helps organizations to achieve impressive results. It is this unique blend of services that makes QAI the service provider for knowledge–intensive organizations.