Seven More CU Choose Connections Online

SEVEN MORE CREDIT UNIONS CHOOSE CONNECTIONS ONLINE

Connections Online Becoming the Solution Standard for Management Automation

WESTLAKE, OHIO, March 9, 2005—Cardwell (www.connectionsonline.net) today announced that seven new customers have signed on to deploy Connections Online.   These include: San Francisco Fire Credit Union, Achieva Credit Union, Community First Credit Union, Educational Community Credit Union, California Coast Credit Union, Public Service Credit Union, and Progressions Credit Union.

Diana Dykstra, CEO of San Francisco Fire Credit Union was an avid Connections Online user at her former credit union, Coast Hills.  She will be presenting at the March 24 Callahan’s webinar, “Creating a Culture of Strategic Vision and Performance Awareness.” 

Connections Online 3.2 is a fully-integrated software suite that helps leaders achieve targeted outcomes through organization-wide alignment and automation of management processes. Designed for Web deployment and including integration with Microsoft's Project and Office Suite, Connections Online users report projects being completed 30% faster with a 31% improvement in the quality of project results, according to a recent Cardwell survey. Designed with the Cardwell management processes and deployed in over 60 companies, Connections Online is quickly becoming the only mid-size company solution standard for management automation.

At the end of 2004 Connections Online was awarded Best of Show at the Bank Administration Institute (BAI) Retail Delivery Conference by the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Technology Council.  Connections Online has also recently been featured in Credit Union Times, Credit Union Journal, Bank Systems Technology, Bank Technology News and Yahoo! Business.

More About New Customers:

San Francisco Fire Credit Union ($370 million assets / 19,200 members), based in San Francisco, Calif., serves primarily the financial needs of community fire fighters throughout greater San Francisco and beyond, and is led by CEO Diana Dykstra.

Achieva Credit Union ($466 million assets / 57,000 members), based in Tampa, Fla., serves primarily the financial needs of communities throughout greater Tampa and is led by CEO Wendell Brooks.

Community First Credit Union ($625 million assets / 61,600 members), based in Appleton, Wis., serves primarily the financial needs of communities throughout northeastern Wisconsin, and is led by CEO Catherine Tierney.

Educational Community Credit Union ($823 million assets / 91,600 members), based in Jacksonville, Fla., serves primarily the financial needs of the state’s educational employee communities and is led by CEO John Hirabayashi.

California Coast Credit Union ($786 million assets / 70,000 members), based in San Diego, Calif., serves primarily the financial needs of communities throughout greater San Diego, and is led by CEO James McPheters.

Public Service Credit Union ($607 million assets / 75,000 members), based in Denver, Colo. serves primarily the financial needs of select employee groups throughout the state, and is led by CEO David Maus.

Progressions Credit Union ($40 million assets / 5,500 members), based in Spokane, Wash. serves primarily the financial needs of the community as well as Spokane Postal employees, and is led by President, Mary Strenge.

For more information about Connections Online visit www.connectionsonline.net or contact Karla Norwood at (800)395-1410 or knorwood@cardwellgroup.com .