RFG Examines New Realities for Credit Unions at Annual CEO Forum 
Forum helps credit unions leverage this period of unprecedented opportunity

LOMBARD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raddon Financial Group (RFG), a provider of research-based solutions to credit unions and a strategic business unit of Open Solutions Inc.®, is hosting its annual CEO Forum for chief executives and directors of credit unions with assets in excess of $500 million. The conference, slated for Aug. 12-14 at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., will feature a CEO panel discussion among leading credit union CEOs and credit union veteran Dennis Dollar, the former NCUA chair and principal of Dollar Associates. The forum will also feature timely presentations from industry-leading speakers, including Peter Duffy, associate director at Sandler, O’Neil & Partners; Bill Handel, vice president of research at Raddon Financial Group; and Rory Rowland, president and founder of Rowland Consulting. The CEO Forum will include a keynote presentation on strategic branding by Bruce Philp, co-author of “The Orange Code: How ING Direct Succeeded by Being a Rebel with a Cause.” Through his work with ING Direct, Philp helped shift the perception of branding, corporate culture and the role of enterprise to being something more: not simply a business, but a cause. His presentation at the CEO Forum will focus credit unions on strategic branding in the new future of financial services.

“We’ve designed the CEO Forum to examine the strategic topics chief executives find most pressing,” said Bob Dye, RFG’s general manager and chief operating officer. “We are all experiencing new challenges, but we also see unprecedented opportunities for credit unions. Our sessions and keynote speakers are geared at helping credit unions leverage this period to become the preferred financial services provider of consumers and businesses in the markets they serve.”

RFG will also present their annual Crystal Performance Awards to the 10 credit unions with the highest financial performance in 2008, based on RFG’s balanced scorecard measurement of growth, income, efficiency and margin management.

Feedback from last year’s CEO Forum participants included:

“This was my first CEO Forum, but not the last. Good program topics — presenters are top notch and the location is right. I'm already setting up meetings back home to discuss and act on some topics and standout ideas,” said Brent Lawrence, senior vice president, Mountain America Credit Union.

“This forum is one of the best credit union educational events I've attended, ever,” commented Ann Hoyt, director and former chair, University of Wisconsin Credit Union.

“Very relevant presentations, actionable content and great setting. Outstanding value!” offered David Bard, president and chief executive officer of New England Federal Credit Union.

For more information or to register for the forum, please call 877.RADDON.1 (877.723.3661) or go to www.raddon.com/forum

About RFG
RFG, a strategic business unit of Open Solutions Inc.®, has been providing research-based solutions exclusively to the financial industry since 1983. RFG understands the industry and knows how consumers interact with financial institutions. By using best practices in research, analysis and trends to create customer intelligence, RFG plays a key role in helping financial institutions manage their customer relationships and their organizations.

For more information about Raddon Financial Group, contact Dan McGowan by email at dmcgowan@raddon.com or by phone at 800.827.3500. Visit Raddon Financial Group online at www.raddon.com.

About Open Solutions Inc.
Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully-featured strategic information management product platform that integrates core processing applications built on a single centralized Oracle relational database, with Internet banking, cash management, CRM/business intelligence, financial accounting and management tools, profitability tools, wealth management, imaging, digital documents, interactive voice response, technology services, HSAs, payments and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions’ full suite of products and services allows banks, thrifts, credit unions and financial services providers in the United States, Canada and internationally to better compete in today’s aggressive financial services marketplace, and expand and tap their trusted financial relationships, client affinity, community presence and personalized service.

For more information about Open Solutions, contact Deborah Katz at deb.katz@opensolutions.com, phone 860.815.5385 or fax 860.652.3156. Visit Open Solutions on the Web at www.opensolutions.com.

Open Solutions Inc. is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2009 Open Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

Editor’s Note: The correct usage of the company name, Open Solutions Inc., is either referring to it as Open Solutions Inc. or Open Solutions. Open Solutions no longer uses the acronym of OSI to refer to the company.

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