HUG 2003 halFILE Users Conference

Welcome to Austin

Welcome to HUG 2003• H - halFILE, Optical Access, WinImage, CountyCashier.• U - Users. The best User’s meetings are run by Users.

Think about volunteering to help with next years HUG meeting.

• G - Group. That’s us, Users plus hal employees.

Mission statement• Our mission is straightforward and effective:

To continuously educate our members, facilitate networking among colleagues and hal Systems representatives, and influence future hal Systems.

Thanks to our Vendors• Fujitsu – Rob Turner • Samsung – Ted Cox

and our Imaging products Distributor• Cranel – Michael Sweet, Cindy Reekon

Visit their display tables outside the Ballroom

Some of our Resellers are here:

• AMS – Advanced Micro Solutions – Sherman, TX– Mindy Sloan, Jena Barron, Wade Gilgore & Aaron Miller

• TDMS – Texas Document Management Systems – Denison Texas– Mike Hathaway & Lucia Hathaway

• Imagine Imaging – Redding, California – Shawn Sease

• Surety Data Systems – San Angelo, TX – Scott Stout

Now a Quiz? What does ‘hal’ stand for?• 1. Hahn and Langham• 2. The computer ‘hal’ in 2001: A Space Odyssey• 3. One up on IBM (each letter – hal is one letter

before “IBM”)

The answer is-

ALL OF THE ABOVE!

halFILE’s Developer

TOM HOKANSON

CHIEF SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

halFILE, e.halFILE & halTRACK

Tom started on halFILE in 1987, a DOS version which we beta tested at an Insurance

Company and then eventually sold in 1991 to Edna Abstract (Texas)

Software Development Group

• Tom Hokanson - 21 years– Sr. Vice President Software

Development• Richard Hahn - 26 years

– Sr. Vice President Product Planning

• Christopher Smith - 9 years– Senior Systems Analyst

• Scott Johnson - 3 years– Systems Analyst/Programmer

• James Tabor - 6 years– Technical Support Analyst

Almost a garage...Austin 6th street 1981

New York Developer Richard Hahn - 26 years

Sr. Vice President Product Planning

• responsible for halFILE CountyCashier product line

• responsible legacy products:

Land/NET Lease Records System

and PASHAL/NET (O&G accounting)

Dallas - Home Office

• Karen Duncan - 26 years - Exec. Assistant - responsible for everything else!

• Jimmy Dean - 19 years - Vice President Support Services

• Matt Macone - 9 years - Support Services Specialist

• Dave Persful - 7 years - Imaging Sales Consultant & Account Representative

Denver Sales Office

• Kathy Taylor - 3 years - Imaging Sales Consultant & Account Representative for the midwest & northern states

Dallas - Home Office

Home minding the fort !!

• Heda Elmendorf Hahn - 26 years - Controller

• Linda Goad - 14 years - Accounts Payable/Accounting

• Jessica Kizer - Receptionist

2003 Accomplishments• Made our 330th halFILE sale• Reached 4,400 halFILE seats• Upgraded 130 clients to V2.1• Soon to release halFILE V2.2,

e.halFILE V2.2 & CountyCashier V2.2

• Moved into larger offices in Dallas• We are holding our 2nd Annual

HUG conference!

Special Award for our early adopters – halFILE

PioneersCarol McDonald

Edna, Texas

Coastal Title - McDonald & McDonald

Coastal TitleFirst halFILE Customer

January 1992Coastal scanned and built 4 Title Plants

using halFILE

Special Award for our early adopters – halFILE

PioneersJackson County Clerk

Edna, TexasKenneth McElveen, County Clerk

First halFILE Government Customer January 1993

Jackson County installed halFILE and then CountyCashier when it was released

Special Award for our early adopters – halFILE Pioneers

Augusta TitleAtlanta, Georgia

First halTRACK Customer - 2001

Augusta has processed 30,000 orders through halTRACK since they began using it

5 MILLION IMAGE AWARD

Mercury Companies, IncDenver, Colorado

(Better known as Security Title Guaranty)

• Bought halFILE in 1996, e.halFILE in 2001• Have 12,000,000 pages under halFILE

management• 12 Databases, 38 scanners, two major

applications (Title plant & policy, Human Resources)

Clients with over 5 million pages under halFILE management

5 MILLION IMAGE AWARD

Ticor Title (Key Title)

Salem, Oregon– Bought halFILE in 1997– Run a 12 county Title Plant in Oregon– Have 7,696,000 pages under halFILE

management– Use centralized Terminal Services for

160 users in 13 offices

Soon to be 5 Million Image Awards

Colorado Record Data Denver, Colorado

Just bought halFILE & e.halFILE & are converting 26 million pages for access by

their agents & customers

1 MILLION IMAGE AWARDS

• First American Title – St Louis, MO

• Stewart Title of Cameron County , TX

• Coastal Title - Calhoun County TX

• Wise County Title – Decatur, TX

Existing Million Image Award Winners

• Coastal Title (4 counties) – (3.5 million) - Edna, TX• Texas Dept of Health - Fiscal – (2.6 million) Austin, TX• NTA Life Insurance - Dallas, TX• Cumberland Title - Nashville, TN• North Star Title - Minneapolis, MN• Great American Title – (3.6 million) Springfield, MO• Universal Title - Edina, MN• United Title – Lakewood, Colorado• Walsh Title - Edina, MN• Stewart Title of Kansas City - Blue Springs, KS• American Abstract – Des Moines, IA• Stewart Employee Services, Houston, TX• Trinity Abstract - Waxahachie, TX

Fun & Games

• We will be drawing tickets at the beginning of each session

• The lucky winners get hal t-shirts or caps, Texas wine, Austin t-shirts and other fun gifts........

Don’t forget dinner tonight!

• at the Iron Cactus Downtown 6th Street…..– authentic Mexican-style restaurant

– highly recommended by our own “man about town” James Tabor

– 606 Trinity - 3 blks east of the Driskill

– RSVP with Karen at the registration desk

Housekeeping items

• Please fill out the session evaluations• If you need assistance with anything, see

Karen or James (our man around town)• If you want DSL access to your office/email –

plug in over at the Demo computers or see Matt to hook up

• Cocktail Party tonight and Dinner afterwards

Welcome to Austin - Thanks for coming!

We hope you enjoy your stay and learn

all about our products!

Now on with the HUG Conference...

Session I – halFILE V2.2 enhancements

There's no such thing asa bad hug, only good onesand great ones

HUGS

halFILE Users Get Smarter