Transcript HUG User Conference

Welcome to Austin
HUG 2003
halFILE Users Conference
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 isALL 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
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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
Pioneers
Carol McDonald
Edna, Texas
Coastal Title - McDonald & McDonald
Coastal Title
First halFILE Customer
January 1992
Coastal scanned and built 4 Title Plants
using halFILE
Special Award for our early adopters – halFILE
Pioneers
Jackson County Clerk
Edna, Texas
Kenneth 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 Title
Atlanta, Georgia
First halTRACK Customer - 2001
Augusta has processed 30,000 orders through
halTRACK since they began using it
5 MILLION IMAGE AWARD
Clients with over 5 million pages
under halFILE management
Mercury Companies, Inc
Denver, 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)
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
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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
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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 as
a bad hug, only good ones
and great ones
HUGS
halFILE Users Get Smarter