ABG Services, Inc. provides liquidity alternatives to over a thousand FDIC member institutions to accommodate their funding and investing needs.  With more than 75 years of banking experience, ABG’s Funding Specialists have designed a series of programs to support institutions looking to broaden their deposit base as well as institutions with funding surplus.  Our experienced staff works closely with you to address both sides of the balance sheet, providing funding managers with several cost-effective deposit alternatives for banks specific needs.  Our Portfolio Managers can optimize yield performance through investment platforms personalized to fit specific needs.  All in all our programs are designed to compliment your deposit and investment sources, increase profit margins and support tour asset & liability management strategies.

Accuvant is the nation’s premier information security and compliance management consulting firm. Our security advisors use industry expertise and proven methodologies to help large enterprises assess their environments, improve their compliance postures and secure their infrastructures.Accuvant was founded by a group of security veterans who saw the need for comprehensive solutions in an industry that had become too specialized and fragmented. The founders’ vision was to create a company that would bridge the gap between vendors and end users by combining best-of-class technology with expert consulting services.  Since its inception, Accuvant has become one of the largest and most respected security solution providers in the country. From 2002 to 2008 Accuvant experienced an impressive growth rate of 7,789%, as validated by its recognition on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the 2007 Inc. 500 and the 2008 Inc. 5000.  To date, Accuvant has helped more than 1,000 customers—including 25% of the Fortune 1000—address their information security challenges. We serve as strategic advisors for these companies, helping them develop comprehensive security strategies that protect their valuable information assets. We help them demonstrate ongoing security compliance to customers, partners, regulators, employees and shareholders.  And offer them a unique blend of services and products that help address policy, compliance and security architecture—ultimately helping them use information technology to better gain and maintain compliance.

Amalfi Consulting, formerly Clark Consulting’s Compensation Group, is an independent national compensation consulting firm focused exclusively on providing compensation consulting services to the financial services industry.  Amalfi Consulting consists of a team of 20 professionals that are dedicated exclusively to officer, employee, and director compensation issues on a national and regional level.
We offer the following services: Executive Overall Compensation Review; Board of Directors Compensation Review; Staff Level Cash Compensation Review; Annual Incentive Plan Design; Long-Term Incentive Plan Design; Plan Document & Employment/Change-in-Control Agreement Reviews; Tally Sheet Analysis; SEC Proxy Disclosure Assistance; and Compensation Committee Best Practices & Corporate Governance Assistance.

Founded in 1969, American Bank Systems is a trusted leader providing reliable compliance and superior technology services that are designed by bankers for banks of any size.

• BankManager Pro – A robust customer loan and account document management system that integrates with host systems and provides comprehensive document tracking, centralized credit function and instant document access from any authorized desktop.  Browser and server systems available with add on modules for Trust, HR and AP.
• CompliancePro – The only browser-based, automated compliance risk management system that incorporates regulatory exam procedures and enterprise risk management module.

The American Deposit Management Company is here to assist banks and their clients in the quest for safety, liquidity and return.  If your bank currently uses CDARS, you’ll love ADMCo. Think of us as your liquid CDARS option!  When your large deposit customers are unhappy with current repurchase rates and you would rather not tie up precious collateral, we can work with you and your client to garner safety, liquidity and return in our exclusive FDIC network. The American Deposit Management Company also offers our bank partners that are in need of added treasury management expertise, access to a staff of experienced banking professionals.

Associated Risk Group has a committed team of industry experts ensuring our clients receive current and proven solutions in Risk Management, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering, Independent Testing, Business Continuity, and Security & Financial Crimes. Through our patent pending risk assessment process, we provide opportunities for community banks to leverage big bank experience without the expense. Keep your staff informed with free newsletters including questions from BSA and Security professionals answered by our advisors, training opportunities, and pertinent news articles from around the nation. Our ultimate goal is to help you mitigate risk, improve profitability, proactively minimize fraud losses, improve security procedures, and effectively address regulatory compliance.

Assurity River Group is a leading business continuity and information security firm that helps protect your most valuable asset: Your clients’ trust.  Assurity River keeps your business assets and operations secure, available and recoverable. 

Our comprehensive risk management services include IT risk assessment, vulnerability assessment, IT audit, business continuity, penetration testing, incident response, event monitoring and logging, security policy development, training/awareness and 24/7 managed security services.
 

Avtex Solutions, Inc. is a full service provider of LAN/WAN products and services, enjoying our 35th year in business. Specifically for the financial services segment, we offer servers, storage and replication, backup and security solutions. Our emphasis is offering services for remote monitoring and backup to assure the customer uptime with proactive monitoring of the network and internal LAN.

Del Garcia has been an executive recruiter since 1982. Her focus is to place quality personnel in a variety of positions within the banking industry. She acquired her knowledge and training through 10 years of employment as a recruiter for Management Recruiters and 17 years in management in the private sector. Her specialty is working with rural community banks – where candidates tend to have varied backgrounds and are knowledgeable in all phases of banking. However, she has the resources and networking capabilities to fill positions with large corporate banks who may need highly specialized personnel.

Baker Tilly (formerly Virchow Krause) provides audit, accounting and specialized services to close to 200 community-based financial institutions in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa.