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I'Wv i% r 111%F I N%I% <br />Our NorthStar customer information system has a long history and has evolved considerably since its <br />introduction. finlike other vendors, we have evolved and grown our CIS versus replacing it. All customers <br />using NorthStar today share many core aspects as NorthStar is a configurable versus customized solution. <br />INVOLVEMENT IN ACTIVrnEs AssocIATED WITH PUBLIC SECTOR UTILITIES <br />NorthStar is very interested in activities which impact our customers. We are heavily invested in our <br />regional user groups, our Product Advisory Council, and our NorthStar Strategic Council. <br />In addition, we are a member of the following Associations: <br />• Tennessee Valley Public Power Association <br />• Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation <br />• American Public Power Association <br />• American Water Works Association <br />• Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority <br />• Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association <br />• Texas Association of Governmental information Technology Managers <br />• Texas Public Power Association <br />• Municipal Information Systems Association of California <br />• Electricity Distributors Association <br />• Southern States Energy Board <br />• Washington Public Utility District Association <br />BACKGROUND ON CIS <br />NorthStar Utilities Solutions has been serving the municipal and utility market since inception in 1976, and <br />our first billing system was introduced to the market in 2985. Since then NorthStar Utilities Solutions has <br />continued to grow and now has over 200 customers throughout North American and the Caribbean. Utilities <br />are not one of many markets we serve; they are the only market we serve. <br />NorthStar Utilities Solutions is the original billing system and organizational structure of Harris Computer <br />Systems and became a division of Harris as Harris continued to expand through organic growth and <br />acquisitions. NorthStar Utilities Solutions has also been the breeding ground within Harris for product <br />innovation. This includes customer web portals, mobile, meter data management, and more recently <br />automation. <br />1.4 Sub Consultants <br />NorthStar will not be using a sub consultant on this project. <br />NorthStar Proposal Response —South Bend Indiana <br />