Ontario Systems Press Release

Ontario Systems VP Elected Chair of SERC Advisory Board

August 28, 2007

Ontario Systems is pleased to announce the election of Steve Gerow, vice president of application development, as chairman of the Software Engineering Research Center (SERC) industrial advisory board.

SERC is a partnership between 11 business and governmental organizations and nine universities to conduct applied and fundamental research on software technology problems. SERC started as an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center sponsored by the National Science Foundation with the goal of promoting transfer of technology from university research to industry.

Industry members request specific research projects and provide funding and results are shared among members. Faculty and students from member universities conduct the research, providing academic research and real-world experience opportunities.

In addition to Ontario Systems, other industry members include Motorola, Eli Lilly and Co., Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Army Research Lab and NASA. Academic participants include Ball State University, Penn State, Purdue University, DePaul University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, University of West Virginia, University of West Florida, Portland State University and University of Limerick.

As industry advisory board chairman, Gerow will moderate SERC's semi-annual showcases, where researchers present findings to industry representatives and receive feedback. Researchers and industry representatives also propose new research projects at showcases.

About Ontario Systems

Ontario Systems LLC provides debt collection software to organizations that manage large volumes of account receivables. These organizations include hospitals, collection agencies, collection attorneys and bankcard issuers. As the largest provider of receivables management products, including the Artiva®, FACS® and CT Vision® systems, Ontario Systems is recognized throughout the industry as the leader in technology and customer service. With operations in Indiana and Ohio, it is a privately held company based in Muncie, Ind. For more information, visit www.ontariosystems.com.