Todd Moore

IT Co-op Focused On Leveraging New Technology While Maximizing Existing Solutions Orlando, Fla., February 22, 2015 — At the 2015 Annual Meeting, National Information Solutions Cooperative President and CEO Vern Dosch recognized that the landscape is changing for Members in the industries served by the IT cooperative, electric utilities and telecommunications organizations. By leveraging new technologies, though, NISC understands how Members can stay ahead of industry shifts. "It is great to be here and to be your technology partner. It is an exciting time to see and experience many new innovations and solutions,” said President and CEO Vern Dosch, to the crowd of more than 500 NISC Members and Customers in attendance at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, John Smith of Pella Cooperative Electric, recognized the accomplishments of NISC’s 2013-2014 fiscal year. "Our commitment lies with our Members, therefore our Members should reap the biggest benefit from the solutions NISC creates. That is why we increased our Member returns by nine percent." The meeting also discussed some of the challenges utilities and telecoms will face in the upcoming years, increased or changing regulations and consumers that are living in more connected homes than ever before. Dosch, along with David Bonnett, Vice President of Marketing and Todd Eisenhauer, Vice President of Engineering and Operations addressed the crowd. The key message from the group was getting the most out of NISC’s suite of solutions to help combat some of the industry challenges through increased customer service, better data access and more efficient analytics. During the meeting, NISC Members ratified several new and newly re-elected members to the Board of Directors: James Mangum: Wake EMC, North Carolina John Smith: [...]

NISC Building Expansion to Begin this Month Lake Saint Louis, Mo., October 7, 2014 — National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), a leading provider of technology solutions to utility and telecommunications organizations worldwide, will officially break ground at the Lake Saint Louis, Mo. location in October. This expansion will accommodate the continual growth of the cooperative and make room for an expanded mailroom facility. "It is with much anticipated excitement that NISC is going to expand our Lake Saint Louis facility. As the company continues to grow, we also are adding new employees—which presses us for space in our current building,” said Jackie Rocha, Manager of Office Services and Facilities at NISC. “Our Automated Mailroom Services division continues to add new accounts and equipment to process our customers monthly billings to their customers which accounts for the 1st floor production expansion. We look forward to completion of this project by early Fall 2015. We can't get it done soon enough." The expansion was marked by speeches given by Vern Dosch, President and CEO of NISC, Harry Barnes, NISC Board of Directors Vice Chairman, and by Kathy Schweikert, City of Lake Saint Louis Mayor. “The City of Lake Saint Louis is excited to have NISC, one of our top employers in the city, expanding their facility with a 44,000 square foot building addition,” said Schweikert. At a time, when many companies are downsizing, NISC is increasing their business and adding jobs. We are happy to share in NISC’s growth!” The event was attended by many NISC Lake Saint Louis employees, members of the community and business leaders. The Lake Saint Louis location, one of four NISC campuses in the United States, has been the Missouri home of [...]

Utility Bill Pay Service Enters into a LLC; Now Known as Capturis New Name Leverages Strength of Company and Brands Services in a Single Name Mandan, ND, August 7, 2014 — Due to unprecedented growth, National Information Solutions Cooperative has formed a wholly-owned limited liability company for its Utility Bill PaySM service. The LLC will be doing business as Capturis going forward. Capturis, an NISC company, has been providing multi-site utility information management as well as bill processing and payment services to more than 275 clients including Fortune 100 and 500 companies for over the past decade. Capturis employs more than 180 Bismarck-Mandan residents as well as virtual employees from rural communities in North Dakota, Montana, Iowa and Wisconsin. “The growth of the Utility Bill PaySM service since its inception in 2000 is remarkable. We began the service to fill a need in the market for a solid, reputable bill payment and processing company,” said Tracy Porter, CFO of both NISC and Capturis. “Each year our client list would grow dramatically. It was a testament to the accuracy of our data and efficiency of our service.” Capturis realized accounts payable was a necessary function of all companies, big or small. From the mailroom to accounts payable, Capturis has created an effective utility information management process based on prioritizing on a “First Due, First Through” basis. Capturis gathers the necessary energy information needed to make sound business decisions in a powerful, user-friendly database-reporting tool available online. “National companies were dealing with late fees and disconnects due to the volume of utility bills they were receiving each month and the challenges to pay these bills in a timely manner,” said Porter. “Capturis services not only minimized our [...]

South Central Telephone Association (SCTelcom), headquartered in Medicine Lodge, Kan., has selected National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) as its primary software solutions provider.

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), based in Johnson City, TX, has selected National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) as its primary provider of software services to support its operational and member services efforts.

Growing Telephone Cooperative Chooses iVUE® Enterprise System to Grow Along With Them Sandhill Telephone Cooperative, a telecommunications cooperative serving more than 10,000 businesses and residences in northeastern South Carolina, has selected National Information Solutions Cooperative as their IT partner. Sandhill Telephone, headquartered in Jefferson, S.C., will implement NISC's iVUE Enterprise System, a fully integrated suite of solutions providing accounting, billing, customer care and engineering and operations applications. "As our business is growing into other product lines, we decided to start investigating systems that would grow with us," said Lee Chambers, Sandhill Telephone's CEO and General Manager. "We evaluated five vendors based on how they would help us gain efficiencies, growth potential and cost to operate. While several vendors out there today provide good products, the overall thing that sold us was that they weren't just selling a product, but were selling a relationship. As a cooperative itself, NISC understands the way we do business and will be here to support their product into the future." "We are very happy to welcome Sandhill Telephone to the NISC family," said Vern Dosch, NISC President and CEO. "They have a strong dedication to bring best-in-class services to their business and residential customers, and their selection of NISC is a compliment to our cooperative, showing the trust they have in our people and our iVUE product now and for the years to come." About Sandhill Telephone Cooperative For almost 60 years, Sandhill Telephone Cooperative, Inc. has been providing communication services to businesses and residences in northeastern South Carolina. With service to over 10,000 homes, Sandhill provides voice, broadband, IPTV, wireless and security services. Sandhill also operates four retail stores throughout the territory located in Jefferson, Pageland, Chesterfield and McBee. [...]