Lake Ridge Bank’s Ben Udell Named a BankBeat 2024 Rising Star

September 12, 2024 (MADISON, Wis.) – Ben Udell, Senior Vice President-Digital Innovation at Lake Ridge Bank, was recently named one of BankBeat’s 2024 class of Rising Stars. In July, BankBeat honored six bankers from across the Midwest who have made outstanding contributions to their bank, industry and community, showing promise to continue making a substantial impact for years to come. Nominees must be under the age of 45 and can hold any position within banking.

Rising Star Honorees are chosen from banks located in Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Udell is the only banker honored from Wisconsin this year.

With an MBA from UMass Amherst and a degree from the Graduate School of Banking at UW-Madison, Udell has a special interest in using AI smartly and ethically – and teaching others to do the same. He is a national leader in helping banks tap into the transformative power of generative AI and has presented on this topic at the Wisconsin Bankers Association, Financial Brand Forum, and other national events.

“Ben is part innovator, part disrupter,” says Paul Hoffmann, Lake Ridge Bank President. “Through his role in digital innovation, Ben is trying to help people be more productive and do a better job so we can provide an amazing client experience while future-proofing our bank.”

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Lake Ridge Bank’s mission is to “build prosperous communities, one relationship at a time.” For more than 100 years, this has meant getting to know each of our clients to offer personalized services to meet their specific financial goals. Lake Ridge Bank offers a full line of financial products and services. We focus on offering products and services to make your banking easy. Our business banking and mortgage lenders are trusted leaders in their field with the expertise to provide the right loan at the best rate possible for our clients. As a community bank, we are dedicated to reinvesting in, and making our communities great places to live, work and raise a family. Visit lakeridge.bank to learn more about how we can help you.

Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender

Lake Ridge Bank. Go Far. Go Together!

For additional information, please contact Mark Schellpfeffer at mschellpfeffer@lakeridge.bank.

Bank of Sun Prairie Awarded Best Financial Institution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 30, 2024

Contact: Jimmy Kauffman, President and CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors
608.837.4511 ● jimmy.kauffman@bankofsunprairie.com
bankofsunprairie.com

Bank of Sun Prairie Awarded Best Financial Institution
Community Bank’s Assistant Vice President Pam Blattner Also Named Best Businesswoman

Sun Prairie, Wis.— Bank of Sun Prairie won Best Financial Institution and AVP Senior Branch Manager Pam Blattner won Best Businesswoman in the 2024 Best of Sun Prairie Awards, conducted by the Sun Prairie Star. Bank of Sun Prairie is the only financial institution headquartered in Sun Prairie and its dedication to its citizens, nonprofits, schools, businesses, and community organizations is unmatched. Last year, the bank’s employees volunteered 5,300 hours and the bank supported 100-plus organizations through sponsorships and contributions.

Best Businesswoman Blattner leads the bank’s financial education community efforts as its head Financial Fitness Center Course Instructor. Bank of Sun Prairie’s strong commitment to financial education is demonstrated through their Financial Fitness Center offering 52 digital courses and 17 financial literacy workshops tailored for community, schools, businesses, and nonprofits.

“Thank you for recognizing Bank of Sun Prairie as the 2024 Best Financial Institution. It is our honor to work in this amazing community. We will continue to deliver the right balance of compassion and innovation in all the communities we serve,” shared Jimmy Kauffman, Bank of Sun Prairie’s president and CEO. He continued, “It is also my privilege to celebrate Pam Blattner as Sun Prairie’s Best Businesswoman ‒ her dedication to Bank of Sun Prairie, our customers and to area organizations is remarkable, especially her work leading our financial education efforts and her service to the Sun Prairie Business and Education Partnership (BEP) and Friends of the Neighborhood Navigators. This recognition is well-deserved.”

Bank of Sun Prairie is a locally owned, full-service community bank with $748 million in assets with close to 100 employees at its five branch locations, its newest housed at Sun Prairie

West High School as financial literacy outlet. Its mission is to be trusted advisor for families, businesses, and communities offering a complete range of services, while delivering fair returns for stockholders. Member FDIC. Equal Opportunity Lender.

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Contractor Profile: Great Lakes Roofing Corp.

Chris Lampien, president of Great Lakes Roofing, discusses a culture of purpose with the company he loved enough to buy from its founder

When the carnival-like atmosphere of the Republican National Convention descended on Milwaukee last July, the novelty appealed to Chris Lampien, principal of Great Lakes Roofing, who considered heading downtown to experience the hubbub firsthand.

And why not? A major political party rarely comes to your proverbial backyard for its quadrennial nominating event. Still, judgment overruled curiosity in the end, offering insight into the 46-year-old Wisconsin native.

Read more at RoofingContractor.com

Naviant Named the First Hyland Partner to Achieve Hyland Cloud Competency Status

Premier Hyland Cloud Provider: Naviant Achieves Cloud Award

Naviant, an OnBase reseller and Hyland Cloud Provider, has announced that it has achieved its Hyland Cloud Competency Status from Hyland, and that it is the first and only Hyland Partner to achieve this milestone. This recognition demonstrates Naviant’s proven ability in this specific area when leveraging Hyland’s content services solutions. Naviant has embraced the Hyland Cloud and prioritized a cloud-first strategy due to the cloud’s ability to deliver a competitive advantage to its customers. This immense gain comes from the many benefits the Hyland Cloud offers, including cost reductions, enhanced security, increased productivity, and high scalability. 

“At Naviant, we are proud to have achieved Cloud Competency Status and believe this will support our dedication to providing our satisfied customers with high-quality service,” said Michael Carr, President and CEO, Naviant. “Over the past 23+ years of being a Hyland partner, we have seen that Hyland’s automation platforms have a direct and measurable impact on our customers, and the Hyland Cloud has played a pivotal role, providing immense value. We look forward to continuing to help our customers reach their business goals with a cloud-first strategy.”

The Hyland competency program recognizes partners’ expertise in demonstrating, selling, implementing, and supporting Hyland solutions. Competencies are categorized based on industries, capabilities, and solutions. To obtain each Hyland competency, partners are required to submit an application and participate in a thorough review process that validates their technical proficiency and customer success.   

“We’re happy to recognize Naviant for achieving the Hyland Cloud Competency, showcasing their expertise in deploying, managing, and optimizing solutions in the Hyland Cloud environment. Their commitment to promoting innovative cloud solutions and exceeding performance expectations, ensures that customers receive secure, scalable, and efficient solutions tailored to their specific needs,” said Eric Miller, Hyland’s associate vice president for Hyland Channel.

The Hyland Global Partner Community provides expertise and hands-on support for Hyland’s content services product portfolio, and the complementary technologies that make up automation solutions. Solution providers work with Hyland to give customers the highest level of technical support, while receiving continuous training to ensure successful programs from an industry leader and highly respected channel-friendly vendor.  

About Naviant

Naviant is a nationally recognized intelligent automation solutions integrator and business process consulting organization with over 35 years of experience. We help our clients do more with less by using technology to streamline processes and gain visibility into the data they need to make better decisions.

Our “process-first” approach emphasizes the importance of process improvement before implementing technology solutions such as OnBase, Brainware, the ABBYY intelligent capture platform, and Hyland RPA. We also offer flexible Managed IT Services, where our team of experts can manage, enhance, or expand our clients’ OnBase or ABBYY solutions.

We are proud to be a top-tier partner for Hyland’s OnBase, a single enterprise information platform for managing content, processes, and cases. OnBase combines ECM, case management, business process management (BPM), records management, compliance, and capture functionality on a single platform. To learn more about Naviant, please visit naviant.com. Process focus. Excellence

About Hyland

Hyland is a leading content services provider that enables thousands of organizations to deliver better experiences to the people they serve. Hyland offers a range of cloud-based technologies, solutions, and services that help its customers navigate the complex digital ecosystem that is essential for any thriving, modern organization.

Additionally, Hyland has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms for 12 consecutive years. Gartner now also includes Hyland as a Representative Vendor in the new Gartner Market Guide for Content Services Platforms (CSP). Find us at Hyland.com.

DeWitt’s Best Lawyers® in America and Lawyers of the Year 2025 Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DeWitt LLP
Nuzhat Noor
nnoor@dewittllp.com | 262-439-2362

DeWitt’s Best Lawyers® in America and Lawyers of the Year 2025 Announced

MADISON | MILWAUKEE, Wis. and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (August 15, 2024) – Today DeWitt LLP announced the 28 attorneys from the firm who were included by the Best Lawyers® in America in its 2025 edition. Additionally, three DeWitt attorneys were named as Lawyer of the Year in the 2025 edition.

For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers publications have garnered respect from the legal profession, media, and the public as the most dependable and impartial source for legal referrals. All candidates are nominated and evaluated by their peers. Lawyers cannot pay to be listed, making recognition by Best Lawyers a unique and prestigious honor.

Best Lawyers in America 2025

Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Brookfield

• Douglas H. Frazer (2007) – Litigation and Controversy -Tax Law
• Jeffrey J. Liotta (2012) – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
• Brian R. Smigelski (2013) – Construction Law
• John P. Yentz (2013) – Corporate Law

Madison, Wisconsin

• Brian L. Anderson (2005) – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
• Jon P. Axelrod (1997) – Commercial Litigation
• Frederic J. Brouner (2005) – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law
• Stephen A. DiTullio (2007) – Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Bryan C. Esch (2011) – Real Estate Law
• Eric A. Farnsworth (2005) – Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Jeff A. Goldman (2016) – Trusts and Estates
• Stuart C. Herro (2005) – Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Joseph T. Leone (2007) – Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law
• Anna L. Loess (2024) – Family Law, Trusts and Estates
• Troy A. Mayne (2005) – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
• William E. McCardell (2007) – Construction Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Michele L. Perreault (2024) – Family Law
• Ronald R. Ragatz (2006) – Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law
• Theresa L. Roetter (2013) – Collaborative Law: Family Law
• Wrede H. Smith, Jr. (1995) – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Timm P. Speerschneider (2006) – Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Eric H. Chadwick (2016) – Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent
• Rachel Dahl (2024) – Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
• Matthew A. Drewes (2022) – Community Association Law, Construction Law, Real Estate Law
• Robert W. Due (2014) – Family Law
• R. Leigh Frost (2021) – Family Law
• Kathleen M. Newman (1993) – Family Law
• Brian R. Pollack (2023) – Patent Law

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed in the published practice area.

Lawyer of the Year – Best Lawyers in America 2025

Madison, Wisconsin

• Brian L. Anderson – Trusts and Estates
• Joseph T. Leone – Patent Law

Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Brookfield

• Jeffrey J. Liotta – Litigation – Real Estate

About DeWitt

Founded in 1903, DeWitt LLP is one of the ten largest law firms based in Wisconsin, with an additional presence in Minnesota. It has more than 130 attorneys practicing in Green Bay, Madison and Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota and has the experience to service clients of all scopes and sizes. DeWitt is known for its work in a variety of legal areas including family law, background screening, business law, employee stock ownership plans, employee benefits, intellectual property, patents, trademarks and copyright law, construction litigation, employment relations, environmental, estate planning, family business, litigation, real estate, tax law, and more. Additional information is available at dewittllp.com.

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