CSG Systems' Naras Eechambadi Wins 2009 Stevie(R) Award

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:00am EDT

  CHARLOTTE, NC, Jun 24 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Quaero, a CSG Systems (NASDAQ: CSGS) Solution and leading marketing
services provider, today announced that Naras Eechambadi, senior vice
president, won a Stevie Award in the Marketing Executive of the Year
category at The 2009 American Business Awards last night. With this
award, Eechambadi was recognized for his accomplishments throughout an
exceptionally successful year.

    Eechambadi is a well known industry thought leader in areas such as
marketing performance, customer strategy, and customer experience
management. He provides his expertise to the marketing community in
several ways such as his recent book, "High-Performance Marketing:
Bringing Method to the Madness of Marketing" and his proprietary
framework, "Six Dimensions of Marketing Performance." Eechambadi founded
Quaero in 1999 with the goal of helping companies in a variety of
industries improve their overall marketing effectiveness. Quaero thrived
behind Eechambadi's marketing leadership and at the end of 2008, CSG
Systems acquired the company to better enhance CSG's offerings with
strong marketing and customer intelligence capabilities.

    "Winning a Stevie Award is truly a testament to Naras's commitment to the
marketing industry," said Peter Kalan, chief executive officer and
president of CSG Systems. "His peers in the field have recognized his
significant contributions in the areas of marketing performance and
customer intelligence. We are proud of Naras and this impressive
accomplishment."

    Stevie Awards were presented in more than 40 categories, and this year
more than 2,600 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every
industry were submitted for consideration. The awards were presented
during ceremonies at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The
ceremonies were hosted by Cheryl Casone of Fox Business Network and
broadcast nationwide on radio by the Business TalkRadio Network. More
than 200 executives across the country participated in the judging
process to determine the finalists and Stevie Award winners.

    The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards
program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit
entries to the ABAs -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit,
large and small. Details about The American Business Awards and the list
of winners in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.

    About Quaero

    Quaero, a CSG solution, uses customer intelligence to help clients shift
from traditional campaign-driven marketing to real-time, multichannel
customer interaction. Quaero experts blend strategy and analytics with
performance management and technology to establish dialogues that improve
the customer experience while increasing overall customer value.
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, the Quaero solutions group provides
marketing services to category-leading clients within the Financial
Services, Pharmaceutical/Healthcare, Travel and Leisure, Media, Consumer
and High Tech industries. For more information, call 1-877-570-2199 or
visit www.quaero.csgsystems.com

    About CSG Systems

    Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, CSG Systems (NASDAQ: CSGS) is a
customer interaction management company that provides software- and
services-based solutions that help clients engage and transact with their
customers. With a 25-year heritage in providing customer management and
billing solutions to North American cable and direct broadcast satellite
companies, CSG has broadened its customer interaction management
capabilities to proudly serve this client base as well as new, highly
competitive industries including financial services, healthcare, utilities
and more. Today, CSG's solutions reach more than half of all US households
each month and manage over $36 billion in transactions annually on its
clients' behalf. For more information, visit our website at
www.csgsystems.com

    About The Stevie Awards

    Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business
Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in
Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring
companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies
recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more
about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

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