West Pole assists ABN AMRO's Risk Management Group

West Pole, Inc. announces a new project in their ongoing relationship with ABN AMRO Mortgage Group (AAMG) of Ann Arbor. West Pole has been tapped by the Risk Management Group to build a market analysis system. West Pole is replacing largely manual processes with calculation intensive software, enabling AAMG to optimize its strategy for trading mortgages in the secondary market.

May 16, 2003
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West Pole Announces New Best Execution" Project with AAMG

Ann Arbor, MI - West Pole, Inc. announces a new project in their ongoing relationship with ABN AMRO Mortgage Group (AAMG) of Ann Arbor. West Pole has been tapped by the Risk Management Group to build a market analysis system. West Pole is replacing largely manual processes with calculation intensive software, enabling AAMG to optimize its strategy for trading mortgages in the secondary market.

About West Pole, Inc.

West Pole, Inc., (Ann Arbor) is a privately held provider of quality software solutions and consulting, and has been in business since 1997. In addition to web and enterprise application development, West Pole provides training and mentoring to clients about Rational processes and products; with emphasis on object-oriented design using UML and Rational Rose as well as requirements management through use case modeling. West Pole is Michigans leading Rational partner, and the founder of the SE Michigan Rational User Group. With Rationals recent purchase by IBM, West Pole has also become an IBM partner.

Clients include: ABN AMRO, Pfizer, ProQuest, Urban Science, Strategic Staffing Solutions, the Michigan Municipal League, and others. Additional information is available at www.westpole.com.

About ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.

ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., is the fifth largest loan originator and seventh largest loan servicer in the United States. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group produces mortgage loans and provides related services through its various divisions including InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending, LaSalle Home Mortgage, ABN AMRO Mortgage, ABN AMRO National Lending Center, ABN AMRO Apartment Lending, ABN AMRO Mortgage Capital Markets, Standard Federal Bank Retail Lending and LaSalle Bank Retail Lending. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group has more than 3000 employees located throughout the United States.