Central Area Data Processing Corporation (CADP) incorporates on August 23 in St. Louis, Missouri. CADP was initially established to serve rural electric co-ops in 14 states. As part of the original incorporators’ analysis, they worke... Read more

The CADP Board of Directors hires Jim Lockley, a former EDP employee, as the first CADP General Manager.... Read more

CADP and NCDC staff work with NRECA staff on initial program analysis and design and provide Payroll/Labor Distribution, Service Interruption, Engineering Load Studies and Material Inventory to rural electric Members.... Read more

Interest grows in regional data centers: 200,000 consumer accounts served by NCDC; 360,000 consumer accounts served by CADP. By 1975, the two centers combined will serve 1 million consumer accounts.... Read more

A forerunner to today’s Member Information Conference (MIC), the Fall Seminars are held in St. Louis for CADP Members. Unexpected attendance of 95 individuals at the first week causes a new location to be selected for Week 2 of the s... Read more

Microfiche was introduced as a service, enabling Members to receive reports on 4×6 inch microfiche film sheets rather than as printed reports. A 4×6 inch microfiche film held about the same amount of information as a 200-page... Read more

CADP staff relocates from the original University City, Missouri, office to a new facility in St. Peters, Missouri. The facility will house Missouri staff until May 2005.... Read more

A new On-line System allowing CADP Members to inquire and transmit data throughout the day launched. Prior to the On-line System, Member transmissions were scheduled to occur at specific times via a manual call placed from the CADP off... Read more

All regional data center managers meet in St. Louis to discuss progress and territories served by each data center.... Read more

Gary Hobson, a Field Service Representative with the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, is hired by the CADP Board of Directors as General Manager. Mr. Hobson would serve in the position until the consolidation o... Read more