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Management Team
Dennis Ladd, Chief Executive Officer
Ulf Kasshag, Chief Financial Officer
Lars Granelli, Chief Technology Officer/Evangelist
John Rueter, Chief Marketing Officer
Petter Eriksson, Vice President Engineering
Arno Jellema, Vice President Product Management
Albert Kilcline, Vice President Professional Services
Charles Bennett, Vice President Alliances and Partners
Tina Santos, General Counsel and Company Secretary
Board of Directors
Erik Tiller, Chairman
Hans Otterling, Vice Chairman
Peter Blackmore
Dr. Peter Lorange
Dr. Steve Garnett
John F. Olsen
Gündor Rentsch
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Dennis Ladd
Chief Executive Officer |
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Dennis Ladd is the CEO of StreamServe. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, as well as, President of StreamServe North America.
Prior to StreamServe, Mr. Ladd was Vice President of Research and Development for Component Software, a provider of Internet integration technologies for enterprise resource planning systems. He also was one of the early members of the SAP R/3 product development team, and spent a number of years with SAP development in Germany. He also participated in the successful rollout of the R/3 technology in North America. |
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Ulf Kasshag
Chief Financial Officer |
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Ulf Kasshag joined StreamServe as chief financial officer in 2000. Mr. Kasshag also has been employed by StreamServe AB as its finance director since December 1999.
Prior to StreamServe, Mr. Kasshag was finance manager and business support controller for the Nordic operations of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). From 1995 to 1998 Mr. Kasshag served as director of corporate audit for EDS Europe, Middle-East, and Africa, where he managed two financial audit groups and one operational audit group.
From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Kasshag served as the European Finance Director for Borland International, Inc., where he oversaw all financial, administrative, and operational issues for Borland's European subsidiaries. Mr. Kasshag holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Stockholm and a degree in technology from the Rinman School of Technology in Eskilstuna, Sweden. |
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Lars Granelli
Chief Technology Officer/Evangelist |
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Lars Granelli joined StreamServe in 1997 as one of its first employees and has since worked several prominent positions. He began his tenure with StreamServe as a Software Engineer, Product Architect and Product Manager until he was named a Solution Engineer/Presale Manager in the US from 2004 to 2006, where he worked closely with Sales on enterprise accounts.
In 2006, Mr. Granelli was elevated to the position of Vice President of Product Management. He is currently the company's Chief Technology Officer and also acts as its Evangelist in broadening StreamServe's technology and visibility within the market.
Mr. Granelli has been active in the software business since 1987 (working for two startups as a software engineer) and also holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology. |
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John Rueter
Chief Marketing Officer |
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John Rueter oversees corporate marketing, product marketing, customer care, and other related global marketing activities for StreamServe. Mr. Rueter brings over twenty years of increasingly responsible positions in marketing, sales, and general management in the B2B information services. Prior to joining StreamServe, Mr. Rueter served as senior vice president of global marketing for Fast Search & Transfer, one of Europe’s fastest growing technology companies, and the world leader in enterprise search solutions.
Additionally, Mr. Rueter was chief marketing officer of Innovia, a marketing service and technology solutions firm that provided customized web events for professional marketers in the Global 2000. He also served as division manager of corporate markets at RoweCom, and general manager of Sixth Floor Media, a startup software unit of the Houghton Mifflin Company.
Mr. Rueter holds an MBA with a concentration in marketing and management policy from the Boston University Graduate School of Management, and an AB from Harvard College with a major in Modern European History. |
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Petter Eriksson
Vice President Engineering |
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Petter Eriksson was appointed Vice Ppresident of Engineering in 2005 after serving as director of product delivery for 5 years and earlier as product manager for StreamServe. He is responsible for running the R&D operations delivering products to the market.
Prior to StreamServe, Mr. Eriksson worked for WM-data where he focused on the development of an ERP system called Raindance. He started as a developer, moving over to product management for the communication module. Other roles included implementation consultant and project manager for the overall development and release projects. In 1996 he worked closely with StreamServe ensuring the software connection between the two products.
Mr. Eriksson holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Gothenburg. |
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Arno Jellema
Vice President Product Management |
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Arno Jellema is the Vice President of Product Management, responsible for the StreamServe product portfolio. Since joining StreamServe in 2000, Mr. Jellema has served as Director of Product Management, Principal Sales Consultant and Professional Services Manager.
Prior to StreamServe, Mr. Jellema was employed as a software developer specializing in applying new technology. Following this, he joined a fulfillment organization, transforming and growing it to a print shop and automation company. He also jointly held and managed a private software company that developed Internet-based applications for large enterprises. Mr. Jellema is an advocate and contributor to several projects in the Open Source community.
Mr. Jellema holds a degree in Computer Sciences at the Technical University, the Netherlands. |
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Albert Kilcline
Vice President Professional Services |
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Albert Kilcline is Vice President of worldwide Professional Services for StreamServe. His responsibilities include managing StreamServe's global training and consulting organizations. Mr. Kilcline joined StreamServe as a technical consultant in 2000 before moving onto managing the Professional Services team in the America's for over 5 years.
Prior to joining StreamServe, Mr. Kilcline spent 5 years as a principal consultant at Atos Origin, implementing ERP systems for clients throughout the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. Mr. Kilcline began his career as a software engineer for Dendrite International, developing CRM applications for the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Kilcline holds a BSc in computer science from University College Dublin, Ireland. |
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Charles Bennett
Vice President Alliances and Partners |
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Charles Bennett is vice president of StreamServe’s Alliances and Partners organization.
Mr. Bennett has 25 years experience in the software industry, and prior to joining StreamServe held various positions in SAP, including Vice President New Product Introduction and Director of Alliances. Mr Bennett holds a BSc in Computer Science and Accounting from Rhodes University, South Africa. |
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Tina Santos
General Counsel and Company Secretary |
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Prior to joining StreamServe, Ms. Santos was a senior associate in the London office of Coudert Brothers, LLP. Her practice focused on public and private securities offerings, securities law compliance and general corporate matters. Previously, Ms. Santos served as an associate in the corporate securities and finance group at the Seattle, Washington firm of Perkins Coie, LLP.
Prior to attending law school, she worked for Lone Wolf Technologies, Corp, a Seattle-based start-up company, where she managed all financing related activities, investor relations and was Corporate Secretary to the Board of Directors.
Ms. Santos received her Juris Doctor with honors from the Seattle University School of Law in 2000 and graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. |
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Erik Tiller
Chairman
Erik Tiller has served as chairman of StreamServe Inc., since the formation of Streamserve Inc., in 1997, and works closely with management on both strategic and financial matters.
Mr. Tiller has been instrumental in attracting top global talent to the board, which has developed strategies to enable the company to deliver continuous growth since its inception.
Mr. Tiller is the co-founder and managing partner of Amerscan Capital Management Ltd. He is also a director of StreamServe DS LLC and StreamServe North America Inc., each wholly owned subsidiaries of the company.
Prior to Streamserve, Mr. Tiller was the key investor and helped develop companies such as Aventura (NYSE: CA), Seatex (OBX: KOG), Norman Data (OBX: NORMAN), Dolphin (NASDAQ: SUNW), Viking Telecom (OMX: VIKT), and Pharmasoft (NASDAQ: PFWD).
Mr. Tiller serves on the board of directors of The Collins Family Charitable Foundation. He holds a degree in business administration and international management from California Lutheran University.
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Hans Otterling
Vice Chairman
Since co-founding StreamServe in 1995, Hans Otterling has been a driving force in the rapid and continual growth of the company. Under his leadership until March, 2005, StreamServe became a worldwide leader in business communication management, serving over 4,000 companies in 130 countries. The organization grew from a Swedish startup to a global organization with over 300 employees and 17 offices, including three development centers, with corporate headquarters located in Boston, MA, USA.
Prior to StreamServe, Mr. Otterling founded Waymaker AB, the major distributor of financial information for companies listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange, and served as the company's managing director. He also served as managing director of ComPro Media, a Swedish media and advertising company.
Mr. Otterling holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and studied business administration at the Stockholm School of Economics and Business Administration.
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Peter Blackmore
Board of Directors
Peter Blackmore is president of Unisys worldwide sales and marketing and serves on the company’s board of directors. Mr. Blackmore is the former executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard’s Customer Solutions Group. He also served as executive vice president of the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Systems Group. Prior to Compaq Computer’s merger with Hewlett-Packard, Mr. Blackmore was Compaq’s executive vice president of sales and services. He joined Compaq in 1991 and served in many capacities, including senior vice president and general manager of worldwide sales and marketing, and senior vice president and general manager for North America.
Prior to joining Compaq, Mr. Blackmore was marketing director for Rank Xerox UK. He also held senior sales management and marketing management positions in the United Kingdom and internally for Burroughs. Mr. Blackmore was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and holds a master’s degree in economics.
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Dr. Peter Lorange
Board of Directors
Dr. Peter Lorange has served as a director of StreamServe since 1998. Since 1993, Dr. Lorange has been President of IMD, the International Institute of Management Development, an international post-graduate business school based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Lorange is also a director of Intentia AB, PharmaSoft Inc., ISS A/S, and Citibank International Plc, and has also served on the boards of directors of Kværner AS and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Dr. Lorange is a director of Paragon Capital Management LLC, the general partner of Paragon Limited Partnership, one of the Amerscan group of venture funds, and Amerscan Capital Management Ltd., the general partner of Amerscan Partners III, Limited Partnership.
Dr. Lorange holds a Ph.D. in business administration from Harvard Business School, a master's degree in operations management from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics.
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Dr. Steve Garnett
Board of Directors
Steve Garnett has served as a director of StreamServe since 2003. Dr Garnett has held senior positions at two start-ups that turned into world-leading software companies: Oracle Corp. and Siebel Systems. He spent 18 years at these two companies in a variety of senior sales, alliances and general management positions.
He recently joined Salesforce.com, the second- largest privately held Silicon Valley start-up, as senior vice president and general manager of EMEA.
Dr. Garnett joined Siebel Systems in 1997 as vice president and general manager in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He was a member of the Siebel Executive Management Team until 2002. He was also a member of the Siebel Founders’ Circle. In 1985 Dr. Garnett joined Oracle Corp. and was a member of the Oracle European Management team from 1994 to 1997. During this period, grew from a start-up to the world’s second-largest software company.
Dr. Garnett currently has four non-executive board positions and sits on the Apax advisory board. Dr. Garnett has a degree in mathematics and a doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester and a number of professional affiliations.
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John F. Olsen
Board of Directors
John Olsen has served as a director since December 2005. Since 2004, Mr. Olsen has been a private investor. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Olsen served as president and COO of Business Objects, a provider of business intelligence solutions. Before joining Business Objects, he was president and CEO of Marimba, Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure management solutions, from July 2000 to October 2000.
From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Olsen served as president of the Design Realization Group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Prior to joining Cadence in 1993, Mr. Olsen held the position of partner, Strategic Services, at KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Olsen holds a Master of Science degree in Management Science from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University.
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Gündor Rentsch
Board of Directors
Mr. Gündor Rentsch has been a director of StreamServe since 1999. Since 1997, Mr. Rentsch has been a Senior Partner in ITP-Invest (Information Technology Partners) in Sweden, a venture capital company that focuses on information technology.
Mr. Rentsch is also a director of WM-data AB, Sectra AB, and SPCS-Gruppen ASA, all of which are Swedish IT companies listed on the OM Stockholm Exchange.
Prior to ITP-Invest, Mr. Rentsch was the chief executive officer of Owell AB. Mr. Rentsch holds an MBA from the University of Lund in Sweden.
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