Executive Team

Dennis Ladd
Chief Executive Officer

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.

Ulf Kasshag
Chief Operating Officer

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.

John Rueter
Chief Marketing Officer

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.

Laurence O'Hagan
Chief Technology Officer

Laurence O’Hagan joined StreamServe as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2010 and is considered one of the leading industry experts in the field of electronic printing and publishing. As StreamServe’s CTO, Mr. O’Hagan is responsible for driving the strategic vision and planning of StreamServe’s innovative solutions, as well as for overseeing technical support.

Most recently, Mr. O’Hagan was CTO for the Customer Communications Management division of Pitney Bowes Business Insight, where he conceived and architected DOC1, the company’s core flagship solution for Customer Communications Management. While at PBBI, Mr. O’Hagan developed other pivotal products, including EngageOne Interactive and Content Author. In 2009, he additionally assumed the Global Portfolio Directorship for Customer Communications Management, responsible for its vision and strategy.

Previously, Mr. O’Hagan was CTO of Customer Communications Systems at Group 1 Software, which was acquired by Pitney Bowes Business Insight in 2004. Additionally, he held the role of President and Technical Director at Archetype, Inc., from 1986 through 1994. Mr. O’Hagan attended University College of London, where he was trained as a physicist.

Robert Rae is the Senior Vice President of W/W Direct Sales for StreamServe. He previously served as Vice President of Strategic Global Accounts, and prior to that, General Manager of StreamServe North America.

Following graduation from Babson College in 1977 with a degree in finance, Mr. Rae joined NCR Corporation selling mini-computer based business solutions to the manufacturing market in New England. Prior to StreamServe, he spent 10 years as Global Account Executive, SAP America. In this role he contributed to SAP America’s explosive revenue growth from 1994 to 2003 with accounts including Eastman Kodak Company, Digital Equipment, Thermo Electron, and Raytheon. He has over 30 years of sales leadership in the ERP market.

Petter Eriksson
Vice President Engineering

Petter Eriksson was appointed Vice President 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.