 Gene Landoe |
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Gene Landoe is president and CEO of CT and Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services. Landoe oversees all of CT's day-to-day operations, which includes running its four business units: Compliance & Governance, UCC Solutions, Litigation Solutions and Trademark Solutions. Under Landoe's direction, CT has built on its renowned service foundation to transform into a legal technology and service leader. Landoe led CT through a reorganization in early 2006 to further focus the company's business on customer workflows. In his four years as president and CEO, Landoe has overseen CT's evolution and growth into an end-to-end provider of complete compliance, corporate transactions, litigation support and trademark solutions. In his more than 30-year career with Wolters Kluwer companies, Landoe has held several senior-level positions. His most recent prior to assuming the helm of CT in 2001 was as president and CEO of CCH Tax Compliance, Torrance, Calif., the market-leading provider of tax and accounting software. Landoe holds a bachelor's degree from Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, Calif.; an MBA from Chapman University, Orange, Calif.; and a doctorate from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. Top |
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 Diane K. Brown |
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As executive vice president and general manager of CT and Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services, Diane K. Brown oversees CT's Compliance & Governance division. In this role, Brown is responsible for ensuring the products and services of the business unit - which focuses on services and solutions for managing statutory representation, corporate transactions, and jurisdictional and securities compliance - continue to lead the industry and provide customers with top-level solutions. CT and Wolters Kluwer's Marketing and Business Research group also report in to Brown. Prior to CT's reorganization in Jan. 2006, Brown also held senior executive responsibilities for CT TyMetrix, which has been a part of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services since 2003. Brown previously held a number of positions with The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., including director, operations services and director, marketing systems, and has also worked with Corning, Inc. She holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, N.Y., and has a master's in corporate communications from Boston University. Top |
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 Gene Lasky |
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Gene Lasky is the vice president of CT's UCC Solutions business unit. As head of this group, Lasky oversees CT's UCC products and services for corporate due diligence, secured lending, bankruptcy, and real estate, among other areas. He spent the past five years as director of national operations for UCC Direct Services, now UCC Direct. In this role, Lasky led the group's integration process when it acquired several UCC businesses, including Document Resources, DataFile Services and AccuSearch. He also started up CT's Business Planning Group in 1997. Prior to his roles with CT and Wolters Kluwer, Lasky was a management consultant for New York Consulting Partners, specialists in operations, and was a business unit manager at American International Group (AIG). Lasky holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., and has an M.B.A from Columbia's Business School, New York City. Top |
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 Pat Fitzgibbon |
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As vice president of sales for CT's Compliance & Governance and UCC Solutions divisions, Pat Fitzgibbon is responsible for leading a unified sales team comprised of both CT and UCC Direct sales forces. Under his leadership, CT's sales force is adopting a more streamlined and focused approach to provide customers with an unparalleled level of service to meet their individual needs. Fitzgibbon has been with Wolters Kluwer for more than 25 years, and spent the last four as vice president of sales for UCC Direct Services, now UCC Direct. As a member of UCC Direct's executive team, he significantly contributed to the business's double digit growth and impressive success in the market by improving the design of the sales organization and increasing their selling effectiveness. Fitzgibbon has a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Carroll College, Helena, Mon., and an M.B.A. from the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn. Top |
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 Chris Jutkiewicz | |
Chris Jutkiewicz is executive vice president and chief technology office for Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS). In this role, he oversees all technology resources dedicated to delivering corporate and UCC services and solutions to CLS customers. In addition, he leads efforts across all CLS businesses to strengthen program management, architecture and application availability, and the development of software best practices. Jutkiewicz's IT division also manages the Offshore Development Center and Testing Center of Excellence for the benefit of all CLS business units. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Jutkiewicz was a vice president of software development for Reuters, Inc. During that time, he was responsible for the development of several large scale trading applications, including GLOBEX®, the world's first world-wide electronic exchange for the trading of commodity futures and options. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and an M.B.A. from Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y. |
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 Joe D'Avanzo |
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Joe D'Avanzo is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS). In this role, he holds senior financial responsibilities for the operating divisions of CLS, including CT, CT Tymetrrix, CT Summation, CT Corsearch and UCC Direct. D'Avanzo has held several senior-level financial positions prior to his current role with Wolters Kluwer. He served as vice president, finance and operations for Grolier Publishing; was controller for Reader's Digest's U.S. Operations and served as corporate controller at Nestle Foods. D'Avanzo has a bachelor's degree in marketing from the City College of New York; an M.B.A in accounting from Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Conn.; as well as an advanced certificate in finance from Fairfield University, Fairfield Conn. |
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 John Weber, Esq. |
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As general manager of CT TyMetrix, John Weber has overseen the company's transition from start-up to the industry leader in legal e-billing, matter management and legal performance analytics. During his tenure, Weber has led development of strategies and solutions including CT TyMetrix' flagship product, CT TyMetrix 360º, the industry's leading unified solution for managing the business of law. Additionally, Weber is leading the integration and operations of Tripoint, another legal technology leader that was acquired by Wolters Kluwer in Oct. 2005. Prior to joining CT TyMetrix, Weber was the senior counsel at the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, where he was responsible for the management of all technology. As a commercial and insurance litigator with the New York law firm of Thacher Proffitt and Wood, Weber represented some of the world's leading corporations and insurers. Weber holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from The University of Notre Dame, and his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. Top |
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 Joshua Braunstein |
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Joshua Braunstein is the general manager of CT Corsearch. In this role, he oversees the growth of CT’s trademark and intellectual property research business and its day-to-day operations. Braunstein has been one of the nation’s leading experts on trademark searching, joining CT Corsearch in 1996 as a researcher and ultimately serving in several key roles in the company. As manager of research training and senior manager of research, Braunstein focused on maximizing research quality with the creation of the quality assurance professional (QAP) role that reviews, challenges, and approves every search the company conducts; and the creation of common search and quality standards. Prior to his role as general manager, Braunstein served as director of content, a role where he was instrumental in developing some of the most significant clearance workflow tools in the industry of the last decade, including the Most Recent Owner, Similar Ownership, the Federal Classifier™, and most significantly, Corsearch® Advantage™, the clearance research platform that has revolutionized the industry. Braunstein is actively involved with both the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG). He has a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Top |
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 Abs Kotulski |
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As the vice president of business development for Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS), Abs Kotulski plays a critical role in analyzing potential acquisitions and new business opportunities for the division and is responsible for establishing relationships within the legal software and service industry. For the past four years, Kotulski has worked in business development leading or helping to complete numerous acquisitions and strategic investments, including TyMetrix, Inc., Summation Legal Technologies, CaseVault, Inc., AmeriSearch, Inc. and Tripoint Development Systems Corporation. Kotulski began his career at CLS in product management where he led the team that launched the CTAdvantage.com Internet Filing Manager, and was responsible for developing an integrated strategy to migrate customers from CTAdvantage Classic to the Web. Prior to CLS, Kotulski worked in the videoconferencing industry, developing products and strategies for a division of Polycom, Inc. and a start-up venture that developed the first IP based videoconferencing system. Kotulski holds an MBA from Boston University, a law degree from Fordham University and is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York. He is a member of the ABA e-filing committee on electronic filing with courts and has played a pivotal role in helping to develop rules to ensure that lawsuits served electronically follow the same guidelines and protect CT’s role as registered agent. Top |
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 Tom Rump |
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Tom Rump is the vice president of Litigation Solutions for Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services (CLS). In this role, he has operating responsibility for CT Summation/Casevault and CT TyMetrix, and also manages the development and execution of CLS’s Litigation Solutions strategy. Rump’s most immediate priority is to devote his time exclusively to CT Summation/Casevault. Rump began his career in 1979 with IBM, where he ultimately served as CFO with operational responsibilities for aspects of a $2.6 billion sales and marketing profit center. In this role, he delivered results for 1992 and 1993 that exceeded industry norms and internal targets. His division profits were the highest in IBM North America and he was recognized with the IBM Golden Circle Award and the IBM Leadership Club Award. In 1999, Rump joined The Cedar Group as CEO of a small software firm producing HR, financial and CRM software, headquartered in London. Rump is a board member of the Technology Council of Maryland, a board member and vice chairman of The Special Olympics of Maryland, and a member of the Potomac Officers Club. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA in finance and strategic planning from the University of Pittsburgh. Top |
