Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 12, 2004
ZEV LADERMAN is Chairman & CEO Aduva. Mr. Laderman was the CEO of
Verticalnet Solutions, a division of the publicly-traded VerticalNet
Inc. consolidation of two acquired companies and home-grown IT
resources into a commercial software division. Prior to this, Mr.
Laderman served as the CEO of Tradeum Inc, a software provider for B2B
marketplaces, which was later acquired by VerticalNet Inc for $475
million. Mr. Laderman also served as the Vice President in charge of the
Industrial Sector at Oracle Corp (Nasdaq: ORCL), where he was
responsible for the establishment of the US industrial sector
organization, a $500 million business unit. He later established and ran
its European counterpart. As part of Mr. Laderman's responsibilities at
Oracle, he was chartered with developing Oracle's vertical market
strategies which included building, buying, and/or partnering with third
party software vendors. Profile
TWST: We would like to begin, if you will, with a brief historicalsketch of the company and a picture of the things you are doing at the
present time.
Mr. Laderman: Aduva was founded in 1999