Press Release - March 25, 2021
Datolite Solutions announces addition of Dan Wales as UK sales and growth advisor, via his legal-tech accelerator Oliella Partners.
Datolite Solutions is excited to announce they have added Dan Wales to their team as a sales and growth advisor, via a partnership with his legal-tech accelerator Oliella Partners.
Dan has spent over fifteen years employed at large global law firms and founded DW Reporting in 2013 to meet law firms’ complex BI, reporting, pricing and financial data management needs, successfully scaling with a global client base and delivery team to BigHand in 2018. At BigHand, Dan was the influential driving force behind the creation of a new enterprise strategic sales and account management function that focused on the largest global law firms, achieving record results. Dan has led sales growth strategies for industry leading providers of productivity and profitability software, focused on UK Legal Top 100 and AMLAW 200.
“I’ve known Datolite’s founders, Pat and Campbell, since they were Kleinmundo and originally developed Elite Design Gallery. I have followed their growth journey from the beginning, and am absolutely delighted to be supporting them as they execute their next phase of growth. They have a significant market-leading presence in North American, providing consulting and development services across both Thomson Reuters and Aderant Proforma Workflow and Template Management Solutions and am looking forward to replicating that in the UK and beyond.” says Wales.
Patrick Langlais, Co-Founder, added “Datolite began as a Design Gallery services company as we were the original developers of the product that became EDG and the leaders in the market. In recent years, we’ve expanded to solutions in other products, while still focused on automated data transformation: Paperless Proforma, Reporting, DocuDraft, and Document Studio/Whitehill. Dan’s first-hand experience of growing legal tech companies along with his industry connections will be key component of our ability to execute on our growth strategy.”
“Dan is a proven entrepreneur who we have known for a very long time, we are thrilled that he is joining our team. We share the same vision, commitment to client success and growth aspirations which lay the foundations for an exciting future” said Campbell Barrett, Co-Founder.
About Datolite Solutions
Datolite Solutions, global leader in data transformation solutions for the legal industry, are known as experts in template and workflow tools. The foundation of the Datolite team is comprised of the core of Kleinmundo, the original developers of the product that became 3E Templates. Founded in 2014, Datolite Solutions is now the world’s largest and most experienced team in 3E Templates (Design Gallery), 3E/Enterprise Paperless Proforma, and Document Studio (Whitehill), as well as providing leading edge Aderant DocuDraft consulting services. Datolite is official partners with Thomson Reuters and Aderant.
About Oliella Partners
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS - Providing entrepreneurial organisations with access to operational, product strategy and sales & marketing executive support.
Press Release - January 28, 2021
Datolite Solutions, leading legal solutions consultants, announces the hiring of Ryan E. Ladisic
Datolite Solutions is excited to announce they have added Ryan Ladisic as the Head of Global Sales. Ryan brings 23 years of sales management and business development experience to Datolite, 18 of which specifically in legal software and solutions. He most recently spent 9 years at Thomson Reuters as Global Director of Sales creating and managing teams that sold various TR Elite practice management solutions.
Prior to that, he joined eBillingHub in 2007 as one of the first non-founder employees. He was recruited to lead sales and partner development. While there, he grew sales by over 1400%, added 240 law firm clients, including 73% of the AMLAW 200 and 57% of the Global 100 and secured 4 additional resale partners, leading to the acquisition by Thomson Reuters in July 2011. He has also held Regional Sales Manager roles at Intapp and Datacert.
“Datolite has set a very high bar when it comes to legal solution consulting. Most importantly, the standard this entire group holds themselves to completely aligns with mine- Customer First. Joining the Datolite team was one of the easiest decisions I have ever made professionally. It is going to be an amazing journey and I could not be more excited about being part of this team! ” says Ryan Ladisic, Datolite’s Head of Global Sales.
Ryan was born and raised in Northern NJ, and has lived in Houston, TX since 2006. He has been with his wife since High School (27 years), has 2 boys, Ryan Jr. (18) and Aidan (16). He enjoys golfing, hunting, fishing, wake boating with his family and anything NY Yankees.
Patrick Langlais, Co-Founder, added “Datolite began as a Design Gallery services company as we were the original developers and leaders in the market. In recent years, we’ve expanded to solutions in other products, while still focused on automated data transformation: Paperless Proforma, Reporting, and DocuDraft. Ryan’s depth of industry connections will be key in the success of that expansion strategy.”
“Ryan brings an immense amount of experience in Legal from his time at eBillingHub and Thomson Reuters. He fills an important gap for us in our growth strategy as we continue our journey to better serve our clients in the rapidly evolving legal industry." said Campbell Barrett, Co-Founder.
Datolite Solutions, global leader in data transformation solutions for the legal industry, are known as experts in template and workflow tools such as 3E Templates (Design Gallery), 3E/Enterprise Paperless Proforma, Aderant's DocuDraft, and Document Studio. The foundation of the Datolite team is comprised of the core of Kleinmundo, the original developers of the product that became 3E Templates. Founded in 2014, Datolite Solutions is now the world’s largest and most experienced 3E Templates (Design Gallery) team, most experienced 3E/Enterprise Paperless Proforma, and official partners with Thomson Reuters and Aderant.
Datolite Acquires Paperless Proforma Business from T4G Limited
Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada — March 2, 2020
T4G Limited, one of Canada’s top Applied Data companies and Best Workplaces™, and Datolite Solutions, information distribution specialists for the world’s top law firms, are pleased to announce that Datolite Solutions has acquired T4G’s Paperless Proforma business. This includes the dedicated and talented T4G professionals who have deep industry knowledge in the legal sector and have numerous synergies with Datolite’s existing business.
”At the heart of T4G is a commitment to our clients’ success and our employees’ careers. The alignment of T4G and Datolite’s industry expertise will ensure the continued success of Paperless Proforma’s customers and the employee team servicing them.”
- David Posluns, CEO, T4G
This is a move that aligns directly with T4G’s renewed focus on Applied Data and will serve its legal sector clients best by putting the business in the hands of legal specialists. As known and trusted advisors in the legal space, Datolite Solutions will continue to provide the highest level of service, from the top talent that the company is renowned for.
“Proven experts in Paperless Proforma customizations, the team from T4G brings over 65 years of experience in the legal industry. We are very excited to have them join Datolite Solutions.”
- Campbell Barrett, Director, Co-Founder, Datolite Solutions
T4G and Datolite are coordinating to ensure a smooth transition. Law firms with active Paperless Proforma projects will experience minimal disruption. The same consulting resources assigned to client projects before the acquisition will continue their work without disruption. Any project related questions can be directed to Jim Lafferty, Datolite’s Director of External Relations, jim.lafferty@datolitesolutions.com.
T4G is a full-service Applied Data Company with offices across Canada. T4G helps organizations collect, organize, and apply data to drive growth and operate efficiently. They combine high-touch service with the right mix of advisory, design and development capabilities to create practical AI-infused applications and analytic solutions.
Datolite Solutions, trusted advisors to the world’s leading law firms, are known as experts in template development tools such as 3E Templates (Design Gallery), and Document Studio. The foundation of the Datolite team is comprised of the core of Kleinmundo, the original developers of the product that became 3E Templates (Design Gallery). Founded in 2014, Datolite Solutions is now the world’s largest and most experienced 3E Templates (Design Gallery) team, and an official partner with Thomson Reuters.