Contract Experts: The Team

Geoff Maskell
Vice-President Sales Europe
Geoff helped to establish Exari's European business in 2006, opening our London office near the Lloyd's of London building and growing sales to insurance, investment banking, finance and legal customers. Prior to Exari, he was Sales & Services Director for Rolfe & Nolan a leading specialist software provider, for the global listed derivatives industry. Before joining R&N, Geoff worked for NCR, in a number of sales and management roles for 12 years.

Martin Kett
Vice-President of Insurance Client Development
Martin helped to establish Exari's UK business in 2006, opening our London office near the Lloyd's building. He has managed the delivery of many successful broking and underwriting projects. Martin is an insurance industry veteran, having spent his entire career within the global insurance market, working for Marsh in Bermuda, New York and London, and for Lloyd’s. In 2008, Martin joined the Exari Board of Directors.

Christian Hostmann
Director of Sales, Europe
Christian helped to establish Exari's European business in 2008, opening our Munich office. He is a partner at Beacon Equity Partners and brings more than ten years of experience with internet and software companies. In 2000, Christian founded Venture Catalyst GmbH, a German incubator for IT businesses, where he helped fuel and guide the growth of several successful companies. Earlier, Christian spent five years as an Investment Manager with the venture capital affiliate of HypoVereinsbank AG, Munich and with the subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Venture Capital GmbH in Frankfurt/Main. Christian earned his MBA at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Justin Lipton
Vice-President Engineering & Delivery
Before co-founding Exari in 2000, Justin was a Senior Project Manager at Lochard, a software company which specialized in the integration of flight track monitoring systems for major international airports. He also assisted with the commercialization of bio-technology applications for a technology company in Israel. Justin has a Doctorate in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University.