HERNDON, Virginia, September 6 /PRNewswire/ --

- U.K. Leader in Large-Scale B2B Exchanges to Drive Global Customer 
Success

Amabel Grant has joined Exostar, the leader in secure multi-enterprise
collaboration solutions for aerospace and defence (A&D), as the company's
vice president of international business. Grant, a recognized leader in
e-commerce and business-to-business exchanges, supports Exostar's expansion
in international A&D and government markets. Grant will work with Exostar's
international client roster from her U.K. base, helping customers create
secure, efficient information sharing processes that improve overall program
success rates.

During the past ten years, Grant has worked at the intersection of
procurement, technology and collaboration practices. She is widely recognized
for her work on developing common procurement interoperability standards for
the U.K. public sector, which have since become the standards specification
adopted by the European Union as a model of best practice. Grant joins
Exostar from Hedra PLC where she led a team that developed the e-tendering
system for the London 2012 Olympics.

"Amabel is an excellent addition to our team as we continue to create
meaningful value for our customers and user community," said Kevin
Lowdermilk, president and CEO of Exostar. "As global demand for our solutions
increases, she brings the background and experience to scale our business in
the U.K. and European markets."

Exostar was founded by BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and
Rolls-Royce to build solutions that enable secure collaboration and
information sharing across the extended supply chain. Its on-demand
applications provide multi-tier supply visibility, sourcing, procurement and
program collaboration to a community network of 38,000 manufacturers and
suppliers. By securely managing digital identity verification and access,
Exostar gives users new ability to share information with external partners
while maintaining appropriate controls and reducing compliance risk.

"Exostar is driving innovation and new levels of excellence, enabling
suppliers, partners and agencies with secure, scalable business processes,"
said Grant. "I am looking forward to helping our customers achieve continued
success and bringing the Exostar solution to new geographical markets."

About Exostar

Exostar powers secure collaborative supply networks helping manufacturers
and suppliers work together to gain visibility, control and integration of
critical business processes, speeding time-to-market, increasing
profitability and reducing risk. Initially launched in 2000, Exostar was
founded to support the complex trading needs of the world's largest aerospace
and defence companies, including BAE SYSTEMS, The Boeing Company, Lockheed
Martin Corp., Raytheon Co. and Rolls-Royce. Today, its on-demand solutions
provide business collaboration, secure infrastructure and supply chain
execution capabilities for 38,000 trading partners worldwide. For more
information, please visit http://www.exostar.com.

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    Corporate Ink Public Relations
    +1-617-969-9192
    lcannata@corporateink.com



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