Nextpoint's executive management team is comprised of industry leaders and innovators.
Rakesh Madhava, Founder & CEO
In his role as Chief Executive Officer, Rakesh leads a unique team of multimedia designers, computer scientists, and communication experts who help trial teams maximize their trial performance. Rakesh founded Nextpoint in 2001, and today his efforts on developing long term relationships with corporations and law firms, as well as handling the company's marketing, sales and new product development functions. Rakesh was formerly the Chief Creative Officer for the company.
During his career, Rakesh has been retained by a number of Fortune 500 companies including Exxon, Verizon, Morgan Stanley and Astellas Pharmaceutical as well as top tier law firms including McDermott Will & Emery, Winston & Strawn, Kirkland & Ellis, Shearman & Sterling, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, and Novack & Macey. Notable cases Rakesh has personally supported include U.S. v. Ryan, U.S. v. Razmilovic, et al. (Symbol Technologies), Coleman (Ron Perelman) v. Morgan Stanley, and the Tobacco Fee Arbitrations.
Rakesh has 14 years of experience in legal technology and trial support with specific experience in white collar criminal defense, breach of contract, intellectual property, shareholder suits, tortious interference suits and product liability.
Ben Wolf, Vice President of Research & Development
Ben heads Nextpoint's Lab which is focused on next generation technology products supporting lawyers in preparing for trial.
Ben is a recognized leader in delivery of Internet-based technology to the legal industry. The innovations developed at the Nextpoint Lab under Ben's direction have been reviewed and recognized by leading legal publications and technology-oriented websites. Prior to Nextpoint, Ben led the Research & Development group for Hubbard One, now part of Thompson Reuters. Ben was the Chief Architect for the industry-leading Thomson Elite Business Development product line which has been featured in InfoWeek and is currently used by over 30 percent of the AmLaw 100 firms, including Jones Day, Squire Sanders, Sidley, Loeb & Loeb, DLA, and White & Case.
With over 10 years experience in the legal technology industry, Ben has a proven track record of innovation and holds multiple patents in the legal technology space with others pending. His expertise and areas of research are diverse but are primarily centered around highly secure and scalable web-based applications. Specifically Ben has pioneered the implementation of enterprise cloud computing and virtualization technologies in addition to rich browser based applications leveraging AJAX, mobile technologies, and web-services API's.
His extensive background delivering innovative technologies to corporations and law firms gives Ben an key role in the company's market positioning, product development strategy, and overall commitment to delivering excellence to the marketplace.
