Meet the Leadership Team

Experience, Agility
And Innovation

Our leadership team brings deep knowledge, expertise and insights from multiple industries – from enterprise software, aerospace, medical devices, consumer electronics and IoT – to our collaborative approach for meeting the challenges of connected care systems.

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Bernhard Kappe

Founder & CEO

Bernhard Kappe

Bernhard is a software development leader, technologist, and pioneer who provides clients with an unequaled advantage by helping them develop Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), Digital Therapeutics (DTx), and connected medical devices, while leveraging important trends and techniques at the leading edge of the adoption bell curve.

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Randy Horton, VP of Solutions and Partnerships, Orthogonal

Chief Solutions Officer

Randy Horton

Randy has spent over a decade working with healthcare and life sciences organizations to tackle the Quadruple Aim: 1) optimizing health system performance by improving the individual experience of care, 2) advancing the health of populations, 3) reducing the per capita cost of care, and 4) enhancing the work-life of those who deliver care.

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Chief Technology Officer

Larkin Lowrey

Larkin Lowrey, a distinguished software engineering leader with 26 US patents, specializes in organizational transformation and Agile principles. He excels in building efficient teams and implementing cloud-native technologies. Larkin’s expertise spans Medical Devices, IoT, Telecom, and e-commerce, with solutions deployed across multiple continents and jurisdictions.

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VP, Sales & Marketing

Ben Trombold

Ben Trombold is a seasoned MedTech and healthcare sales and marketing leader with 14+ years of experience. He excels in driving growth, building brands, and aligning sales and marketing teams to exceed business goals. Ben’s strategic mindset and innovative approaches have consistently boosted client engagement and solved complex challenges through top-performing team leadership.

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VP of Delivery

Melissa Gill

Melissa is a seasoned VP of Delivery with 10 years of Agile Project/Product Management experience and four years in QA. She brings extensive expertise across enterprise, security, pharma, and SaMD industries, specializing in implementing Jira/Confluence, Agile processes, and eQMS tooling across multiple organizations.

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Brett Stewart - Principal Solutions Architect

Principal Solutions Architect

Brett Stewart

Brett is a technology architect responsible for solutions engineering for a wide range of SaMD client projects and system architectures at Orthogonal. He brings over 20 years of experience delivering enterprise and mobile software solutions in industries ranging from diabetes care to national intelligence, where he developed his extensive engineering knowledge.

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Senior Solutions Architect

Jim Hewitt

Jim provides deep expertise in software, firmware, data architecture, and development in health informatics and medical device projects for Orthogonal. He brings over 35 years of experience as a senior technical architect focusing on team and project success in a variety of industries. In addition, he has established himself as a leading expert on Bluetooth technologies.

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Elisabeth George

Regulatory Fellow

Elisabeth George

Elisabeth is an experienced leader, business executive and consultant committed to shaping and leading global organizations in continuous improvement and innovative ways of using standards and regulations not only for compliance but also for supporting customer value.

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Delivery Manager

Dhruti Trivedi

Dhruti has over 12 years of experience overseeing cutting-edge initiatives from concept through development to commercialization in Medical Devices, Life Sciences and Semiconductors. She helps cross-functional teams uncover dependencies and facilitates proactive risk mitigation, adherence to quality and regulatory standards while managing scope, budget and schedules.

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Delivery Manager

Jessica Jung

Jessica has a 20-year career overseeing the definition, strategy, execution, and delivery of digital transformation solutions and products across industries including banking, pharmaceutical, federal and healthcare. She excels in hands-on product strategy, client collaboration and solution delivery that enable businesses to achieve strategic goals.

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