The people behind our promise
With decades of experience in all sectors of health care – as well as deep roots in technology, process efficiency and patient experience – Orbita leaders are committed to one goal: to support our clients on their journey to transform their organizations by optimizing the use of innovative digital tools and workflow automation.
Leadership Team
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Patty Riskind, MBA
Patty Riskind serves as CEO of Orbita. A dynamic healthcare technology leader who has achieved success for companies big and small, Patty previously held leadership positions with Qualtrics (Head of Global Healthcare) and Press Ganey (Chief Client Experience Officer).
A pioneer in improving the patient experience, Patty founded PatientImpact (later acquired by Press Ganey) and developed an eSurvey product that revolutionized the patient satisfaction survey industry. She received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University and earned her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Patty is a member of Women Business Leaders in Health Care, (WBL), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
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Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers is co-founder of Orbita and serves as its President and Chairman. Bill is a successful four-time founder/co-founder (and two-time CEO) whose portfolio of companies include Zydacron, Global Telemedix and Ektron (now Optimizely) in addition to Orbita. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Boston University.
At his core, Bill is a technologist and entrepreneur who has deep roots in AI, healthcare and virtual assistants and is passionate about enhancing healthcare for everyone.
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Nathan Treloar
Nathan Treloar is co-founder and serves as Chief Operating Officer of Orbita. Prior to helping establish Orbita, Nate held executive positions at FAST Search, Microsoft, RAMP and Ektron. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Michigan Technological University and his master’s from the University of Wyoming.
As an expert on trends in voice and conversational AI, Nate is a respected author and speaker, and has advised some of the world’s largest companies and government agencies.
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Bill Cava
Bill Cava is co-founder and serves as Chief Experience Officer of Orbita. Prior to helping establish Orbita, Bill held executive positions at Ektron, and founded Wisemine and the non-profit professional association, NH Data Science Group. He earned his bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst and his master’s from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
With expertise in product and engineering leadership, Bill has filed multiple patents and was recognized for his work at the Voice.Health Hackathon.
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Alpesh Patel
Alpesh Patel is co-founder and serves as Chief Technology Officer of Orbita. Prior to helping establish Orbita, Alpesh held executive positions at Ektron. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Daniel Webster College.
Alpesh has an extensive background in software/platform engineering and technology strategy, and is committed to ensuring the Orbita solution meets all healthcare security and privacy regulations.
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Ben Schilens
Ben Schilens serves as Chief Customer Officer of Orbita and is currently managing the strategic direction of its product portfolio and the customer success organization. Ben joined Orbita’s founding members to launch the platform to market in 2017 and led the initial growth stage as Chief Revenue Officer.
Before joining the leadership team, Ben held executive and international leadership positions at Episerver, Ektron and Refresh Software. He is a graduate of Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
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Elizabeth Glaser
Elizabeth Glaser serves as Chief Marketing Officer of Orbita. With deep experience in marketing, healthcare and health information technology, Elizabeth collaborates with other executive leaders to establish direction and advance effective execution strategies. She previously served in marketing leadership roles with 2bPrecise, LLC, and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, and ran her own communications agency supporting healthcare providers and associations.
Elizabeth graduated summa cum laude with degrees in English literature (BA) and marketing communications (BS) from Minnesota State University.
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Board of Directors
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Mark Bakken
HealthX Ventures
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Richard Wilmot
Philips Ventures
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Bill Schmidt
Cultivation Capital
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Scott Lancaster
The 4100 Group, Inc.
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Michael Bondar
Deloitte
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Awards
We are earning a reputation for raised expectations. When it comes to our products, our customers deserve nothing less than excellence. We’re honored to deliver it in service of their goals.
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Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work 2022
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Healthcare Voice Developer Of The Year (2020), Presented By Project Voice 2020 Awards
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Apps, Mobile, And Voice Technical Achievement (2019 Winner), Presented By The Webby Awards
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Voice Technology Award (2019), Presented By Intelligent Health Association
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Orbita CEO Bill Rogers Recognized As One Of Top 11 Influencers In Voice (2019), Presented By Voicebot.Ai
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Asia Pacific Industry Solutions Partner Of The Year (2019), Presented By ServiceNow Partner Awards
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Best Third-Party Tool (2019), Alexa Awards Presented By Voicefirst.Fm
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Technology Innovation Award, Service Innovation Award, And New Product Innovation Award (2019 Winner), Presented By Australian Business Awards
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Grand Prix And Trailblazing Product Of The Year (2018 Winner), Presented By AMY Awards
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Medical And Scientific Category (2018 Winner), Presented By Good Design Awards
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MongoDB Innovation Award, Internet Of Things Category (2017 Winner), Presented By MongoDB
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Brigham And Women’s Hospital Digital Innovation Hub
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