Michael Burke - North America

Michael is responsible for leading sales across North America, with a focus on delivering innovative technology solutions designed to improve communication processes in the healthcare industry. Michael brings 20 years of experience in the information technology space with over a decade focused on the healthcare market, both provider and payer.

Prior to joining Orion Health, Michael began his career as a CPA in public accounting and held several key positions since, one of which earned him a nomination from INC. Magazine as Entrepreneur of the Year for his role as founder of a software company.

James Date - West Coast

James Date works at Orion Health as the Sales Director for the West Coast.

Prior to joining Orion Health, James held positions in IT sales, product management and development, project management and was a venture capitalist and restaurant/nightclub owner/manager.

James holds an MBA from Edinburgh University Scotland.

Harish Panchal - Central

Harish Panchal has been working with Orion Health since 2001. During his time with the company, Harish has gained considerable product and market knowledge.

Prior to joining the US Sales team, Harish was responsible for Orion Health's expansion in Asia where he focused on building trusted relationships with both clients and business partners.

Harish has a strong understanding of the North American market, having been a lead Rhapsody consultant based in the US prior to taking on the Asian sales role. While working as a lead Rhapsody Consultant, Harish helped Orion Health to create a strong market presence.

Harish has a Bachelor of Engineering Science (Honours) from Auckland University in New Zealand.

Douglas Cassidy - Midwest

Douglas Cassidy is responsible for Sales and Business Development for the Midwest Territory of the United States for Orion Health. Before joining the sales team in 2007, Douglas served as the Technical Manager for the North American office of Orion Health.

Douglas has over 12 years of experience working the field of medical software and solution architecture.  Previous to Orion Health, he held positions at Noteworthy Medical Systems where he worked to build an electronic medical record solution and at Qualia Computing where he participated as a member of a group of world class medical researchers and software engineers engaging in cutting-edge research and development in the areas of cognitive systems, pattern recognition, digital signal processing, image processing, graphics and human vision applied to health care and drug/vaccine discovery.  Specifically, his work contributed towards the development of the Second Look, a Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) software solution for the early detection of breast cancer.

Prior to moving into the field of clinical software and solutions, Douglas did research and development in the field of non-contact laser gauging.

John Dunn - Vendor Sales and Public Health

John Dunn has been working for Orion Health for 12 years, selling solutions to the vendor and public health market.

John has over 20 years of IT sales experience and prior to working at Orion Health, John owned his own sales and networking company. John is also a qualified Radio engineer and worked for a large Telco before owning his own company.

In his spare time, John like playing tennis and enjoys fishing.

Mike Craig - Canada

Michael is responsible for the performance and growth of Orion Health in Canada.

Prior to joining Orion Health in June 2000, Michael worked in the Health IT industry with EDS and then SMS (Shared Medical Systems).  Michael has had involvement in Orion Health's New Zealand projects and was based in Australia for several years to manage all of Orion Health's Australian operations.  Michael returned to Canada in May 2004 with Orion Health and is based in our Edmonton office.

Michael graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.