OrboGraph Leadership Team

Expertise and Thought Leadership

The OrboGraph Leadership team is comprised of committed individuals with a passion for payments and fraud prevention, strong industry knowledge, and unmatched business and technical skills. We are a cohesive group looking to maximize the value of OrboGraph for our shareholders, drive market adoption, and deliver outstanding client satisfaction.

Barry Cohen

Chief Executive Officer

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Barry Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for defining business direction, initiating growth activities, and managing all aspects of customer engagement. He is a veteran of OrboGraph’s prior parent Company, Orbotech since 1994 and came to OrboGraph in 2007 after 5 successful years as President of Orbotech, Inc.

As CEO of OrboGraph, he is dedicated to maintaining the company's uncompromising commitment to organizational excellence and to providing customer value and meeting and exceeding partners' and customers' expectations.

Avikam Baltsan

Chief Technology Officer and General Manager, OrboGraph LTD

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As Chief Technology Officer and General Manager for OrboGraph LTD, Avikam Baltsan is one of the founding fathers of OrboGraph Ltd. Since 1996, he has lead the Company through many milestones including the architectural and algorithmic design of OrboCAR recognition engine, the development of OrboGraph’s patented Key-Pay® Technology’s Strategy and most recently the development and integration of OrboGraph’s check processing automation services.

He holds multiple degrees including: Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA program (2000) of Northwestern University and Tel-Aviv University; Master of Science in Computer Science (1985) from Tel-Aviv University; Master of Science in Operations Research (1980) from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology; and Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (1978) from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. As Co-President and CTO, he is dedicated to maintaining the Company's uncompromising commitment to product quality and performance.

Stewart H. Levine

Chief Operating Officer

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Stew Levine is the Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for providing strategic and tactical leadership to the Client Services and Operation teams by working directly with customer support, project management, and integration teams. Additional responsibilities include being part of the OrboGraph Leadership Team to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans and policies. Levine joined OrboGraph in 2008 and brought with him 20+ years of experience managing technical groups, an acute appreciation for the demands of production environments, and a great understanding of the importance of relationship building with customers, vendors and co-workers.

Steve VanHandel

Chief Financial Officer

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As Chief Financial Officer, Steve oversees global finance and HR operations for OrboGraph.

Prior to OrboGraph, Steve spent the past 8 years working for various Thompson Street Capital Partners portfolio companies. Most recently, Steve was COO for PKWARE, a global leader in automated data security providing encryption and compression software, and offering data security solutions incorporating data discovery, classification, and protection in automated, policy-driven workflows.

Prior to PKWARE, Steve spent four and a half years leading the accounting/finance and HR functions as Chief Financial Officer for ControlScan, a provider of a comprehensive suite of PCI DSS managed security and compliance services to acquiring banks and direct customers which was successfully sold in a complex transaction in December 2020.

Before his time at ControlScan, Steve was the Chief Financial Officer for Vaddio, leading the accounting/finance, HR, and IT organizations of this premier global manufacturer of video conference equipment. Vaddio was successfully sold in March 2016.

Steve is a veteran of the U.S. Army, a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Minnesota State University, Mankato. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and traveling the world with family and friends.

Joseph J. Gregory

Chief Strategy Officer

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Joe Gregory, Chief Strategy Officer, oversees the strategic direction of OrboGraph and the tactical marketing activities for OrboGraph, including the market initiatives for OrboGraph check recognition, fraud detection and healthcare payments. Joe started with OrboGraph in 1998 and has been in the check processing industry for over 25 years. In June of 2009, Joe graduated from the University of Phoenix with an MBA in Marketing.

Arik Elimelech

Vice President Research & Development

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Arik Elimelech, Vice President of Research & Development, is responsible for executing the Company’s development and implementation strategy. He oversees the Research and Development team as well as supports Client services with their R&D needs. He is responsible for all R&D projects including the development of future technology infrastructure and OrboGraph IT. He has been with OrboGraph since 1996, providing over 20 years experience with software, management, customer relations, product design, and architecture.

Yaron Katzir

Vice President of Product Management

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Yaron Katzir, Vice President of Product Management, is responsible for defining and executing the product strategy for OrboGraph. He is responsible for identifying market needs, and for the product roadmaps for the recognition and fraud detection products. With background in computer science and image processing, he has been with OrboGraph for over 20 years in leading roles in the R&D group and Product Management.

Frank DeVitta

Director of Client Services

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As the Director of Client Services, Frank DeVitta oversees the integration, implementation, and support of all OrboGraph products for our clients. Frank has been with OrboGraph since 2006, and has been developing and supporting strategic applications in the financial and healthcare industry for over 15 years. In the Director of Client services role, Frank’s main focus is ensuring OrboGraph delivers cutting edge technology and industry leading support to our wide array of clients.

Frank holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University.

Adi Lamm

Director of Operations

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Adi Lamm, Director of Operations, is responsible for executing and maintaining the operations and IT infrastructure for OrboGraph, along with the responsibility of overseeing the operations & IT teams.

Adi has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and has been with OrboGraph since 2015.

Adi holds a bachelors of science in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

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Stewart H. Levine

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