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Founded by operators and practicing physicians.

Harvard Business School training, real clinical practice, and the discipline of elite sports medicine, pointed at one goal: letting doctors be doctors.

  • Harvard Business School
  • CA(SA) · Singularity
  • 3 U.S. patents
  • Team physicians, pro and college sports

Leadership

The founding team

Three Harvard graduates with a rare blend of experience: an operator, a venture investor, and an orthopaedic physician.

Willem van der Post, Founder & CEO of Pinotage Health.

Founder & CEO

Willem van der Post

  • CA(SA)
  • Harvard Business School
  • Singularity
  • Chartered Accountant CA(SA) with a Harvard Business School and Singularity foundation
  • Operator across xTech Capital, SimpleCapital, and revX.ai
  • Earlier career at Deloitte
Dr. David Schneider, MD, Co-founder, Investor & Advisor at Pinotage Health.

Co-founder, Investor & Advisor

David Schneider, MD

  • MD
  • Harvard Business School
  • 3 U.S. Patents
  • Author
  • Physician MD with Harvard Business School training
  • Holder of 3 U.S. patents and a published author
  • Team physician for the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Kings, Anaheim Ducks, and USC football
Dr. Luke Oh, MD, Co-founder, Investor & Advisor at Pinotage Health.

Co-founder, Investor & Advisor

Luke Oh, MD

  • MD
  • Harvard Business School
  • Mass General
  • Trained and practiced across AdventHealth, Harvard Medical School, and Mass General
  • Team physician for the Orlando Magic, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Revolution, and Boston Bruins
“With this system in place, my admin burden is gone. I can now focus on more patients, not paperwork… and my handicap’s never been better!”
Dr. David Schneider · Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon, Co-founder

Leadership

The team building it

Operators and clinicians who have run revenue cycles, scaled healthcare companies, coded the claims, and shipped the software.

  • Philip Schrank, Chief of Clinical Product Development at Pinotage Health.

    Chief of Clinical Product Development

    Philip Schrank

    • MD
    • FAAOS
    • COSC
    • CPC-I

    Philip is the rare orthopedic surgeon who is also a certified medical coder. Board-certified in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine (Kerlan-Jobe fellowship, NYU residency, Georgetown MD), he holds CPC-I and COSC coding credentials and ran an orthopedic revenue-cycle practice. He keeps the product true to how care is actually documented, coded, and reimbursed.

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  • Juan González, Chief Operating Officer at Pinotage Health.

    Chief Operating Officer

    Juan González

    • Dartmouth
    • ex-Vista Health
    • ex-SAP

    Juan runs global operations at Pinotage after 25+ years scaling AI, technology, and healthcare businesses, most recently as Chief Customer Officer at remote-monitoring provider Vista Health, with earlier leadership at SAP and a run of growth-stage software companies.

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  • Heinrich de Lange, Chief Technology Officer at Pinotage Health.

    Chief Technology Officer

    Heinrich de Lange

    • Stellenbosch University
    • Founder, Octoco
    • Software & IoT

    Heinrich leads engineering and the platform at Pinotage. An electrical and electronic engineer trained at Stellenbosch University, he has spent a decade founding and building technology companies as a software and IoT engineer, with CTO roles across software, IoT, and energy ventures and his own company, Octoco. He owns the systems that turn a clinical conversation into a structured, coded, and EHR-ready record.

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  • Rob Gibbons, Chief Revenue Officer at Pinotage Health.

    Chief Revenue Officer

    Rob Gibbons

    • Harvard Business School
    • ex-J&J
    • ex-Zimmer Biomet

    Rob has built revenue engines across medical devices and health-tech for two decades, starting at Johnson & Johnson and Zimmer Biomet, then leading commercial growth at diagnostics and software companies through to exit. He played pro basketball in Europe before business school.

    Connect on LinkedIn , Rob Gibbons
  • Tara Gearhart, Chief Marketing Officer at Pinotage Health.

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Tara Gearhart

    • ex-HubSpot
    • Founder, tMedia

    Tara owns brand and demand generation at Pinotage. An early HubSpot team member, she went on to found the marketing consultancy tMedia and has spent 20+ years building go-to-market and revenue-operations programs for B2B companies.

    Connect on LinkedIn , Tara Gearhart
  • Ann-Sofie Cuyvers, Chief of Staff at Pinotage Health.

    Chief of Staff

    Ann-Sofie Cuyvers

    • Solvay
    • ex-Delivery Hero

    Ann-Sofie keeps the company aligned and executing. A strategy-and-operations leader, she has built and scaled functions across Delivery Hero, CAFU, and the Al-Futtaim group, and co-founded the advisory firm GR Advisory. She works across five languages.

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  • Manuela Krog, Chief Financial Officer at Pinotage Health.

    Chief Financial Officer

    Manuela Krog

    • ex-Deloitte Partner

    Manuela Krog is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with more than 30 years of experience in corporate finance, governance, audit, and strategic leadership. She brings extensive expertise in financial oversight, risk management, reporting, and organizational growth, helping companies navigate complexity and scale sustainably.

    Manuela's career includes 18 years at Deloitte, where she became an Audit Partner and technical specialist in IFRS and complex multinational audits across a range of industries. She later served as Chief Financial Officer of Reunert Limited, one of South Africa's top 100 listed companies, where she led financial strategy, investor relations, risk management, audit oversight, and integrated reporting.

    In recent years, she has advised CEOs, boards, and executive teams on strategy, governance, financial performance, and organizational transformation, earning a reputation as a trusted advisor and thoughtful business leader.

    Manuela holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of the Witwatersrand, a BCompt (Honours) from UNISA, and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). She is recognized for her integrity, strategic perspective, and ability to translate complex financial and operational challenges into practical business solutions.

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  • Adrian Villacorta, General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at Pinotage Health.

    General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer

    Adrian Villacorta

    • Attorney
    • The Villacorta Law Firm

    Adrian has been a practicing lawyer for over 29 years and began his career at several prominent law firms. He is the principal of The Villacorta Law Firm, P.C. and has represented clients across the country in a wide variety of matters including employment, fiduciary duty, corporate transactions, trade secrets, and regulatory compliance.

  • Karen Zupko, Strategic Healthcare Consultant at Pinotage Health.

    Strategic Healthcare Consultant

    Karen Zupko

    Karen Zupko is Founder and President of Karen Zupko & Associates (KZA), a nationally recognized healthcare consulting and education firm. With more than 40 years of experience, she has advised thousands of physicians and healthcare organizations on practice growth, operational excellence, revenue optimization, and physician leadership. A sought-after speaker and trusted advisor, Karen is widely respected for helping healthcare leaders navigate change and achieve measurable results.

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