Orchid Management

• Tanya Renne

  
  

  As co-founder and CEO of Orchid, Tanya manages the growth and vision of the company. She has led her team from start-up to now being a competitive player in a challenging market.

  Tanya brings a range of expertise and talents to her work with tenacity, passion and determination. She is highly skilled in multiple computer programs and languages, offering strengths in needs-assessment, design, data and project management. Mostly, though, she's a hard worker who's pretty smart and willing to run through a wall if necessary.

  Tanya graduated with honors from Colorado College 400 years ago and received her master's degree in sociology from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) while on a Fulbright. She published a book called "Ana's Land: Sisterhood in Eastern Europe" which can be found on Amazon, used book stores, and remainder piles if you are lucky. She's a great cook and has rusty fluency in a handful of useless languages.

  
  

• Travis Low

  
  

  Travis is a co-founder of Orchid and the Chief Engineer of Orchid's technical development. He is the creator of the technical engine that forms the foundation for the Orchid system and is the company's primary superhero, leaping tall buildings in a single bound.

  Travis has extensive experience as technical team leader including complete software life cycle experience, from business analysis to development, testing, and deployment. He's an all-round very technical guy but prefers to hang with his kids, figure skate and drink red wine.

  Travis, a Phi Beta Kappa, graduated cum laude in 1991 with his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from University of Rochester. He prints his own Christmas Cards every year during the holidays and enjoys frequent massages to keep him relaxed and fit.

  
  

• Cindy Morgan-Jaffe

  
  

  Cindy has worked for over 30 years in the communications industry. As Vice President of Orchid, she brings experience in both print and web design, business and organizational development, and management to her work at Orchid.

  As a designer, Cindy ran her own graphic design firm for 12 years, was an art director for magazines in Washington, DC and Italy and for Time-Life Books. She worked in the field during the transition to computer/online design and production and understands the challenges of managing technology in business (not to mention the challenges of usability and communicating usability issues to engineers!).

  As a manager, Cindy aims to understand how individuals and organizations succeed. She has a masters degree from George Washington University in career development and has worked with a variety of organizations and individuals to help them be more effective in their work.

  She commutes on her scooter and is currently shepherding three daughters through higher education. She enjoys yoga, hiking, art and reading.

  
  

• Mike Borek

  
  

  Mr. Borek is the Director of Business Development at Orchid. Mr. Borek brings over 12 years of experience in managing corporate branding, product marketing and business development functions in the enterprise technology sector. During his career, Mr. Borek has been responsible for crafting several sustained market niches in enterprise mobile integration, network operations management and has driven product strategy and business development efforts at MCI, NTT America Sun Microsystems, Cysive, Digital Sandbox, American Management Systems and others.

  Prior to Orchid, Mr. Borek was the President of Router Solutions, Inc. where he led a venture funded effort to introduce new automation frameworks to the telecommunications service provider market. Mr. Borek holds and MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Information Management and Technology from Syracuse University.
  

• Randi Dutch

  
  

  Randi is the Office Manager at Orchid. She has over 25 years of customer service and organizational management experience in the hospitality industry - and if you've ever dealt with her, it shows! She's the cornerstone of Orchid - the one that makes everything happen. She's been awarded most valuable employee so many times that we had to stop because it was hurting morale.

  At Orchid, Randi oversees the day to day business management of the company and also the future of Orchid's organizational life. A great cook, she lives in Maryland and travels frequently.