Global Head Offices
Washington DC, Zurich, Cape Town
Our Team of Experts
Paul Bhuhi
Managing Director
With over 30 years' experience in senior executive roles, Paul helps companies through digital transformation, consulting, advisory, innovation and building effective go to market models.
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Chris LeGrand
BroadReach Group CEO
Experienced health global leader, focused on mission-driven businesses, where he forges the convergence of positive social impact and sustainable business results.
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Dr. Ernest Darkoh
Co-Founder
Internationally-known expert in strategic planning, systems and large-scale program implementation.
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Dr. John Sargent
Co-Founder
Internationally-known expert in strategic planning, systems and large-scale program implementation.
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Ruan Viljoen
Group Chief Technology Officer
A leader and innovator in business technology solutions, with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of the software development and support life-cycle.
Mandi Boshoff
Director: Technology Delivery
Mandi has over 20 years' experience in Information Technology and Service Delivery of enterprise systems in complex organizations across the globe. She is passionate about playing her role to enable people to be their best selves through access to good health.
Sonia John
Client Director
A management consultant with over 17 years of experience, Sonia excels in client relationship management and problem solving and is seen as a trusted advisor for the clients she works with.
Annika Lindorsson Krugel
Client Director
Annika has accumulated 17 years of experience across civil society and the public- and private sectors where she has led a range of complex initiatives focusing on the people elements of technology implementations.
Bernard Katz
Director: Product Management
Bernard has over 18 years' experience in Innovation Management, Enterprise Engineering and Business improvement. He has worked closely with both donor organisations and Departments of Health with a specific focus on facility level analytics and root-cause analysis.
Amogh Rajan
Product Lead - US Solutions
As an innovator, Amogh brings deep expertise to Vantage with previous experience in harnessing AI to address Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) & Health Equity issues across Medicare & Medicaid populations.
Ashnee Rugnundan
Public Health Advisor
With more than 19 years of experience within the health field, Ashnee's expertise lies at the intersection of public health and technology where her focus has been on leveraging health technology to bolster health system strengthening initiatives and improve access to care and treatment.
Gavin Moodley
Change Management Specialist
Gavin has 17 years of experience in Process Improvement & Optimisation and Change Management. He is passionate about helping clients realise the Value and ROI on the Technology Solution implementations.
Our Partners
We work with a range of leading global and regional partners to harness the power of collaboration and deliver world-class health solutions.
Where we work
Ghana
HIV, TB, Malaria
Kenya
NCDs including cancer, diabetes, hypertension indicators, access to medicine
United States
COVID-19, Health Plan Administration
Nigeria
Initiative Feasibility Study, HIV
West and East Africa
Regional Data Models
South Africa
HIV, COVID-19, TB, Cancer
Uganda
HIV Epidemic Control
Australia
Yarrabah, Social Impact Investment
Zambia
National Electronic MedicalRecords, HIV
Sahel Region
Malaria
Clients past and present over the last 5 years
Our Awards
2021 Co-founder became a board member of Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, 2015 Co-founders were Social Entrepreneur of the Year at World Economic Forum
2020 Microsoft 4Africa case study and 2019 Microsoft Global Co-Seller, Gold Azure and Silver Data Analytics Partner and 2017 keynote at Microsoft Inspire
2019 Vantage recognized as the best Program Information System by Accenture
Microsoft
Microsoft – global technology giant -is a key global strategic partner, as we align on values and our vision of the future of work. The Vantage platform is fully integrated into Microsoft Teams so healthcare leaders and workers can seamlessly access Vantage’s AI-enabled data insights, the chatbot and action workflows directly on Microsoft Teams. We work where you work: this is the Future of Work in Healthcare.
We are a Global Co-Sell Partner, Global Gold Microsoft Assure Partner, a Silver Data Analytics Partner and have been included within the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Our founders were featured in the Humans and AI series, click here to Meet John and Ernest.
Mint Group
Mint is a leading Microsoft Partner focussed on implementing technology enabled solutions throughout Africa. They were awarded Microsoft’s Partner of the Year in 2020 in the systems integration category. As Vantage Health Technology only works with the best of the best, we partner with Mint to support us with systems integration with our clients.
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RTI
RTI International is an independent, non-profit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition.Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across the social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development.
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FEI Systems
For 20 years, FEI Systems has been a proven provider of health information technology solutions for Federal, State, and local governments and now, Managed Care Organizations. Our Long-Term Services and Supports solution Carity provides an integrated platform for application and eligibility determinations across Medicaid waiver and incentive programs. FEI’s CareVisit enables State agencies, Managed Care Organizations, and case managers to monitor the delivery of in-home community-based services. Our Web Infrastructure for Treatment Services (WITS) solution tracks behavioral health services, allowing agencies and providers to securely administer and share client treatment information. In addition, FEI provides a wealth of information technology services to Federal Government agencies, from requirements gathering and application development through independent testing, help desk services, and maintenance.
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Blue Earth Capital
We mobilize capital and expertise towards meeting some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges by delivering measurable impact with attractive and sustainable financial returns.
We aspire to become a respected and admired leader in the field of impact investing and to shape our industry with thought leadership and through innovation.
We believe that private investment, innovation and entrepreneurial talent can bring sustainable growth and provide solutions to the challenges facing our society.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, sister organization of the World Economic Forum (WEF), is a leading global platform that accelerates outstanding models of social innovation. BroadReach Group’s founding principles align with both the foundation and WEF as we collaborate to build more inclusive and innovative model to delivr health equity. In 2015 our co-founders where honoured by the foundation at Davos where they were awarded the Social Entrepreneur of the Year for their thought leadership in developing Vantage. They are active contributors to the community, with Dr. Ernest Darkoh currently serving as a Board Member.
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Roster Health
Roster Health provides end-to-end precision marketing to assist healthcare organizations increase enrollment and member attribution using a best-in-class consumer intelligence platform. Roster aggregates data from multiple sources, matches individuals across databases through proprietary identity resolution technology, and uses the consumers’ preferences to maximize the chance of engaging targeted audiences with a database currently covering 260 million Americans. By merging multiple data sets to understand potential prospects, we help enable our clients to spend more efficiently on high-value, high-impact audiences - across brand touchpoints / ecosystem.
Roster’s consumer intelligence platform was initially built in conjunction with Mike Bloomberg’s Presidential campaign and was used as the digital voter outreach platform. Following the election, there was a recognition that this platform can assist healthcare organizations reach prospective members in their preferred communication channel and utilize their consumer preferences to improve lead generation efficiency.
Swiss African Business Circle
The Swiss-African Business Circle is the leading independent association promoting business between Switzerland and Africa. With our offices in Geneva, Switzerland and Kenya, Zambia and South Africa with work with the Circle and it’s members to take health innovation across borders!
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University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University is one of Africa’s premier academic and research institutions. We actively partner with their data science and technology departments. We look for joint project that can further the use of advanced data science to improve health delivery on the continent.
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The Right Triangle
Right Triangle was founded in 2007 with the principle of delivering the Right Information to the Right Consumer at the Right Time.
When we began, we used the best of breed tools and practices to deliver a blending of data governance, architecture, integration, and SOA.
Today, we do the same thing, only much faster. We use best of breed tools and practices to deliver automation and agility to the blending of data governance, architecture, and integration in the cloud.
Pro Change
Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., is an award-winning, 25-year old behavior change consulting and solution provider that leverages key insights from behavior change science and evidence-based truths to empower people to make life-changing behavior change breakthroughs. We are behavior change scientists and technologists who: 1) develop interactive digital behavior change solutions; 2) infuse principles of behavior change into behavior change solutions our clients create (e.g., develop assessments and content, provide guidance on mapping existing content to user's needs); 3) provide strategic guidance related to innovating to promote well-being; 4) evaluate, and 5) conduct research.
Founded in 1997 by James O. Prochaska, Ph.D., lead developer of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM), Pro-Change is now owned and led by Drs. Kerry Evers and Sara Johnson, who serve as Co-Presidents and CEOs of the certified Women’s Business Enterprise. Pro-Change executives have over 100 years of behavior change expertise applying theories and practical solutions to challenges faced by our collaborators. Our products and consulting are backed by over $20 million in NIH and CDC funding, 20 years of clinical trials, and the assurance of over 80 peer-reviewed publications. The Co-Presidents and CEOs of Pro-Change were recently named recipients of the Mark Dundon Research Award by HERO. This award honors dedication to the field of health and well-being and acknowledges the recipients as researchers of the year publications. The Co-Presidents and CEOs of Pro-Change were recently named recipients of the Mark
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Paul Bhuhi
Managing director. Vantage Technologies
With over 30 years’ experience in senior executive roles, Paul helps companies through digital transformation, consulting, advisory, innovation and building effective go-to-market models. Paul has been a partner at KPMG, a Managing Partner at Hewlett Packard and an Executive Partner at IBM, as well as owned and run recruitment and training services companies, leading these businesses at both a regional and global level. Paul is passionate about the Vision and Mission of Vantage and how technology can be used to drive change and create a better world where access to good health enables people to flourish.
Chris LeGrand
BroadReach Group CEO
Chris has more than thirty years of business experience in the healthcare, public health and life sciences sectors in the USA and internationally, leading global mission-driven businesses, where he forges the convergence of positive social impact and sustainable business results. Most recently he served as President of DAI Global Health and prior to that as CEO of Futures Group 2008-2014. He has been awarded multiple business leadership honors, including being named one of Business Leader Magazine’s top 100 Business Impact Leaders in the Research Triangle area. Chris is also an author, recently publishing ‘The Complete Business Leader: A Framework for Impact in Work and Life'.
Dr. Ernest Darkoh
Co-Founder
Dr. Ernest Darkoh is an internationally respected expert in strategic planning, systems and large-scale health system programme implementation. His recent work focuses on using new cutting-edge technologies to radically improve healthcare delivery and catalyse broader development sector outcomes. Ernest has worked globally with governments, international normative organizations and the private sector. Ernest was recognized by New African Magazine as one ofthe 100 most influential Africans, he was elected Social Entrepreneur of the year in 2015 by the World Economic Forum and named one of eighteen “Global Health Heroes” by TIME Magazine. He currently sits on the board of the Schwab Foundation. Ernest earned his BS in Chemistry and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin, his MD from Harvard Medical School and his MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his MBA at the Said School of Business at Oxford University as a Fulbright Scholar.
Dr. John Sargent
Co-Founder
Dr. John Sargent is a globally recognized innovator focused on developing 4th Industrial Revolution technologies to radically improve healthcare delivery and catalyze broader development sector outcomes. John co-founded BroadReach with Dr. Ernest Darkoh in 2003, with a focus on the development of technology enabled solutions for BroadReach and Vantage. He has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as the Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015 and by Frost & Sullivan with the Visionary Leadership Award in Healthcare. John holds graduate degrees from Dartmouth College, Oxford University and Harvard Medical School.