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Luminaries 2026 Rising Star
Kinkel, Kass
Director of Product Management
Operations
Luminaries 2026 Impact Statement
Kass Kinkel is a rising leader in wealthtech whose work is helping shape the future of advisor and investor experiences at Orion. Over the past year, she has played a pivotal role in advancing the firm's Summit and Denali platforms while building the operational framework required to deliver those innovations at scale. As Director of the Denali Product Consultants team, Kass bridges product strategy, implementation and client success, ensuring technology solutions translate into meaningful outcomes for advisory firms. She has led initiatives spanning foundational data infrastructure, advisor reporting, enterprise deployments and client-specific solutions, while also supporting the largest enterprise deployment in Summit history — a project involving more than 130 firms operating across diverse technology environments.
