Welcome to ORCA
We aspire to inspire people by offering a knowledge-sharing platform that will help users evolve, learn and be physically active.
Our mission
We aspire to live in a world
where people help others achieve results they did
not imagine were achievable.
We aspire to help people
challenge their limits and obtain tangible and
life-changing results.
We aspire to be the medium that
helps people become the best version of
themselves.
To achieve this, the efficient transfer of knowledge is crucial. Everyone must have the opportunity to reach their potential through innovative and progressive ideas.
Progress happens when people dedicate their time and resources to help others reach their full potential and this is what we have been trying to achieve with ORCA.
Therefore, to fight against rising individualistic ideals, we aspire to inspire people, irrespective of their current abilities, location, or status by offering a knowledge-sharing platform that will help users evolve, learn and be physically active.
This is ORCA!
About the product
A gradual shift
Throughout the past ten years, a gradual shift towards remote working paired with the push for personalised and qualified fitness tuition has created various opportunities within the fitness industry, which were not present a decade ago.
The COVID-19 pandemic surely helped facilitate this process.
Additionally, this shift in mentality, last minute cancellations, the rapid evolution of flexible lifestyles, rental costs and the availability of venues are some of the challenges presented to location-based fitness classes.
A solution to help you focus on what really matters.
ORCA is targeted towards fitness instructors who are interested in delivering their classes in person and/or online. It is also useful for students who demand regular, online fitness services.
This application offers an amalgamation of the physical class and the online class together with the possibility of workout pre-planning, the scheduling of classes and a secure payment system which, together with a host of other features, make this application so unique.
Through ORCA’s holistic solution, fitness instructors will have the freedom to focus on what really matters. ORCA will allow instructors to focus on important parts of a personalised fitness journey to achieve a better class dynamic which could handle a fully-virtual or a hybrid class through the use of a single, tailor-made platform.
ORCA’s ultimate goal is to be the platform upon which fitness instructors aspire to inspire others to achieve their full potential, irrespective of their current situation.
Why ORCA?
Orcas.
They are an awesome species. Easily identified because of their distinguished pattern. Apex predators. Top of the food chain.
It is a well-known fact that orcas and humans share an ability for culture-based evolution and knowledge sharing. Moreover, orcas also possess impressive social, language, and echolocation abilities.
Furthermore, orcas are experts in working together to accomplish everything from hunting to teaching their young, hence proper knowledge sharing.
These amazing and unique facts, coupled with the application’s basic idea and our overall mission gave us the idea to name this project after this beloved and extremely intelligent species. All those who aspire to inspire can use our product for the benefit of others.
Who is behind ORCA?
Founded in 2017, by three close friends,
Threls Ltd. is a technology start-up which focuses on the
development of custom software to address the specific
needs of our clients.
Threls enjoy a diverse background bringing together a depth of experience across a wide range of industries, including the tech, retail, finance, and the public sector, with the intention to build dynamic and innovative enterprise applications to optimise critical business processes and functions.
Despite being established in 2017, Threls have already delivered countless critical software solutions to a variety of businesses. The service offering of Threls relies on being client-centric, offering robust services and above all, affordability.
Threls enjoy a diverse background bringing together a depth of experience across a wide range of industries, including the tech, retail, finance, and the public sector, with the intention to build dynamic and innovative enterprise applications to optimise critical business processes and functions.
Despite being established in 2017, Threls have already delivered countless critical software solutions to a variety of businesses. The service offering of Threls relies on being client-centric, offering robust services and above all, affordability.
Founders
The directors of Threls are a team of highly skilled developers and consultants focused on design and quality assurance, with over 25 years of combined experience.
Since the founding of the company, they have been involved in the development of different software, ranging from fintech to hybrid mobile applications for several different businesses.
The three co-founders of the company are Paul Cutajar (CTO), Mark Bonnici (CPO), and Karl Sultana (CFO).
Karl Sultana
Co-founder & CFO
Before founding Threls, Karl joined PwC as part of the
assurance line of service where he was promoted to the
grade of manager over his seven years with the firm.
Here, he was involved in the audit of a number of
leading credit and financial institutions, primarily
banks, payment services, electronic money and
technology companies. As part of PwC, Karl travelled
on various secondments including PwC offices in
London, Jersey and the United States. Following this,
Karl served as Head of Finance at a Berlin-based B2B
game provider that provides content to licensed
companies in the gaming industry.
Paul Cutajar
Co-founder & CTO
Paul has over ten years of experience in software
development, having worked with various financial tech
companies in Malta and the United States. Paul worked
on a range of fintech products varying from developing
investment products to the creation of recommendation
systems that help users reach their desired financial
goals. He has previously also worked as a Database and
Linux Administrator, Java Developer and Bash Scriptor.
Mark Bonnici
Co-founder & CPO
Mark has worked for over seven years as a full-time
full-stack developer with a Malta-based software
company and as a team lead at TheStudentCampus, a
local education platform before co-founding Threls.
During this period, Mark worked with experienced and
knowledgeable people within the product and marketing
teams, scrutinising tiny details which have ultimately
impacted how knowledge was learnt and shared.
