Our Team

Jacques DeLarochelliere is the CEO and cofounder of ISAAC Instruments, and Chair of the Board of Directors. His business journey began on a racetrack. One morning in 1990, Jacques tried to understand his poor performance as a race car driver, which he initially blamed his race car’s tuning. Santo, his mechanic, then pretended to make adjustments, as he was convinced that everything was fine.

When he got back on the track, Jacques made the best time. Proud of his performance, he was sure the adjustments he had asked for had done the trick. He was then told nothing had changed. This lesson in humility helped Jacques realize that people couldn’t feel, record and explain actions and reactions as well as technology. This triggered his need to develop a tool to quantify the behavior of race car drivers and their vehicles.

The family home’s garden shed then became ISAAC’s first laboratory. With his childhood friend David Brillon, he spent his free time working on his telemetry system. At the time, the Internet, GPS, cellular communication and accelerometers were brand new tech!

In the early 2000s, his telemetry system piqued the interest of leading automakers, like Ford, GM, Chrysler, Honda and Toyota. His entrepreneurial vision enabled him to build a successful business, which today brings its unique expertise to the transportation industry.

Jacques’s entrepreneurial leadership led to his nomination as a finalist in the Ernst & Young and Desjardins entrepreneurship awards. Jacques holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a flight theory and practice certification from the Kansas University School of Engineering, and specialized training in aircraft certification from Transport Canada.

Jacques is a sportsman at heart. He particularly enjoys speed and extreme sports. If he so enjoys riding his longboard to the office, it’s because the slopes along the way help get him there really fast!

Driven by this ambition, J.S. brings a wealth of expertise to his role. His journey is marked by over 15 years of deep conversations with hundreds of trucking fleets, uncovering what keeps them up at night while leveraging his solid foundation in computer engineering from McGill University.

Before becoming Chief Product Officer, J.S. showcased his strong leadership for over a decade as executive vice president of Sales at ISAAC. In that role, he played a key part in building ISAAC’s business strategy and was critical in launching the ISAAC solution and the ISAAC InControl mobile tablet.

David Brillon is Chief Technology Officer and cofounder of ISAAC Instruments. A true software Jedi, David launched the “ISAAC” project in 1999 with his childhood friend Jacques DeLarochellière. He now leads the software and hardware development teams which help set ISAAC Instruments apart by covering all aspects of vehicle telemetry.

The products developed under his leadership have been used by the major global vehicle manufacturers (Ford, GM, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota, FAW, BRP, Volvo, John Deere, etc.) and the largest carriers (CNTL, TransX, Groupe Robert, Trimac, Challenger, etc.). His vast expertise includes software architecture, distributed applications, communication protocols, processing, analysis and viewing of vehicle data.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering as well as a master’s degree in industrial electrical engineering.

Josiane Lorange is Chief Wellbeing Officer at ISAAC Instruments. She envisions and leads organizational development initiatives to maximize ISAAC Instruments human potential and leverage the team’s innovation, leadership and management capabilities. Always curious about humans and what drives them, she continuously strives to find alternate work methods to be more creative, agile and collaborative while putting people at the center of every decision.

Prior to joining ISAAC Instruments, Josiane worked with various technology companies including HydroTerra (WSP) and Geo-3D (Trimble). Josiane holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Civil (Environmental) Engineering from McGill University, a Fellowship in International Development Management as well as an MBA from HEC.

A nature lover, Josiane is also passionate about lifelong learning. She describes herself as an aspiring impact maker, but those around her will tell you that she is already doing it wonderfully!

Brigitte Roy is Chief Marketing Officer at ISAAC. She leads our marketing, brand development, and lead generation strategies to position ISAAC as a North American industry leader. Brigitte deftly combines strategic thinking and foresight to accelerate long-term goals and grow company revenue.

With more than 20 years of experience, Brigitte possesses unparalleled innovative vision and rallying leadership. An experienced communicator, she is an expert in the art of strengthening relations and fostering a creative and positive workplace. She holds an executive MBA from John Molson School of Business and has dedicated her career to the tech industry. She has held several leadership positions at major companies including Bell and Yellow Pages, and she helped accelerate the growth of SaaS companies such as Sherweb.

Brigitte is passionate about every aspect of development and dedicated to building and developing the teams she leads. She champions women’s leadership to help shape the next generation of leaders. Getting back to nature is her favorite form of self-care.

Mike grew up in Ohio in a transportation family and has been reading Transport Topics since he was 7 years old. He was exposed to the supply chain at a very early age, with his father as a traffic manager for a large manufacturing company that used various modes of transportation. After high school, he obtained a degree in transportation at the University of Tennessee, while playing basketball on the side. From there he jumped both feet into the trucking industry, working in the LTL sector.

After 15 years with Yellow Freight and Watkins Motor Lines, and his work ethic learned in trucking, Mike jumped to the technology side of the fence and has been there since. Mike spent 25 years in a strategic sales role with Omnitracs, managing relationships with the largest fleets in the United States while engaging with state and national associations.

Although he travels like a rock star, he loves to hang out at home with family and friends to play as much golf as possible. Aside from golf, he’s into most sports, as well as muscle cars and music.

Beth Tattershall, Vice President of Business Development for the Southeastern U.S. at ISAAC, is a graduate of University of Tennessee, with a BS degree in Logistics and Transportation. She has spent her entire career in the trucking industry, assisting fleets to solve problems, identify areas of opportunity and attain business objectives. Most of her time has been spent in the telematics space. Prior to joining ISAAC, she was with SmartDrive Systems for close to two years and Trimble/PeopleNet for almost 17 years. Beth is based in Greenville, SC.

Rihard Suler, Vice President of Business Development for Canada and Northeastern U.S. at ISAAC, is a graduate of McMaster University with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering. He started his career in the engineering department at US Steel. He swapped out his engineering cubicle to hit the road selling telematics solutions 13 years ago due to his passion for helping truck fleets use technology to fix their business challenges. . Rihard is based in Toronto, Canada.

Neil Abt, Vice President of Public Relations at ISAAC Instruments, is a veteran journalist with over 25 years of reporting experience, including 20 years spent covering the trucking industry. A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., he began his career covering sports for The Washington Post, followed by a position in the newsroom of America Online (AOL) and then both reporting and leadership roles at Transport Topics and Fleet Owner. Neil is based out of Portland, Oregon.

Joe Russo, VP IT & Security at ISAAC, is an IT Executive with over 20 years’ experience leading IT teams in multinational environments and various sectors: banking, pharma, transportation and technology services. He has held senior leadership roles in Switzerland at Morgan Stanley and the Bank for International Settlements, and then in Montreal at McKesson Canada, Syntax and CN Rail. His experience in aligning IT strategy with corporate strategy makes him a strong transformational leader who excels at overcoming technical, cross-cultural and organizational challenges to solve business challenges. Joe holds a MSc in Information Technology & Management from Sheffield University, completed the Mini-MBA program at McGill University and holds the CISSP certification.

Passionate about fast-growing SMEs, Marc-André loves to talk numbers with his colleagues, so as to focus on the organization’s challenges. It is in the spirit of a business partner that he puts his talents to work to create more value for the company. With over 12 years’ experience in finance, he has participated in the implementation and execution of development strategies for different SMEs in the technology and distribution industries.

In addition to his accounting credentials, Marc-André holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Accounting from HEC Montréal. An avid outdoorsman, runner and skier, he likes to keep active and dynamic, and loves to travel to discover new destinations.

Her mission? Melanie lives to share her decades of trucking knowledge and her passion for the industry with the people around her, to empower them to excel and exceed expectations.

Passionate about new technology, Angelique is dedicated to enhancing operational effectiveness with client satisfaction as her top consideration. With expertise in SaaS, management and operational excellence, she is driven by the power of teamwork and takes pride in building collaborative relationships.

Angelique is an avid amateur chef, foodie, and music lover. She revels in the joy of discovering the great outdoors by bike or paddleboard, or of practicing Yoga on a dock. Her favorite place to be is on a beach, book in hand.