About us

Melissa joins LR Tech team with large professional experience in organizational management. She is recognized for her analytical and synthesis skills, her transparency and for using her skills to serve people.

She started her career as an NDT specialist project manager at Olympus (formerly R/D Tech) to move over time towards commercial operations management. During her 15-year career with this manufacturing company, she acquired expertise in product development and marketing, operations management, customer service and international logistics, implementation of various systems information technology, through continuous improvement, the creation of a warehouse for finished products and a custom order management department.

At the same time, Melissa obtained an EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) from UQÀM.

Desiring to increase and diversify her experience, she took a seven-year leap into the distribution of building materials at Beacon Building Products. As Regional Director for Eastern Canada and the Maritimes, she developed her experience in operations management, standardization of processes, multisite and multidisciplinary management. Consequently, in just four years, his region has obtained impressive results by increasing its profitability tenfold.

Melissa joins LR Tech with the mandate to pursue the growth of the organization by deploying a global sales network and the development of local talent to ensure the company’s success and sustainability.

Founder of LR Tech and Chairman of the Board, Luc amassed 18 years of experience prior to LR Tech while working at ABB (formerly Bomem) as a Product Manager. Luc was involved in various research programs related to atmospheric spectroscopy. He accumulated expertise in infrared remote detection instrumentation, more specifically in the field of spectroradiometry.

Over the years, LR Tech has developed a product portfolio dedicated to atmospheric sounding and GHG profiles, remote detection applications for defense as well as for various environmental and industrial monitoring applications.

For the last 17 years, Luc has managed LR Tech’s growth and success and helped build the company’s reputation and its recognized expertise in the worldwide IR remote sensing community.

Charles Reny, CPA, CA has over 25 years of finance and management experience in leadership roles serving large, growing, global technology companies. He held, in particular, the position of Vice-President, Finance and Administration (CFO) at Creaform for 10 years in addition to assisting with the sale of the company to Ametek, an American company with sales of $5.2 billion USD and member of the S&P 500 Index.

Garry Vail graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta in Edmonton (1970), and co-founded Bomem Inc. in September 1973. Under his guidance (until April 2002), Bomem has grown to experience annual sales of $50 million.

Most recently, he chaired the Board of Directors of the Réseau Photonique du Québec and the Centre de Robotique et de Vision. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Institut National d'Optique.

In terms of community service, he manages the Parc Industriel du Moulin and he mentors entrepreneurs through his work with the SAGE group.

Before founding Bomem, Garry worked at the Valcartier Research Centre for Defense.