Leadership Team

Great Leaders are Passionate About What They Do. Meet Our Passionate Leaders.

Leslie DeLatte

Leslie DeLatte

President

Leslie DeLatte is the founder and President of Orion where she drives the company's strategy and execution. Combining vision, engineering, and design – Leslie takes innovative ideas and has them developed into solutions for the public safety workforce. A driven leader with a proven track record of managing essential workforce product lines, her focus is on providing a best-in-class web and mobile portfolio that public safety can rely on today and well into the future.

Leslie DeLatte

President

Leslie DeLatte is the founder and President of Orion Communications where she drives the company’s strategy and execution. Combining vision, engineering, and design – Leslie takes innovative ideas and has them developed into relevant solutions for the public safety workforce. A driven leader with a proven track record of managing essential workforce product lines, her focus is on providing a best-in-class web and mobile portfolio that public safety can rely on today and well into the future.

 

Leslie brings has 30+ years in the Information Technology industry, with 22 of those years dedicated to the judicial and public safety segments. Prior to Orion, she held engineering and management positions with Electronic Data Systems (EDS), supporting customers such as General Motors and the State of Texas. She later joined International Network Services (INS) where she was a Managing Director and provided engineering solutions to clients such as MCI, Sprint, and AT&T. Ms. DeLatte holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from University of SW Louisiana.

Sharonda Eldreidge

Sharonda Eldreidge

Operations Principal

Sharonda Eldreidge is the Orion Operations Principal and oversees the company’s Maintenance, Support, and Quality Assurance teams. She is responsible for driving Orion's customer-centric mission to continually champion each customers’ support experience. Bringing 15+ years of IT enterprise support experience in the technology and government sectors, Sharonda has deep knowledge overseeing support organizations that result in long term customer loyalty.

Sharonda Eldreidge

Operations Principal

Sharonda Eldreidge is the Orion Operations Principal and oversees the company’s Maintenance, Support, and Quality Assurance teams. She is responsible for driving Orion's customer-centric mission to continually champion each customers’ support experience. Bringing 15+ years of IT enterprise support experience in the technology and government sectors, Sharonda has deep knowledge overseeing support organizations that result in long term customer loyalty.

 

Prior to joining Orion, Sharonda served in the United States Navy as an Information Systems Technician in support of the Office of Naval Intelligence. After leaving active duty, Sharonda served as a Technical Analyst for ACS, overseeing a full range of technical troubleshooting team activities in support of the company's phone, hardware, and software. Sharonda holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Maryland University College.

Derrick Tilbury

Derrick Tilbury

Software Architect

Derrick Tibury is the Orion Software Architect and responsible for guiding Orion's Development and UX Design teams through iterative product development and release cycles. Rising through the Orion leadership ranks, Derrick has been an influential force that has powered the company's system architecture and product development growth. His contributions have enabled Orion's successful product definition, design and delivery.

Derrick Tilbury

Software Architect

Derrick Tibury is the Orion Development Principal and responsible for guiding Orion's Development and UX Design teams through iterative product development and release cycles. Rising through the Orion leadership ranks, Derrick has been an influential force that has powered the company's system architecture and product development growth. His contributions have enabled Orion's successful product definition, design, and delivery.

 

Prior to joining Orion, Derrick worked in development and technical positions supporting government and private sector organizations.  While working for Insurance brokerage firms he operated within large scale database solutions handling highly complex data structures.  Advancing into larger projects, he was responsible within the team for upgrading existing products into new web architectures and security capabilities. Derrick has a Bachelor of Science from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

Chris Shepperd

Chris Shepperd

SQL Manager

Chris Shepperd is the Orion SQL Software Mgr. and brings 20+ years of SQL database management experience … from development to mission-critical systems in multiple environments. Chris plays a crucial role in leading Orion’s SQL Engineering team in the deciphering of large datasets, initiating data security principles, stored procedures, and data encryption. His contributions have resulted in valuable data insights that Orion customers use to make informed decisions.

Chris Shepperd

SQL Manager

Chris Shepperd is the Orion SQL Software Manager and brings 20+ years of SQL database management experience … from product development to mission-critical production systems in multiple environments. Chris plays a crucial role in leading Orion’s SQL Engineering team in the deciphering of large datasets, initiating data security principles, stored procedures, and data encryption. His contributions have resulted in valuable data insights that Orion customers use daily to make informed decisions.

 

Prior to joining Orion, Chris served as Lead Implementation and System Analyst within the financial industry where he focused on product software development, data mining, reporting and analysis in a SQL environment. While in this industry, he was instrumental in creating numerous SQL programs that transformed data to meet customer requirements for increased efficiencies. Chris holds degrees from Blue Ridge College in SQL and from Corporate Education Group in Project Management.

Jackie Belasky

Jackie Belasky

Sales and Marketing Principal

Jackie Belasky is the Sales and Marketing Principal at Orion, bringing 27+ years of experience within the public safety market. Jackie is responsible for setting marketing strategy, driving awareness and demand for Orion products, and aligning marketing with sales strategies that grow the Orion brand. She oversees cross-functional teams of sales and marketing professionals that continue to drive the company’s growth.

Jackie Belasky

Sales and Marketing Principal

Jackie Belasky is the Sales and Marketing Principal at Orion, bringing 27+ years of experience within the public safety market. Jackie is responsible for setting marketing strategy, driving awareness and demand for Orion products, and aligning marketing with sales strategies that grow the Orion brand. She oversees cross-functional teams of sales and marketing professionals that continue to drive the company’s growth.

 

Prior to joining Orion, Jackie held the Channel Management position for Motorola Wireless Messaging where she managed a sales team that controlled a $22M promotional program for wireless messaging carriers. Throughout her tenue with Motorola, she led multiple paging and radio marketing campaigns and later contributed to the wireless carrier account management team. Ms. Belasky attended Louisiana State University.