Meet Our Management Team

Jose Fernandez

President

Jose Fernandez has been the President and owner of Smart IP Inc., since 2008. He is a tireless entrepreneur and founder and CEO of several other very successful telecommunication firms, including Meteor Telecommunications Inc. and Xentrax Contact Centre Solutions. Under Jose’s leadership, these companies have experienced rapid growth and have been profitable every quarter since inception. Under his leadership, Smart IP has experienced the same growth and success. He is committed to providing innovative products and services together with honesty and integrity in all business transactions. After his beginning studies in electronics engineering, Jose applied himself to every aspect of telecom, becoming a leading technician on multiple platforms. His desire to lead a new breed of customer focused professionals, led him to establish his own firms, which routinely meet and exceed all customer expectations. This same desire continues to lead Smart IP as a top heralded and award winning telecommunications service provider, which has been exceeding all growth expectations since he took over leadership.

Lina Colacci 

VP of Finance

As VP, Finance, Lina Colacci manages the Accounting and Finance operations of Smart IP and its affiliates. She brings in excess of 25 years of experience and razor sharp business acumen to the role having served in similar high level management positions in both the food production and software sector industries. Lina started her career earning an Honours Business Degree at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. She further went on to greater studies at the world renowned Schulich School of Business at York University in the Certified Management Accountants Program, quickly establishing herself as a leader among the alumni. With a particular flair for negotiative collaboration, she is well known for building teams of high functioning abilities. Travelling through additional leadership positions at Beatrice Foods and Cosmoda Inc., Lina was invited to join Xentrax as a driving member of the Product Implementations Department, which quickly developed a renowned reputation for “getting it done”. Moving to the sister company, Meteor Telecommunications, as Executive Controller, and now as VP, Finance at Smart IP, Lina Colacci continues to contribute to both the leadership goals and financial foundations daily in her convincing and professional collaborative style.

Tony Fernandez

Director of IT and Engineering

Tony Fernandez represents a big part of Smart IP, overseeing all aspects of IT and Technical Support Services for engineering and development. Having interned for many years with various technology companies under industry leading tech developers, Tony was asked to join Smart IP as our lead brain-trust of all things technical. Tony quickly established himself as both capable and future thinking. With global contacts in technology verticals in a number of industries, and specializing in Communication systems, both cloud and premise, Tony advises on all aspects of SaaS, UC, UC&C/UCC, UCaaS, Cloud Communications and Hosted systems for Smart IP and also hosts a globally attended technology forum. Tony has further specific well established expertise in SIP technology, Linux and is an open source advocate as well as thought leader on the subject. A graduate of several Computer Science and Systems Technology institutes including Seneca College, NEC Canada, and Avaya Canada, Tony’s greatest strength is guiding customers through their communications infrastructure upgrades and turning complex technical discussions into clear simple plans.

Jeff Stevens 

Director of Marketing

Jeff Stevens brings over 25 years of experience in financial management and development in the communications sector to Smart IP. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Remark Telecom. Jeff also held the position of Vice President of Finance for Modular Telephone Interface and was a key player on the management team that grew the company from $9M in annual revenues to over $25M annually in 3 years, with customers across the country in both the private and government sectors. Prior to serving in the communications sector, Jeff began his career as a founding partner of an independent regional accounting and business development firm. Jeff began with studies at Humber College, Sheridan College, the University of Toronto, and the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario. A leader on many executive projects and departments for Smart IP over the years has enabled him to lead many initiatives in finance, technology, administration, and human resources. His eye for detail and enthusiasm for all things creative has enabled a natural transition from finance to marketing which continues to help Smart IP grow and prosper.

 

Get In Touch

We service clients and locations across Canada with our feet on the street in most major centres. Our technical footprint stretches from coast to coast, and our help desk is available 24/7. One call to our head office support lines will put you in touch with our expert team for all your needs.