ABOUT US

At SmartCone Technologies, our mission is simple: we want to save lives and secure your assets. Since 2011, we’ve been researching and developing IoT (Internet of Things) technologies to make safety more intelligent, cost-effective, adaptable, scalable, and mobile, all at the highest standards of security and privacy.

TheSmartCone™ solutions have been used for securing dangerous worksites, controlling bicycle lane traffic, managing vehicle fleets, monitoring traffic incident scenes, mobile and fixed advertising, crowd control, and site security surveillance. Our clients include utility companies, departments of transportation, construction companies, engineering firms, automobile dealerships and various policing agencies among others.

JASON LEE

Founder & CEO

Jason has dedicated most of his professional life to developing new technologies that make the world a safer place.He spent time in Kuwait and Afghanistan researching and developing smart safety for military use and has built upon that technology to bring it to the private and public sector. He believes in his team and the power in coming together.

FRANK THIEL

Business Development

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Frank has differentiated himself in the diverse fields of product launches and sustainability with an established 25 years of program successes in these fields. His background encompasses IoT safety and security solutions, lab diagnostics, life sciences, and biotechnologies. He has developed distributor and reseller networks for emerging product lines resulting in advantageous solutions for targeted audiences. Frank holds a Bachelor's of Arts & Sciences degree from Vanderbilt University.

HARRY ANDREI

Lead Architect

Harry joined SmartCone to help engineer a next-generation edge platform. With a strong background in cloud architecture, systems architecture, programming, analytics and databases, IoT was the next frontier. An entrepreneur and investor, Harry founded several companies, in other tech and non-tech fields. He also lectures at Algonquin College in Ottawa to help kickstart the next generation of technologists.

TOM YENDALL

Senior Systems Architect

Tom wants to combine AI and IoT to make the world a smarter place. Prior to his post as Software Engineering Manager at SmartCone, he worked as a Senior Systems Architect for a video conferencing systems company, where he honed his skills in routing and security as well as video management. He also spent time as a researcher, assessing and analyzing Ontario smart grid communications solutions.

J.D. Kehoe

Director of Engineering

J.D. Kehoe joined SmartCone Technologies Inc. in June 2019. J.D. holds a Bachelors of Applied Science in Engineering degree from the University of Windsor. Prior to joining SmartCone, J.D. worked for over two decades within the Tier 1 automotive supply base overseeing various departments covering product development, project management, business development and strategic planning. J.D. is the author of four patents and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the province of Ontario.

GABI SZABADI

Executive Vice President

Winner of Canada top 50 over 50 businessmen in 2018, Gabi is President & CEO of two tech companies & Co-founder of ICO Consulting Inc. As if that wasn't enough he also teaches entrepreneurship and business development to Co-Op students. He brings a wealth of knowledge to SmartCone to make us better everyday.

Peter Kallai

Chief Financial Officer

Peter Kallai is a senior high-tech executive with over 30 years of technology industry experience. Peter held various management roles from VP, CFO and CEO while helping scale companies from a few million dollars in revenues to mid-sized organizations with up to 250 people and over $100M in revenues per annum in the telecommunications and electronics industry.

TENILLE HOUSTON

Chief Operating Officer

Tenille brings experience from a wide-ranging client set to include automotive giants like Toyota and Nissan, government contracting specialists, Northrop Grumman, and many more. She aided in process development and transition of $2 Billion in contracts to privatize the Commonwealth of Virginia, then switched coasts for a similar feat for the County of San Diego. In all roles she has provided leadership and improved operations. She has a masters degree in Public Administration.

CAROLIN ROSS

VP Operations

Carolin Ross keeps things lean and clean while ensuring all processes meet best practice standards, especially around Finance and Human Resource Management. Originally hailing from Germany, Carolin has lived and worked around the globe for such prestigious companies as Mercedes Benz – Daimler AG and Applus RTD. She is always looking for new ways to deliver valuable analysis and reduce operations costs.

MOUNICA KASAGONI

Production Manager

Mounica brings international experience as a Mechanical Engineer with education in both electrical and mechanical engineering. She has studied braking systems for Indian Railways, worked in assembly at Honda (India) Motorcycle division, and has built several types of robots for various projects. Currently she is testing hardware for SmartCone Technologies, and assisting in best practices for production.

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Bruce Lilly

Innovation Project Manager

Bruce has fulfilled management roles in tech- and non-tech SMEs, helping deliver high-value projects, proposals, and intellectual property strategies that support commercialization of products and ideas. He has also been named contributor to several patents. In SmartCone, Bruce is responsible for building the firm's innovative capacity through project and proposal management as well as helping mature their strategic intellectual property portfolio.