The Monexa Management Team brings together a forward-looking, business-oriented leadership group with proven management experience in the communications and information technology industries: delivering performance-oriented, customer-focused solutions and growing companies into world-class operations.
John Jacobson, President & CEO, Director
 John Jacobson has more than twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and business leader at a number of technology product and service companies. He has an Honours BSc in Chemistry and Physics and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia.
Before joining Monexa, John was President and Chief Executive Officer of Offshore Systems International Ltd. During his seven years at OSI, he built the company into the global leader in electronic navigation displays for navy vessels by partnering with some of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies.
From 1988 to 1996 John worked with MacDonald Dettweiler and Associates Ltd. as a Project Manager, Director of Engineering Services and Administration, Business Manager for Aeronautical Information Systems, and ultimately as the Chief Operating Officer of the PSC Group subsidiary. When the PSC Group was spun out as an independent company in 1996 he continued as its President. Under his leadership, PSC Group became Geotrain Corporation, the world’s largest outsourced training partner for Cisco Systems, with operations on three continents.
Garth Albright, Chief Financial Officer
 As Monexa’s CFO, Garth brings over 30 years of corporate leadership experience as a finance executive in both public and private companies. Prior to Monexa, he served as the CFO at Gemcom Software International Inc.. As Chief Financial Officer, Garth played a key role on the executive team that transformed Gemcom into the world-leading mine management software company. Gemcom was acquired in July 2008 in a $189 million cash transaction by Carlyle Group, JMI Equity and Pala Investments. Garth was responsible for financial reporting, accounting, regulatory compliance, equity capital markets, investor relations, IT operations and legal matters. Garth also led the legal, due diligence and post-implementation elements of all of Gemcom’s M&A transactions. He is a certified management accountant and a director of the B.C. Technology Industry Association.
Prior to Gemcom, Garth was CFO and COO of Waterfront Pictures Inc. Prior to Waterfront Pictures, he was CFO of Peace Arch Entertainment Ltd. and prior to that, the CFO of Cannect Communications Inc.
Tom Carter, Vice President of Operations
 Tom Carter oversees the management of the Operational Support Systems, Help Desk product offerings and the Customer Service department within Monexa. Tom brings six years of project management expertise with experience in both corporate and small / medium sized technology companies.
Tom holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia as well as a BA double major in History and Political Science. Prior to joining Monexa, Tom worked with The Alderwoods Group and Stox.com.
Kevin Lennox, Vice President, Sales
 Kevin Lennox brings more than twenty five years of leadership in the technology services industry, with organizations ranging from large multi-nationals to startups.
Throughout the majority of his career Kevin has been responsible for achieving revenue targets through personal sales and managing dispersed sales teams. With Datatech as Director of Sales and Operations in the mid nineties he helped the company double its revenues winning several major new customers resulting in the eventual sale of the company to SHL. With SHL, and later EDS Kevin built and managed a national sales support team and provided training to sales executives throughout EDS North America. For Voyus Canada as Vice President of both Sales and Service, Kevin led both teams as the company grew from a startup to six offices and $22 million in revenue.
Kevin joined Monexa in October of 2007 and is responsible for the company’s Sales and Marketing.
Jason M. Grant, Vice President of Development
 Jason M. Grant joined Monexa in 2000, and possesses in-depth knowledge of the company's IP service delivery platforms.
As head of development, Jason is responsible for all product design and development activities related to the company's service delivery and support systems. Within Monexa, Jason has served a critical role in guiding the development of the company's subscription billing platform, Operational Support system (OSS) and trouble ticketing systems, as well as in managing critical due diligence processes with key clients, including AOL Canada and Sage Telecom. His technical skill and insights, based on ten years of dedicated IP service industry experience, are highly valued.
Prior to joining Monexa, Jason held technical roles with national ISP, Internet Direct, as well as Canada's top-ranked Web hosting and domain registrar NetNation.
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