Who We Are

Agile outside perspective rooted in real-world results

Smart Ventures LP works as a trusted advisor alongside your leadership teams.

We are a "set of fresh eyes" driven by data insights that look for cost-savings, efficiencies, and enhancements to your organization. We focus on working in the background and prioritize minimizing disruption to your daily operations.

With our extensive experience as senior-level managers at a variety of firms, we can provide a learned perspective with an understanding of an organization's needs at multiple levels.

Above all, we recognize and embrace the need to perform and deliver meaningful results for your business.

Our Team

Maurice Levy

Managing Director

Maurice started his career at FEDEX, where he worked for 8 years in the U.S. before taking over as Managing Director for their Canada operations, growing a $9M acquisition into a $220M business in three years. He then was recruited by the Private Equity firm Onex to lead sales and customer service at their Purolator Courier Holding. There he managed a range of responsibilities including sales, marketing, retail store operations, customer automation, strategy, and customer service.

During Maurice’s tenure at Purolator, the business grew from $450M to nearly $1.2B. After their sale to Canada Post, Maurice returned to the U.S. and held senior leadership roles in both public and private companies including NetJets,/EJM/Berkshire Hathaway Companies. He also served as COO of Dynamex.

Maurice founded Smart Ventures and began working with many of the Onex portfolio companies. Maurice has served on numerous boards including PLS Logistics, Clark Holdings, Fusion Transport, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and also serves as an advisor to The Beekman Group.

(B.A., Political Science, College of New Jersey)

Conal Finnegan

Director

Before joining Smart Ventures in 2012, Conal spent 25 years building his career in building and managing Sales Organizations in the Global transportation sector. With a majority of time spent at Purolator Inc, Canada’s largest small package carrier, he was promoted to the role Vice President and member of the Executive Committee and Officer of the corporation. During his tenure at Purolator, Conal led the Greenfield expansion of the company in the United States with revenues growing organically in excess of $100M with regional offices across the US.

Conal has extensive Sales and Supply Chain training and is active and knowledgeable in all aspects of the Global Supply Chain. He has built strategic alliances for various multinational transportation companies in both Europe and North America. He has contributed to numerous industry roundtables and publications.

(B.A., Carleton University)

Whitney Eckler

Director

With over 30 years of C-Level Sales and Marketing experience in domestic U.S. and international companies, Whitney has a broad range of expertise in marketing and total business development and management. She has worked worldwide, with a residency in Finland and Kuwait, in addition to working on other business development initiatives in a variety of markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Whitney’s global consumer products and manufacturing experience crosses multiple industries and includes decorative interior products, furniture, healthcare, logistics, packaging, construction, capital goods, and technology industries. She is fluent in German and has a working knowledge of French, Spanish, Finnish, and Arabic.

She founded the International Division for LouverDrape and served as interim Marketing Manager for Dynamex. Her corporate background includes Maidenform, LouverDrape, National Semiconductor, and Wipak Oy, with consulting experience with Everest Group International LLC and SmartVentures LP.

(B.S., B.A., Economics and German, Vanderbilt University)