President & CEO - Lafon & Associates
Bob Lafon is a dynamic and inspirational leader who believes in “taking the hill or die trying—failure is not an option.” With a diverse career spanning sales, marketing, operations, distribution, collections, and accounting, he has successfully applied his expertise to public and private companies, as well as his own ventures, delivering impactful results for employers and clients alike.
Vice President Supply Chain Strategy & Execution - Assurant
CEO, Chairman - ERI
John Shegerian creates profitable impact companies that make the world a better place.
Managing Partner - Sprosty Network
Dave’s is the Managing Partner of Sprosty Network, a consulting firm that is known for its use of technology to translate customer insights into thriving businesses and commercializing connectivity products for scale. A driving entrepreneurial force in the mobile industry, he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of TigerDirect CompUSA, a $2B technology and computer-related online retailer. At Best Buy, Sprosty is known for his role as founder and CEO of Best Buy Mobile JV, growing the revenue by 6x and reinventing the customer experience. He was also involved commercializing Virgin Mobile, Vonaage, and Ooma, which resulted in him being nationally recognized as a recipient of the TechFellows award for General Management of Entrepreneurialism.
Prior roles include Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Customer Centricity at Best Buy a Managing Partner at The ROIG Group with emphasis on growth consulting. He was also a founding member of and subsequently CEO of MobilWorks in California. Dave has served as Chairman of Speakeasy, Chairman of Peek, and on numerous advisory boards.
Founder, Chairman and CEO - COS Phones
Vice President Research - CCS Insight
VP Strategic Partnerships - Evercyle
Founder and Chief Circularity Officer - All Things Circular
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer/Chief Sales Officer - ERI
Executive Director - Global ITAD Alliance
CEO - Trillion International Trading Company
Elizabeth Chen is the founder and CEO of the Trillion Companies, a global leader in the secondary mobile device market with operations in Hong Kong, the U.S., and the UAE. With over 25 years of experience in consulting, operations, and international business strategy, she has worked with both Fortune 500 companies and fast-scaling ventures to drive efficiency and customer satisfaction. Elizabeth has extensive global market knowledge of the preowned device industry and has shared her insights as a speaker and panelist at key trade shows including Mobile Disrupt, the E-Scrap Conference, and the Gadget Repair Expo. She holds an MBA in Finance and MIS, and currently serves on nonprofit boards while raising three daughters.
Chief Economist, GRLA; former Co-Chair, MIT Platform Strategy Summit
Peter C. Evans is a globally recognized corporate strategist and platform expert. Peter has over 20 years of experience leading teams in identifying, framing, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions that support business planning and investment prioritization. He is globally recognized as on expert on platform strategy. He has held senior strategy at large global enterprises (former partner at KPMG, a senior director, global strategy and analytics at GE). He also has extensive experience advising startup companies. He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on the board of the National Association for Business Economics. He is the co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit and serves as an advisor to the NTWRK Summit in Barcelona and Marketplace Risk. He is an instructor at Caltech Executive Education focused where he teaches enterprise transformation and platform business models. Peter received his BA from Hampshire College and his master's degree and PhD degree from MI.T. He lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife and two children.
CEO - Early Upgrade
An individual with vast experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments with well-rounded knowledge, applicable from start-up to blue-chip level. Proudly fitting the profile of a 'crazy one,' I believe you can always find a better way of getting things done.
Director of Strategic Industry Programs - CTIA
Head of CRN/Trade-in - Samsung Electronics America
National Account Manager - Blancco
George Abdelmalak is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of proven success in the field of consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. Diversity of his experience makes him unique, holding senior level positions at Helio, Hyla Mobile, Blackbelt Defence Software, and P4C Global.
George currently leads the North America mobile team for Blancco technology and continues to be innovate in the product offering and partnerships that will change mobile processing.
Director of Customer Success - FutureDial
Senior Vice President - LAN Global
SVP Global Partnerships - Alchemy Global Solutions
Global Marketing and E-Commerce Director - Alchemy Global Solutions
Head of Strategic Growth and Partnerships - Omni Channel Solutions
Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer - Strategy Ark
President/Founder - Super Fair Cellular
Managing Partner - Sprosty Network
Dave’s is the Managing Partner of Sprosty Network, a consulting firm that is known for its use of technology to translate customer insights into thriving businesses and commercializing connectivity products for scale. A driving entrepreneurial force in the mobile industry, he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of TigerDirect CompUSA, a $2B technology and computer-related online retailer. At Best Buy, Sprosty is known for his role as founder and CEO of Best Buy Mobile JV, growing the revenue by 6x and reinventing the customer experience. He was also involved commercializing Virgin Mobile, Vonaage, and Ooma, which resulted in him being nationally recognized as a recipient of the TechFellows award for General Management of Entrepreneurialism.
Prior roles include Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Customer Centricity at Best Buy a Managing Partner at The ROIG Group with emphasis on growth consulting. He was also a founding member of and subsequently CEO of MobilWorks in California. Dave has served as Chairman of Speakeasy, Chairman of Peek, and on numerous advisory boards.
CEO, Chairman - ERI
John Shegerian creates profitable impact companies that make the world a better place.
Vice President Supply Chain Strategy & Execution - Assurant
President & CEO - Lafon & Associates
Bob Lafon is a dynamic and inspirational leader who believes in “taking the hill or die trying—failure is not an option.” With a diverse career spanning sales, marketing, operations, distribution, collections, and accounting, he has successfully applied his expertise to public and private companies, as well as his own ventures, delivering impactful results for employers and clients alike.
Head of CRN/Trade-in - Samsung Electronics America
Senior Vice President - LAN Global
Senior Director Product Management - GSMA
Director of Customer Success - FutureDial
Research Director, Mobile Phones - IDC
CEO - Trillion International Trading Company
Elizabeth Chen is the founder and CEO of the Trillion Companies, a global leader in the secondary mobile device market with operations in Hong Kong, the U.S., and the UAE. With over 25 years of experience in consulting, operations, and international business strategy, she has worked with both Fortune 500 companies and fast-scaling ventures to drive efficiency and customer satisfaction. Elizabeth has extensive global market knowledge of the preowned device industry and has shared her insights as a speaker and panelist at key trade shows including Mobile Disrupt, the E-Scrap Conference, and the Gadget Repair Expo. She holds an MBA in Finance and MIS, and currently serves on nonprofit boards while raising three daughters.
Quality and Operations - Back Market
Director of Strategic Industry Programs - CTIA
CEO -OnPoint
Known as the “Service Avenger”, Chris has 32 years’ experience in the consumer electronics and technology industry, he is a seasoned InsureTech creator, service and CX veteran with experience honed at Samsung, AIG, ServicePower (Founder of ServiceOps), GE and Montgomery Ward. Chris serves as a board member of Encompass Supply Chain Solutions and was awarded by NESDA as Person of the Year 2019, National Friend of Service in 2017, the Richard Mildenberger Outstanding National Officer in 2017, the National Electronics Servicing Dealers Association, the NESDA Person of the Year 2015 and the General Electric President’s Award for Service in 1999. He also serves on the board of Prodigal Ministries in Louisville.
National Account Manager - Blancco
George Abdelmalak is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of proven success in the field of consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. Diversity of his experience makes him unique, holding senior level positions at Helio, Hyla Mobile, Blackbelt Defence Software, and P4C Global.
George currently leads the North America mobile team for Blancco technology and continues to be innovate in the product offering and partnerships that will change mobile processing.
Director of Business Development - Conversa Solutions
VP Strategic Partnerships - Evercyle
Co-Founder of Vendidit and Renew Logic
Gary is a visionary technology executive and is an industry thought leader in reverse logistics. He is the imagineer of both Vendidit, launched in 2024, and Renew Logic, which he started from a single pallet of recyclables in 2016 . Prior to that, he started another electronics recycling company from scratch and brought it to $400M, keeping tens of thousands of electronics (including cell phones) out of landfills. Beyond sustainability in tech, Gary also contributes his time and money to helping dog rescues, including piloting homeless dogs across the country during his travels.
Exclusive Diamond Sponsor | CEO and Founder - Phoenix Innovations
President & CEO - Lafon & Associates
Bob Lafon is a dynamic and inspirational leader who believes in “taking the hill or die trying—failure is not an option.” With a diverse career spanning sales, marketing, operations, distribution, collections, and accounting, he has successfully applied his expertise to public and private companies, as well as his own ventures, delivering impactful results for employers and clients alike.
National Account Manager - Blancco
George Abdelmalak is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of proven success in the field of consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. Diversity of his experience makes him unique, holding senior level positions at Helio, Hyla Mobile, Blackbelt Defence Software, and P4C Global.
George currently leads the North America mobile team for Blancco technology and continues to be innovate in the product offering and partnerships that will change mobile processing.
VP Business Development – Cellbie Inc
Scott Bell, MBA and Eng.
In the fast paced Wireless industry, he is working to launch his third start-up to disrupt the $100B market for used Smartphones and create an efficient Mobile Marketplace (Cellbie.com). Cellbie has tripled revenue in each of past two years and looks to at least double this year as the marketplace technology benefits expand to more and more partners/ customers. Scott has a breadth of experience including mce Systems, Heinz / Arthurs Fresh and Nortel Networks.
Director, Business Development - Walmart Marketplace
Senior Vice President - LAN Global
CEO - Early Upgrade
An individual with vast experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments with well-rounded knowledge, applicable from start-up to blue-chip level. Proudly fitting the profile of a 'crazy one,' I believe you can always find a better way of getting things done.
Vice President of Sales - Fortegra
I am a sales and account management professional, dedicated to initiating and developing relationships with my clients and partners to bring best-in-class warranty programs to market by ensuring they have the training, support and strategic recommendations to maximize customer experience/retention and revenue through excellence in people, product, and process.
Senior Director Product Management - GSMA
Exclusive Diamond Sponsor | CEO and Founder - Phoenix Innovations
General Manager, Home & Hard Goods - eBay, Inc.
CEO - Early Upgrade
An individual with vast experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments with well-rounded knowledge, applicable from start-up to blue-chip level. Proudly fitting the profile of a 'crazy one,' I believe you can always find a better way of getting things done.
President & CEO - Lafon & Associates
Bob Lafon is a dynamic and inspirational leader who believes in “taking the hill or die trying—failure is not an option.” With a diverse career spanning sales, marketing, operations, distribution, collections, and accounting, he has successfully applied his expertise to public and private companies, as well as his own ventures, delivering impactful results for employers and clients alike.
National Account Manager - Blancco
George Abdelmalak is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of proven success in the field of consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. Diversity of his experience makes him unique, holding senior level positions at Helio, Hyla Mobile, Blackbelt Defence Software, and P4C Global.
George currently leads the North America mobile team for Blancco technology and continues to be innovate in the product offering and partnerships that will change mobile processing.
CEO - HOBI International, Inc.
Craig Boswell is co-founder and President of HOBI International, Inc. In this capacity, Craig has been extensively involved in the design, development, and deployment of electronics demanufacturing and recycling techniques. Craig’s background includes nine years experience as an electrical engineer for Texas Instruments, Inc. As a member of Texas Instrument’s engineering staff, Craig managed electronics design projects and was extensively involved in development and deployment of electronics manufacturing techniques. Craig holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. In addition to his managerial duties, Craig is HOBI’s chief industry consultant on demanufacturing, design for disassembly, and reverse logistics programs. Craig has published and presented numerous papers on the recycling of electronic products and the keys to designing more recyclable products.
Managing Partner, Three Horizon Advisors
VP of Business Development - ServiceCentral
CEO - Trillion International Trading Company
Elizabeth Chen is the founder and CEO of the Trillion Companies, a global leader in the secondary mobile device market with operations in Hong Kong, the U.S., and the UAE. With over 25 years of experience in consulting, operations, and international business strategy, she has worked with both Fortune 500 companies and fast-scaling ventures to drive efficiency and customer satisfaction. Elizabeth has extensive global market knowledge of the preowned device industry and has shared her insights as a speaker and panelist at key trade shows including Mobile Disrupt, the E-Scrap Conference, and the Gadget Repair Expo. She holds an MBA in Finance and MIS, and currently serves on nonprofit boards while raising three daughters.
Chief Revenue Officer, Walker Technical Solutions
Sr. Director Supply Chain Strategy & Change Management - Asurion
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