Tevon Taylor

Managing Director Technology Sales
FedEx Supply Chain

Julie Ryan

Returns and Remarketing

    HP

Tony Sciarrotta

Executive Director & Publisher RL Magazine

Mark Erickson

Director Reverse Logistic Association

Help raise money for a great cause while having a fun night networking with industry colleagues at Top Golf.

Sponsored by 

Ron Lembke

Professor, Supply Chain Mgt
University of Nevada

Chuck Johnston

Chief Strategy Officer

goTRG

Tevon Taylor

Managing Director Technology Sales

FedEx Supply Chain

Dr. Oliver Hedgepeth
Academic

American Public University

Nikos Papaioannou

Senior Manager, Amazon Renewed

Amazon

Julie Ryan

Returns and Remarketing

hp

Rich Bulger

Director, Reverse Logistics

Cisco Systems

Becca Meinz

VP, Reverse Supply Chain
Best Buy

Ingrid Sinclair

Global President

Sims Lifecycle Services

Tony Sciarrotta

Executive Director & Publisher RL Magazine
Reverse Logistics Association

Ingrid Sinclair

Global President
Sims Lifecycle Services

Chairperson's Opening Address

Sponsored by 

Steve Koenig

VP, Research
CTA

Keynote Address - CES Highlights

Sean Magann

Chief Commercial Officer
Sims Lifecycle Services

Building support for the Circular Economy, with the power to grow prosperity, jobs, and resilience while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, waste, and pollution.

Karen Fedder

Director of ITAD

Blancco Technology Group

Karri Frerichs

Organizer of Los Angeles Chapter of Circular Economy Club

CEC

Corey Dehmey

Executive Director

SERI

Marc Swearengen

Vice President of Operations

TechR2

Sponsored by SIMS

Sponsored by 

Jeff Rechtzigel

VP & General Manager, Retail
Liquidity Services

Capturing value of returned goods — a keystone of the circular economy, reversing course from the take-make-waste approach.

Taylor Munguia

Business Development Manager

eBay

Sylvie Thompson

Consulting VP, Supply Chain Practice Leader

NTT Data

Feridoun Amirjalayer (Amir)

Sr. Director Reverse Logistics

The Home Depot

Sponsored by 

Mike Galbreth

Professor & Department Head
University of Tennessee

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a dramatic acceleration of the trend toward online sales, along with a corresponding acceleration of product returns. As a result, the reverse logistics function for processing returns has become an even more crucial element of retail operating strategies. Recent studies have shown that the vast majority of customers are less likely to shop again with a retailer after a poor returns experience, while those who are pleased with the experience tend to make even more future purchases. One key driver of satisfaction with the returns encounter is the speed with which a customer loyalty, as mesured by future purchasing behavior.

Tony Sciarrotta

Executive Director & Publisher RL Magazine
Reverse Logistics Association

RLA Industry Awards and RLA Update on new Reverse Logistics Buyers Guide. Announce RLA Returns Index

Sean Magann

Chief Commercial Officer
Sims Lifecycle Services

Sponsored by

Sponsored by 

Tony Sciarrotta

Executive Director & Publisher RL Magazine
Reverse Logistics Association

Scot Case

VP, Sustainability
National Retail Federation

Seth Marks

CMO
Channel Control Merchants, LLC

Reverse logistics calls for complicated coordination with many other functional areas, including driver transportation, store operations, and inventory management.

Chris Homewood

CEO

Channel Control Merchants, LLC

Chuck Johnston

Chief Strategy Officer

goTRG

Sarah Sternau

GM, Hard Goods

eBay

Sponsored by

Londy Bracale

Program Manager
MeTech Recycling Inc.

Michael Espada

Michael Espada

Sr Commercial Manager

Sims

Tony Celt

VP Sales and Marketing

IRT

Brett Henderson

Vice President

Powerhouse Recycling

Sponsored by

Sponsored by 

Jeff Battaglia

VP Supply Chain Solutions
Inmar

Designing and developing products with the next use in mind.

Tal Weber

Head of Partnerships & Business Development

MySize

Michael Foy

Director of Business Development, Supply Chain

Inmar Intelligence

Dan Nevin

US CEO and Global CRO

Doddle

Sponsored by

Chris Rezendes

Chief Customer Officer
OnProcess Technology

Sean Magann

Chief Commercial Officer

Sims

Michael Blumberg

President

Blumberg Advisory

Jason MacIver

Vice President, Services Supply Chain

Dell

Siddharth (Sid) Mehra

OnProcess Technology Expert

OnProcess

Sponsored by

Todd Ellis

Managing Director
Call2Recycle

Todd Ellis

Managing Director

Call2Recycle

Sponsor by 

Join the RLA Board Companies and interact directly with the industry’s brightest minds and continue the dialogue while sipping champagne!

Three 20-minute sessions

Sponsored by 

Sponsored By 

Tony Sciarrotta

Executive Director & Publisher RL Magazine
Reverse Logistics Association

Chris Bleess

VP, Business Development
ServiceCentral

Retailers are offering more trade-in and upgrade programs to provide a better customer experience. Allowing returned products to be recycled, reppurposed or reused instead of ending up in a landfill is a win-win-win.

Michelle James

VP Strategic Industry Programs

CTIA

Paul Walker

Senior Director NAHQ

Samsung

Harby Garchay

Director

Blackbelt Smartphone Defence Ltd

Sponsored by 

Jenn Foxworthy

Senior Manager, Certified Renew Partner Program
HP Inc

Jason Aubee

Vice President of Sales North America

TechSee

Dennis Pettit

VP Strategic Accounts

Future Dial

Bob Sullivan

Executive Vice President

Reconext

John Shegerian

Chairman/CEO
ERI

Author John Shegerian discusses his recent book: "The Insecurity of Everything: How Hardware Data Security is Becoming the Most Important Topic in the World.”

Sponsored by 

Fireside Chat with RLA Board Members

Grand Prize- Must be present to win