Masters of ITAD

What happens to your hardware after you're done with it matters more than you think.

Most companies treat old IT equipment like trash. Ben Cartwright thinks that is one of the most expensive mistakes in business. And after spending years in China watching how recovered components get reintegrated into manufacturing, he came back with a perspective that most people in IT asset disposition simply do not have.

This episode is for anyone who manages enterprise IT hardware and has ever wondered whether there is a smarter way to handle the end of...

What happens to your data when the equipment leaves the building?

Here is what I love about Brad Cohen's story. He did not stumble into ITAD. He built his way to it, company by company, deal by deal, over thirty years of figuring out what happens to technology at the end of use. That blind spot, the moment an organization unplugs a device and assumes the data is gone, is exactly where Brad has built his career. And the stakes are higher than most people realize.

IT asset disposition is one of...

What happens when honesty becomes your competitive advantage in enterprise ITAD.

Most people never think about what happens to a company's IT equipment until they absolutely have to. And when they do, the questions get serious fast. Who touches this equipment? Where does it go? What happens to the data? That moment of reckoning is exactly where Chris Maglio lives.

This episode matters because ITAD is not just a logistics problem. It is a trust problem. And in an industry where the gap between what gets promised and what gets delivered can...

2,200 people, one industry, and a lot of opinions about where IT asset disposition goes next.

Every year I walk the floor at the ITAD Summit and come home with a different read on where this industry is heading. This year felt different. Not louder or bigger for the sake of it. Just further along, like IT asset disposition finally knows what it wants to be when it grows up.

If you spend your days moving used Dell servers, used Cisco networking equipment, and other refurbished enterprise IT off a data center floor, the ITAD...

What happens when a world-class ops builder steps into the ITAD world for the first time?

Most people in this industry have been in IT asset disposition their whole careers. Josh Jones walked in nine months ago from the outside and immediately started rewiring how remarketing gets done. That kind of fresh perspective is rare and it is worth paying attention to.

This episode matters because ITAD services are evolving fast and the operators who treat remarketing as a real business unit rather than an afterthought are the ones pulling ahead. If...

What if the secondary market for used servers finally had a Kelley Blue Book?

The IT asset disposition industry has run on gut instinct and tribal knowledge for decades. Two product managers, same piece of refurbished enterprise IT, two completely different numbers. That is the problem Garima Oza set out to solve, and it is a bigger deal than most people in ITAD realize.

For anyone working in IT asset disposition, refurbished enterprise IT, or data center hardware resale, this episode hits close to home. Pricing used servers and networking equipment has...

Welcome to "Masters of ITAD," a podcast dedicated to exploring the crucial world of ITAD (IT Asset Disposition). Launching in early January 2025, this show champions and supports individuals and companies leading in electronics sustainability, data protection, and environmental standards (R2v3, eStewards, ISO). Join Ryan Mezera as he delves into topics like reuse, recycling, refurbishment, reverse logistics, ALM (Asset Lifecycle Management), eWaste, electronics sustainability, circularity, and the circular economy. The podcast maintains a championing, supportive, and admiring tone, elevating ITAD companies working ethically. Since Alta partners with ITADs rather than competing, the show can promote the industry without self-promotion.