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Blancco Leads Collaboration Panels at Mobile Disrupt to Boost Circular Mobile Economy
Blancco Technology Group, the global standard for data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions, will host two industry panels at Mobile Disrupt, the July 7‑8, 2026 event held at Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Florida. The panels—“Building a Bigger Pie: Collaboration as the Growth Engine of the Secondary Marketplace” and “Unlocking Margin through AI”—will bring together buyers, sellers, processors, manufacturers, service providers and policymakers to discuss how cooperation and artificial intelligence can increase secondary‑market demand, improve trust and recover more value from used devices.
The opening session begins at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 7. Blancco Chief Revenue Officer Tom Salah joins Executive Director Darrell Fleming‑Kendall of Global ITAD Alliance, Co‑Founder and CMO/CSO Kevin Dillon of ERI (a Blancco ITAD partner), and Founder and Chief Circularity Officer Rich Bulger of All Things Circular. Panelists will examine how industry collaboration can recover more value from returns, take‑backs, excess inventory, repairable goods, reusable parts and recyclable materials that often get trapped or destroyed. They will also discuss how technology and AI can connect stakeholders, increase efficiency, reduce friction and solve operational problems.
At 11 a.m. ET the same day, Blancco National Account Manager George Abdelmalak moderates the second panel, “Unlocking Margin through AI.” Speakers include Blancco Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Tzvika Shahaf, CEO Josh Beasley of Early Upgrade (a Blancco customer) and Chris Cornell, Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations, U.S. Refurbished/Hard Goods at eBay (a Blancco partner). The discussion focuses on overcoming value loss across the mobile device resale process. Panelists will explore the link between premium margins, trust and the data‑intelligence chain required at each stage of secondary‑market preparation. They will walk attendees through a diagnostic model of the journey from intake to resale, identifying five moments when intelligence often breaks down and causes margin leaks. Participants will leave with a practical framework for assessing gaps in their intelligence chain.
Blancco will also showcase elements of its intelligence‑driven mobile platform in booths B1 and B2. Live demonstrations will highlight tools that enable mobile processors, marketplaces, refurbishers, retailers, carriers and ITADs to work faster, more consistently and with greater confidence, deriving more value from every device while meeting the privacy and trust standards that buyers and regulators increasingly demand.
Blancco Technology Group was formed in 2016 after a series of mergers and acquisitions and was acquired by private‑equity firm Francisco Partners in December 2023. The company employs about 240 people worldwide and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. It operates two subsidiaries—Blancco, which provides data‑erasure software, and SmartChk, which offers mobile diagnostics. Blancco’s solutions are globally approved, recommended and certified by governing and industry bodies. The company’s portfolio includes more than 40 patented or patent‑pending ideas and is used by enterprises, IT asset disposition vendors, recyclers and mobile industry stakeholders to protect end‑of‑life data, safely redeploy storage assets and comply with increasing data‑protection requirements.
“Mobile Disrupt brings together the people and companies shaping the next chapter of the secondary mobile market,” said Shahaf. “That kind of collaboration matters because no single company can improve reuse outcomes, trust and value recovery alone. Blancco’s investment in mobile is grounded in those conversations: listening closely to customers and partners, contributing to the industry’s shared priorities, and building more connected ways to move devices from intake to reuse with greater speed, confidence and data‑driven decision making.”
The event’s full agenda, speaker lineup and registration details are available on the Mobile Disrupt website. Blancco’s participation underscores its continued focus on circular‑economy initiatives, data‑security solutions and AI‑enabled device lifecycle management.
For more information on Blancco’s mobile offerings, visit Blancco Mobile & Diagnostics. Press inquiries can be directed to Lori Scribner or Natasha Grach at Blancco via blancco.com or blancco[at]hoffman.com.
The opening session begins at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 7. Blancco Chief Revenue Officer Tom Salah joins Executive Director Darrell Fleming‑Kendall of Global ITAD Alliance, Co‑Founder and CMO/CSO Kevin Dillon of ERI (a Blancco ITAD partner), and Founder and Chief Circularity Officer Rich Bulger of All Things Circular. Panelists will examine how industry collaboration can recover more value from returns, take‑backs, excess inventory, repairable goods, reusable parts and recyclable materials that often get trapped or destroyed. They will also discuss how technology and AI can connect stakeholders, increase efficiency, reduce friction and solve operational problems.
At 11 a.m. ET the same day, Blancco National Account Manager George Abdelmalak moderates the second panel, “Unlocking Margin through AI.” Speakers include Blancco Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Tzvika Shahaf, CEO Josh Beasley of Early Upgrade (a Blancco customer) and Chris Cornell, Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations, U.S. Refurbished/Hard Goods at eBay (a Blancco partner). The discussion focuses on overcoming value loss across the mobile device resale process. Panelists will explore the link between premium margins, trust and the data‑intelligence chain required at each stage of secondary‑market preparation. They will walk attendees through a diagnostic model of the journey from intake to resale, identifying five moments when intelligence often breaks down and causes margin leaks. Participants will leave with a practical framework for assessing gaps in their intelligence chain.
Blancco will also showcase elements of its intelligence‑driven mobile platform in booths B1 and B2. Live demonstrations will highlight tools that enable mobile processors, marketplaces, refurbishers, retailers, carriers and ITADs to work faster, more consistently and with greater confidence, deriving more value from every device while meeting the privacy and trust standards that buyers and regulators increasingly demand.
Blancco Technology Group was formed in 2016 after a series of mergers and acquisitions and was acquired by private‑equity firm Francisco Partners in December 2023. The company employs about 240 people worldwide and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. It operates two subsidiaries—Blancco, which provides data‑erasure software, and SmartChk, which offers mobile diagnostics. Blancco’s solutions are globally approved, recommended and certified by governing and industry bodies. The company’s portfolio includes more than 40 patented or patent‑pending ideas and is used by enterprises, IT asset disposition vendors, recyclers and mobile industry stakeholders to protect end‑of‑life data, safely redeploy storage assets and comply with increasing data‑protection requirements.
“Mobile Disrupt brings together the people and companies shaping the next chapter of the secondary mobile market,” said Shahaf. “That kind of collaboration matters because no single company can improve reuse outcomes, trust and value recovery alone. Blancco’s investment in mobile is grounded in those conversations: listening closely to customers and partners, contributing to the industry’s shared priorities, and building more connected ways to move devices from intake to reuse with greater speed, confidence and data‑driven decision making.”
The event’s full agenda, speaker lineup and registration details are available on the Mobile Disrupt website. Blancco’s participation underscores its continued focus on circular‑economy initiatives, data‑security solutions and AI‑enabled device lifecycle management.
For more information on Blancco’s mobile offerings, visit Blancco Mobile & Diagnostics. Press inquiries can be directed to Lori Scribner or Natasha Grach at Blancco via blancco.com or blancco[at]hoffman.com.
