{"id":6123,"date":"2020-04-28T18:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/?page_id=6123"},"modified":"2020-04-28T19:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:28:02","slug":"bio-rike-sandlin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/bio-rike-sandlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio: Rike Sandlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>Rike Sandlin<\/h1>\r\n<h6>Founder &amp; CEO &#8211; Rivervista Partners, LLC<\/h6>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/rikesandlin-circle.jpg\" alt=\"rikesandlin\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h1>Rike Sandlin<\/h1>\r\n<h3>Founder &amp; CEO<br \/>Rivervista Partners, LLC<\/h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h1>ABOUT RIKE<\/h1>\r\n<p>Rike Sandlin advises organizations across the IT Asset Disposition and Electronics Recycling industry on\u00a0<strong>Operational Excellence<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the business strategies, go-to-market plans, processing best practices, sustainability initiatives, and continuous improvement \u2013 to enable scale and empower growth.<\/p>\r\n<p>Before founding his consulting business, Rike was Chief Operating Officer of HiTech Assets, a leading IT asset recovery company.\u00a0 He has also supported several M\/A transactions, including evaluation, due diligence, and post-transaction integration.\u00a0 As an advocate for best practices and high standards, Rike has been recognized throughout the industry by his appointments as Co-Chair of the R2 Technical Advisory Committee, Chairman of the RIOS Board of Directors, and Chair of ISRI\u2019s Certification &amp; Standards Committee.\u00a0 Rike frequently speaks on best practices and standards for the IT, ITAD, and recycling industries.<\/p>\r\n<p>He also previously served as Environmental Affairs Director and Marketing Director for Arrow Electronics\u2019 ITAD division, and also managed product development and marketing for Verizon.<\/p>\r\n<p>Rike earned his engineering degree from Georgia Tech and MBA from Millsaps College.\u00a0 He currently resides in Oklahoma with his wife of 32+ years and is a proud parent of two grown sons.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\" class=\"post-excerpt\">Rike Sandlin Founder &amp; CEO &#8211; Rivervista Partners, LLC Rike Sandlin Founder&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/bio-rike-sandlin\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bio: Rike Sandlin&#8221;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/bio-rike-sandlin\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bio: Rike Sandlin\"<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6131,"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6123\/revisions\/6131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itadsummit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}