Executive Team
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Ron Gonen
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Ron is the Co-Founder and CEO of RecycleBank. During his tenure as CEO, RecycleBank has grown from an idea to a company that today is rewarding people for their positive green actions across North America and the UK. RecycleBank has been recognized with a number of business and environmental recognitions including being recognized as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and being designated as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program.
Prior to RecycleBank, Ron was at Deloitte Consulting where he developed CRM and strategic account management programs for clients such as Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Bank One, GE, and DIRECTV. It was during this time that Ron gained the technical and software expertise that enabled him to design EcoStrong, the proprietary software that RecycleBank runs on. Ron was a co-recipient of Deloitte Consulting's National Impact Award for helping to develop a consulting unit that provides pro bono consulting services to non-profit and charitable organizations.
Ron is also a part owner of Linhardt Design Studio, a jewelry company that designs and manufactures fine jewelry made from recycled metals and sustainable materials.
Ron received a BA in History from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst where graduated with Departmental Honors and was a Massachusetts Commonwealth Scholar. He received an MBA from Columbia Business School where he was a Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship award winner.
Ron enjoys trying to play the guitar, playing basketball, going to the beach and reading.
To read more about Ron's vision for RecycleBank, please read our UNEP acceptance speech.
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Matt Tucker
President
Matthew Tucker is the President of RecycleBank and responsible for municipal and hauler sales and marketing, government affairs, operations and customer care, international development, legal and human resources.
Tucker was most recently President of ISC Software, a workforce management company. He was also the head of business development for Smart Systems Technologies, a provider of RFID and loyalty solutions to the retail industry. Prior to Smart Systems, he was CEO of Rely Software, named by Upside magazine as one of the top 100 private companies in the world. Tucker successfully grew the company and sold it to Odyssey Logistics, a spin-off of Dow Chemical. Tucker was a member of the founding management team at LendingTree, and served as the company’s first head of sales and marketing. He earned his MBA from Georgetown University and holds a BA from the University of Michigan. |
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John Bax
Chief Financial Officer
John is the Chief Financial Officer of RecycleBank, where he is responsible for all finance and accounting functions of the company, ranging from items like capital markets and treasury to budgeting and forecasting.
Prior to RecycleBank, John served as the CFO of Sentient, where he saw the company through to record growth and profitability. Prior to Sentient, John was Vice President of Planning and Analysis for Wal-Mart Stores, where he was responsible for financial and strategic planning and analysis for the world's largest company. Before working with Wal-Mart Stores, John was the CFO of Walmart.com, where he led all finance functions as well as merchandise planning, legal and real estate. John first joined Walmart.com as Controller at its start-up and built the financial team that supported the site's phenomenal growth. John also spent eight years at Ernst & Young in both the Audit and Center for Strategic Transactions practices.
He received his B.S. in Accounting and an MBA from Oklahoma State University, and was a Silver Medal winner on the Certified Public Accountant exam. John is married to the former supermodel, Camille, and they have three very well adjusted children – Evan, Teagan and Braunsen.
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Scott Lamb
Chief Operations Officer
As Chief Operating Officer, Scott is responsible for all field operations. This includes supporting the deployment and maintenance of the RFID and scale technologies to ensure accurate and reliable tracking of recycling performance.
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Morley Ivers
Chief Rewards Officer
Morley leads the Rewards Team and is responsible for The RecycleBank Rewards Program globally. The Rewards Team is responsible for the core rewards program; establishing key national, regional and local reward partnerships in all territories; development of Gconomy™ and related partnerships and ensuring that RecycleBank members have access to redemption options that motivate engagement.
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Ian Yolles
Chief Marketing Officer
Ian's marketing savvy gets the RecycleBank message out to all households and partners, while building a strong sense of brand integrity and consistency from the inside, out. |
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Bill Wolfram
Senior Vice President, Municipal and Hauler Accounts
Bill Wolfram is responsible for sales to municipal and hauler accounts for the RecycleBank curbside program. He also leads a team of regional managers that work with government and hauler partners across the country to bring the RecycleBank program to their constituents.
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Sue Igoe
UK Managing Director of RecycleBank
Sue Igoe is the UK Managing Director of RecycleBank, responsible for leading the growth of RecycleBank’s popular environmental rewards program in the United Kingdom. A founding employee and member of RecycleBank’s Executive Management team, Sue has held responsibility for the technology, rewards, sales and marketing teams, and most recently was the Vice President of Marketing, where she managed the global growth of the RecycleBank brand.
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Preston Read
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
As SVP Government Affairs, Preston manages RecycleBank’s relationships with State environmental agencies, helps the sales team with large municipal accounts, and is the point person for the US Conference of Mayors, the International City Management Association, and national environmental NGO's.
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