CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 8, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- re.Source Partners, a firm dedicated to data security, controlling e-waste and recovering the remaining value of used IT equipment, has opened a new office in Burbank, CA. Gary F. Smith has been named California Director-Asset Recovery Services.
The Burbank office of Clinton Township, MI-based re.Source Partners helps California and other west coast enterprises manage decommissioned IT equipment such as PCs, large computer systems, servers, monitors and other high-tech assets such as audio/visual, telecommunications and point-of-sale equipment at the end of their useful lives.
Gary Smith brings over 30 years' experience in IT hardware and software sales and marketing in senior positions. He was president of Computech Systems in Kirkland, WA, which became the largest Hewlett Packard-based remarketing company in the world. His entrepreneurial talent was then tapped to start or help build several smaller companies in the software and professional services business. Smith has broad experience in professional IT asset management and remarketing as well as software and web-based services.
Smith said, "Data security, the responsible destruction of computers and electronics, and the ability to recoup some of that initial investment is of huge concern today. re.Source Partners is the best in the country at protecting sensitive data. We also handle old equipment according to federal EPA and state environmental quality standards. What's more, re.Source Partners recaptures the maximum possible economic value left in the equipment to be able to return as much of that investment to the customer.
"In my years of IT leasing and remarketing experience, re.Source Partners conducts business in the most highly secure environment and provides real-time information on every piece of customer equipment. That's why I'm proud to join the re.Source Partners team to bring these critical asset-management services to the west coast."
Founded in 2000, re.Source Partners offers a full suite of services to cost-effectively recover, redeploy, remarket and recycle computer, telecommunications and other electronic equipment.
re.Source Partners serves banks, insurance companies, hospitals, school districts and other enterprises that operate substantial IT systems. re.Source Partners handles PCs, desktop computers, laptops, notebooks, monitors & printers by DELL, HP/Compaq, Apple, Lenovo, Acer, IBM and others; midrange IBM, HP & Sun server equipment; and networking, telecommunications and other types of electronic equipment.
The company arranges pick-up, removal, transport and warehousing of all equipment; performs a basic data wipe or Department of Defense (DoD5220.22-M) Three Pass Overwrite; audits, inspects and tests the equipment; remarkets the equipment when needed; and properly disposes of remaining equipment, providing customers an EPA license number and certificate of consumption.
Gary Smith can be reached at P.O. Box 856, Burbank, CA 91503, (818) 528-4155 or gsmith@re-sourcepartners.com. Also visit www.re-sourcepartners.com/presskit.