Tomra Recycling, a leading supplier of sensor based sorting solutions, has named Ty Rhoad as the new regional director Americas, taking over for Carlos Manchado Atienza. Offering significant operations and sales experience, Rhoad will lead the sales, service and project management teams in North and South America. He will also engage in business development activities for the company’s optical sorting solutions, helping customers to meet target purity and throughput goals by offering tailor-made solutions across numerous industries, including waste, plastics and metals.
A graduate of the University of Findlay in Ohio, Rhoad is an active member of the Future Industry Leaders Alliance of the National Waste and Recycling Association. His tenure in the waste industry includes working with ONM Environmental Products and Services and Rehrig Pacific Company. While at Rehrig, he excelled in sales, and most recently led the company’s North American sales team as director of sales. Rhoad’s mission at Tomra is to help advance the capabilities and overall structure of the current recycling system.
Rhoad will be based out of Tomra’s North American headquarters.
Published in the July 2021 Edition
