About GMA
Serving the global used mobile ecosystem by bringing members together year-round to build stronger businesses and connections.
Our Mission
To connect and empower the global used mobile ecosystem by creating trusted opportunities for members to grow stronger businesses and lasting relationships.
Our Vision
To become the leading global community for the used mobile industry, driving trust, innovation, sustainability, and meaningful business growth worldwide.
Why the Used Mobile Ecosystem Needs GMA
The used mobile ecosystem has grown into a global industry, but many companies and leaders still lack a consistent year-round platform for education, collaboration, and business growth.
A Fragmented Market Demands a Unified Voice
The secondary mobile market is experiencing massive growth, yet remains deeply fragmented. To thrive, companies need more than just occasional networking events. They need continuous connection, shared standards, and collaborative innovation.
GMA was created to solve this isolation, bridging the gap between global wholesalers, refurbishers, and retailers with a year-round ecosystem built on trust and excellence.
GMA was created to fill the gap.
The used mobile industry does not need more noise. It needs practical resources, better leadership development, and a year-round voice.
Education
Consistent webinars & resources
Committees
Meaningful industry collaboration
Leadership
Developing talent year-round
Connection
Bridging segments between events
The Gap GMA Fills
The used mobile industry has strong events, experienced operators, respected service providers, and companies doing important work across the global market. What has been missing is a consistent year-round association focused on bringing these segments together, supporting their growth, and helping the industry stay connected between major events.
GMA fills that gap by creating a dedicated platform for education, resources, collaboration, leadership development, business growth, and industry connection. The association is designed to support the companies, leaders, vendors, and professionals working across the used mobile ecosystem with practical value they can use throughout the year.
Instead of only gathering periodically, GMA gives the industry a place to continue important conversations, address shared challenges, develop talent, support innovation, create business opportunities, and build stronger relationships across the ecosystem.
The goal is not to duplicate what already exists. The goal is to provide the missing year-round structure that helps the used mobile industry become more connected, better supported, and more prepared for the opportunities ahead.
Founder's Story
Bob Lafon
Founder & CEO
In 2021, Bob Lafon saw an underserved segment of the wireless mobile ecosystem that needed its own platform.
After moderating a panel discussion at an industry trade show, Bob spoke with the event promoter about the opportunity he saw in the used mobile space. Larger industry events served important purposes, but the secondary mobile ecosystem did not have a dedicated gathering built around its unique needs, challenges, companies, and opportunities.
That conversation quickly turned into action. Within minutes, a camera was rolling as Bob recorded a short announcement sharing that the used mobile industry would soon have an event created specifically for the people and companies driving that market forward. Ten months later, Mobile Disrupt was born.
Not everyone believed it would work. Some questioned whether the event would happen at all. Others openly doubted whether the industry would support it. But Bob understood what many others had missed. The used mobile ecosystem was not a small side category. It was a growing, global industry made up of operators, innovators, service providers, technology companies, and leaders who needed a place of their own.
Mobile Disrupt quickly gained momentum and established itself as the premier event serving the secondary mobile ecosystem. Since its launch, the event has continued to grow, expand internationally, and bring together industry leaders from around the world.
The creation of the Global Mobile Association follows that same pattern.
Bob once again looked across the industry and saw an important gap. While major events bring the ecosystem together at key moments, the used mobile industry also needs year-round support, education, leadership development, business resources, advocacy, and meaningful connection between those events. GMA was founded to serve that need.
Through his work with Lafon & Associates, Mobile Disrupt, the Mobile Mavericks Podcast, and now the Global Mobile Association, Bob has remained focused on strengthening the industry, creating opportunities for collaboration, and supporting the people and companies helping shape the future of used mobile.
The Global Mobile Association builds on that commitment by giving the used mobile ecosystem a year-round platform designed to help members learn, connect, lead, grow, and move the industry forward together.
Our Team
Leadership
Dana Dorcas
Chief Executive Officer
Dana Dorcas is a senior wireless industry executive with more than three decades of experience leading growth, strengthening organizations, and developing high performing teams. As Chief Executive Officer of the Global Mobile Association, he brings extensive leadership experience across sales, operations, business strategy, organizational development, and performance improvement.
Throughout his career, Dana has led complex businesses, guided teams to exceptional results, and built cultures grounded in clarity, accountability, trust, and execution. His experience as a business advisor, certified leadership coach, sales strategist, and author further strengthens his ability to help leaders navigate change, accelerate growth, and build sustainable success.
At the Global Mobile Association, Dana is focused specifically on advancing the global used mobile ecosystem by bringing together the companies, leaders, and professionals responsible for the resale, reuse, refurbishment, repair, distribution, and lifecycle management of mobile devices. His work is centered on strengthening industry leadership, supporting member growth, elevating standards, and building a trusted global association that gives the used mobile ecosystem a stronger voice and a more connected future.
Board of Directors
Jerry Abramov
Founder, Chairman, and CEO of COS Phones
Allyson Lundquist
CEO at Allyson Lundquist LLC & Partner, Capital Growth Partner
Josh Beasley
CEO & Board Member, Early Upgrade
Sean Cleland
Vice President - Mobility
B-STOCK
Elizabeth Chen
Founder & CEO, Trillion Companies
Be Part of Building a Stronger Industry
The used mobile ecosystem is growing, and the companies shaping its future deserve a stronger platform. GMA gives you a place to stay engaged, access resources, and build relationships year-round.