Advisory Committee

Texas State Technical College was created by the Texas Legislature and mandated to carry out technical and vocational training for which there is a demand in the state. In order to carry out this mandate, the College identifies technical and vocational needs and designs and develops educational programs to meet these needs. Only a combined effort by educators and industrial representatives on a continuing basis can ensure that training needs are properly identified, and training is updated in conjunction with changing developments and requirements.

To assure that these needs are correctly identified, it is imperative that representatives of the industries who employ trained personnel assist in their identification. In order to accomplish this goal, technology Advisory Committees are formed to determine these needs. Committee members serve for two-year terms and meet at least once a year.

The main function of the Advisory Committee is to identify the knowledge and skills required for Biomedical Equipment Technicians. The input of the Advisory Committee enables the department to identify training requirements, and is mandated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

• Chairman
• Gerald Messina, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA



• Assistant Chairman
  
• Joe Burke, Aramark, Marshall, TX



• Members
  
• Larry Sheppard, First Call Clinical Tech. Services, Tyler, TX
• Bill Bassuk, Memorial Health Sys. of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
• Roger Bowles, TSTC Waco, Waco, TX
• Andy Browning, First Call Clinical Tech. Svcs; Tyler, TX
• Michael Dillon, Masterplan, Longview, TX
• Dennis Gilland, Good Shepherd Medical Center, Longview, TX
• Pat Keenum, Advanced Biomedical Electronics, Slidell, LA
• Bill Smart, Kinetic Biomedical, Shreveport, LA
• Brian Smith, Crest Services, Lewisville, TX
• Wesley Smith, Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA
• Scott Sovocool, Methodist Health System, Dallas, TX
• Doug Stevens, Stephens Int. Recruiting, Lakeview, AR
• Ed Sagen, Trinity Mother Francis Health Systems, Tyler, TX
• James Sodek, East Texas Medical Center
• Doug Stephens, Stephens International Recruiting
• Steve Lowe, East Texas Medical Center
• Galen Ellis, Advanced Biomedical Electronics, Slidell, LA
• Brian Montgomery, Crest Services, Slidell, LA