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 Industrial Maintenance Mechanics. The input of the Advisory Committee enables the department to identify training requirements, and is mandated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

• Karl Kuenemann Aaon Coil Products, Inc. Longview, Texas
• Lisa Wilson CenterPoint Energy Shreveport, LA
• Tom Pendleton CenterPoint Energy Shreveport, LA
• Don Branton Chevron DeBerry, Texas
• Dion Faucheux DEWALT Bonded Abrasives Marshall, Texas
• James Pierce Eastman Longview, Texas
• Mike Tucker Eastman Longview, Texas
• Oscar Polk Eastman Longview, Texas
• Roy Wiesner Eastman Longview, Texas
• Rich Titus Hospira Round Rock, Texas
• Krystal Bunt Industrial El. Motors Co. Lone Star, Texas
• Robert Rodden Industrial El. Motors Co. Lone Star, Texas
• Don McDermott Infant Care Maintenance Paris, Texas
• Charles M. Rue Lone Star Steel Company Lone Star, Texas
• Stephen Allen M.W. Smith Equipment Longview, Texas
• Gary Campbell Mellennium Rail, Inc. Scottsville, Texas
• Cheryl Shepherd Plastipak Garland, Texas
• June Vanzant Plastipak Garland, Texas
• Allen Rutherford Sebine Mining Co. Hallsville, Texas
• Wayne Westgaard TAMKO Naples, Texas
• Jon Wright Tejas Hydraulics, Inc. Longview, Texas
• James Minton Trinity Industries Longview, Texas
• Wade Johnston TXU Mt. Pleasant Texas
• Craig Richter Tyson Foods, Inc. Carthage, Texas
• John Dougherty Vistawall Group Terrell, Texas
• Tim Parnell Vistawall Group Terrell, Texas
• Eddie Killingsworth Voridian/Eastman Longview, Texas
• Frederick Taft Weatherford Int.LTD Longview, Texas
• John Burks, Le Tourneau, Inc.
• Daniel Lopez, British Petroleum