Supplier Council

Steering Committee

Membership Application

Brochure

School Bus Manufacturers Technical Council (SBMTC)

Vance Nofziger
Chair
Thomas Built Buses
P.O. Box 304
Pandora, Ohio 45877
Phone: 419-384-7496
Fax: 336-881-6509
Term expires October 2014

Steve Gardner
Vice Chair
IC Corporation
1600 Dave Ward Drive, STE D
Conway, AR 72034
Mobile: 501-730-3896
Term expires October 2014. Moves to Chair

Jim Haigh
Secretary
SMI (Specialty Manufacturing Incorporated)
10200 Pineville Road
Pineville, NC 28134
Phone:586-764-2055
Fax: 586-786-6778
Term expires October 2015

Charlie Vits
Treasurer
SafeGuard IMMI
18881 U.S. 31 North
Westfield, IN 46074
Phone: (317) 867-8153
Fax: (317) 896-2142
Term expires October 2015

Marc Riccio
By-Laws Committee Chair
Sound Off Signal, Inc.
3900 Central Parkway
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Phone: 800-338-7337 ext 164
Cell: 616-558-4494
Fax: 616-896-1194
Term expires October 2014

Charley Kennington
Membership Committee Chair
Innovative Transportation Solutions
7145 West Tidwell
Houston, TX 77092-2096
Phone: 832-768-2723
Fax: 713-744-4445
Term expires October 2014

Paul Baczewski
Webasto
7589 Frankfort St.
Navarre, FL 32566
Phone: 866-889-0477
Mobile: 810-444-7490
Term expires October 2015

Mike Gaborcik
Weldoninc
Weldon, a Division of Akron Brass
3656 Paragon Drive
Columbus, OH 43228
Phone: 614-529-7230
Fax: 614-527-3547
Term expires October 2013

Paula Bishop
Espar Heater System, Inc.
P.O. Box 597, Prospect, KY 40059
Phone: 502-296-3557, Fax: 502-427-0700
Term expires October 2013

Brian Barrington
Trans Tech Bus – a TCI company 
7 Lake Station Road
Warwick, NY 10990
Phone:845-988-0447,  M:845-545-5064
Fax: 845-547-0214
Term expires October 2013

Ed Donn
247Security Inc.
4400 N Point Pkwy Suite 158
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 404-606-2970
Term expires October 2014

Russell "Rusty" Mitchell
Immediate Past Chair
Blue Bird Corp.
P.O. Box 937, 402 Blue Bird Blvd.
Fort Valley, GA 31030
Phone: 478-822-2262
Cell: 478-542-4147
Fax: 478-822-2466
Term expires October 2014

Member Representatives

247Security Inc.
Robert Scott
VP Sales & Marketing
4400 N. Point Pkwy Suite 158
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Toll Free: 866-693-7492
Phone: 404-556-0617
Fax: 404-538-8828

Ed Donn
Industry Consultant
Phone: 404-606-2970

Allison Transmission
Tom Rost
P.O. Box 894
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Phone: 317-242-2457
Fax: 317-242-3626
Cell: 317-409-6849

American Logistics
Abi Studer
101 S. El Camino Real, STE 107
San Clemente, CA 92672
Phone: 866-999-3371 x262
Fax: 714-782-6067

American Traffic Solutions
Charles Territo
Vice President, Marketing
1330 W. Southern Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85282
Direct 480-596-4787
Cell: 602-615-3648
Fax: 480-607-0901

AngelTrax Wireless, IVS, Inc.
Richie Howard
President
9540 US 84 W
Newton, AL 36352
Phone: 334-692-4600
Fax: 334-692-4606

BESI, Inc.
Sue Weaver
9445 Sutton Place
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: 513-874-0232
Fax: 513-874-0579

Blue Bird Corporation
Russell "Rusty" Mitchell
Product Management-Director
P.O. Box 937, 402 Blue Bird Blvd.
Fort Valley, GA 31030
Phone: 478-822-2262
Fax: 478-822-2466

The Braun Corporation
Mark Sarno
Senior OEM Account Manager
P.O. Box 310, 631 W. 11th St.
Winamac, IN 46996
Phone: 574-946-4139, ext. 3104
Cell: 317-695-9040
Fax: 574-946-2386

Matt Beck
Phone: 800-946-7513, ext. 3352
Fax: 800-946-6305

The C. E. White Company
Michael Roscoe
407 Wells Lane
Versailles, KY 40383
Phone: 859-879-6094
Fax: 859-879-6665

Child Check-Mate System, Inc.
Gordon Both
President/Partner
Navan, Ontario, Canada K4B1J3
Phone: 613-835-2489
Cell: 613-297-4472
Fax: 613-835-4112

Allan Lowe
VP Engineering/Partner
Cell: 613-297-8835

Collins Bus Corporation
John Doswell
VP Sales and Marketing
415 W 6th, P.O. Box 2946
South Hutchinson, KS 67504-2946
Phone: 620-662-9000
Fax: 800-354-9802

Cummins Inc.
Jennifer R. Hodson
Account Manager - Bus Market
500 Jackson Street, MC60621
Columbus, IN 47201
Phone: 812-377-3747
Cell: 812-341-7342
Fax: 812-377-3082

Easy Way Safety Services
Thomas C. Sackett
President
10939B Reed Hartman Highway
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Phone: 800 543-0575 (toll free)
Phone: 513-891-5660
Fax: 513-891-5663

Education Logistics, Inc.
Andy Leibenguth
Senior Account Manager
3000 Palmer Street
Missoula, MT 59808
Phone: 406-728-0893 x3231
Fax: 406-728-8754

Bader Al Attar
Dubai Branch Manager
Cell: 971-50-652-2970

Espar Heater System, Inc. (inquiries )
Paula Bishop
Manager Transportation Safety & Environment
P.O. Box 597
Prospect, KY 40059
Phone: 502-296-3557
Fax: 502-427-0700

E-Z-On Products, Inc.
Connie Murray
President
605 Commerce Way West
Jupitor, FL 33458
Phone: 800-323-6598
Fax: 651-747-8779
Cell: 772-708-7410

Federal News Services, Inc.
Paper-Clip.Com
Andrew McLaughlin
125 Paterson Avenue, Suite 4
Little Falls, NJ 07424
Phone: 973-256-1333
Fax: 973-256-8088

First Student, Inc.
Bobbie Hartman
Director of Marketing & Sales Support
600 Vine St, STE 1300
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 866-960-6274
Fax: 513-419-3207

Foam Rubber Products, LLC
Roger Ashby
Vice President
2000 Troy Avenue
New Castle, IN 47362
Phone: 800-878-3774 (toll free)
Phone: 765-524-2000
Fax: 765-521-2759

Heavy Duty Bus Parts
Brandon Billingsley
17850 Interstate 45
Willis, TX 77318
Phone: 936-344-9957
Fax: 936-344-9963

IC Corporation
Steve Gardner
Director School Bus Sales
Navistar/IC Bus
1600 Dave Ward Drive, STE D
Conway, AR 72058
Phone: 501-730-3896

Innovative Transportation Solutions
Charley Kennington
Director
7145 West Tidwell
Houston, TX 77092-2096
Phone: 832-768-2723
Fax: 713-744-4445

Kidde Aerospace & Defense
Franco Paganuzzi
Eastern Region Manager
3401 Tyson Road, Newton, PA 19073
Phone: 610-324-4570
Cell: 252-281-3186
Fax: 610-356-3830

Koroseal Products Division of RJF International Corporation
Jack Woodyard
3875 Embassy Parkway
Fairlawn, OH 44333
Phone: 330-668-7691
Fax: 330-668-7705

Mobile Climate Control
Hal Hoover
Regional Sales Manager
2425 E. Rockledge Road
Phoenix, AZ 85048
Cell: 480-280-5966

National Bus Sales
Randy McLerran
School Transportation Specialist
8649 South Regency Drive
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74131
Phone: 800-475-1439, Ex.325
Cell: 405-641-6951
Fax: 918-224-1092

Onspot Automatic Tire Chains
Pat D. Freyer
555 Lordship Blvd.
Stratford, CT 06615-7124
Phone: 800-766-7768
Fax: 203-380-0441

PACCAR PARTS
Distributor of TRP Aftermarket Parts
Dale L. Puhrmann
National Sales Manager - Bus Segment
750 Houser Way N
Renton, WA 98057
Cell: 206-504-8322
Fax: 425-254-6221

Pupil Transportation Safety Institute [PTSI]
Kathy Furneaux
Executive Director
10 Adler Drive, STE 102
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Phone: 800-836-2210

Q'STRAINT / SURE-LOK
Jim Reaume
Director of Sales
5553 Ravenswood Road #110
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Phone: 866-787-3565
Fax: 866-843-3696

RedFlex Traffic Systems – Student Guardian 
Thomas O’Connor
President
49 Pavilion Avenue
Providence, RI 02901-2905
Phone: 401-865-6380 
Fax: 401-865-6382

REI
Guy Jukes
VP of National Accounts
6534 L Street
Omaha, NE 68117
Phone: 800-228-9275 x246
Phone: 877-726-4617
Fax: 402-339-1704

Ricon Corporation
Tony Ward
7900 Nelson Road
Panorama City, CA 91402
Phone: 800-322-2884
Fax: 818-267-3001

Rifled Air Conditioning Systems
Cheyne Rauber
General Manager
2810 Earlham Place
High Point, NC 27263
Phone: 800-267-1707
Fax: 336-861-4646
Cell: 704-953-9860

Rosco Vision Systems, Inc
Ben Englander
90-21 144th Place
Jamaica, NY 11435
Phone: 718-526-2601
Fax: 718-297-0323

Dave McDonald
Director, Business Development and Technical Sales
Phone: 800-311-5440
Cell: 740-324-0836
Fax: 740-694-0086

S3/SynTec Seating Solutions
Rick Smith
OEM Account Manager
200 Swathmore Ave.
High Point, NC 27263
Toll Free: 866-931-SEAT (7328)
Cell: 336-899-4809
Fax: 336-861-3016

SafeGuard IMMI
Charlie Vits
18881 US 31 North
Westfield, IN 46074
Phone: 317-867-8153
Fax: 317-896-2142

Safety Vision LLC
David Wehmeyer
Mobile Video Solutions Advisor
6100 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Houston, Texas 77041-5113
Phone: 713-929-1068 (Direct), 713-896-6600 (main)
Cell: 816-820-9200
Fax: 832-460-3094

School Bus Fleet (Bobit Business Media)
Mark Hollenbeck
Associate Publisher
3115 NE McDonald Lane
McMinnville, OR 97128
Phone: 503-472-8200
Fax: 503-472-8228

Thomas McMahon
3520 Challenger St
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 310-533-2551
Fax: 310-533-2512

School Bus Safety Company
Jeffrey Cassell
President
5601 Hudson Dr., Suite 200
Hudson, OH 44236
Phone: 330-342-1390
Fax: 330-342-1389

School Training Solutions, a division of Smart Horizons
Patrick Willi
25 E 9½ Mile Road
Pensacola, FL 32524
Phone: 800-261-6248 ext. 4024
Phone: 850-475-4024 (direct)
Fax: 850-473-8387

School Transportation News
Anthony Corpin
P.O. Box 789
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: 310-792-2226
Fax: 310-792-2231

SEON Design, Inc.
Mike Fraser
National Account Manager
111-3B Burbidge Street
Coquitlam, BC, Canada 03K7B2
Phone: 877-630-7366
Fax: 866-664-3677

Sound Off Signal, Inc.
Marc Riccio
National Sales Manager
3900 Central Parkway
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Phone: 800-338-7337, ext. 164
Cell: 616-558-4494
Fax:  616-896-1194

SMI (Specialty Manufacturing Incorporated)
10200 Pineville Road
Pineville, NC 28134

Jim Haigh
Special Accounts/North Central Region Manager
Phone: 586-764-2055
Fax: 586-786-6778

Doug Campbell
Sales Director
Phone: 518-854-7964
Fax: 704-889-2760

Spradling International, Inc.
Chuck Streich
Vice President Sales & Marketing
200 Cahaba Valley Parkway North
P.O. Box 1668
Pelham, AL 35124
Phone: 205-985-4206
Fax: 205-985-9176

Thomas Built Buses
Vance Nofziger
Sr. Sales Manager
P.O. Box 304
Pandora, Ohio 45877
Phone: 419-384-7496
Fax: 336-881-6509

Ken Hedgecock
P.O. Box 2450
Highpoint, NC 27261
Phone: 336-841-5756
Fax: 336-881-6509

Trans/Air Manufacturing, Corp.
Rick Lehnert
480 E. Locust Street, P.O. Box 70
Dallastown, PA 17313
Phone: 717-246-2627
Fax: 717-244-7088

TransFinder
Barbara Pilliod
VP Marketing and Communication
120 Erie Blvd.
Schenectady, NY 12305
Phone: 518-348-7624
Fax: 518-377-3716

TransPar Group
Kyle Martin
Vice President
18 SW 3rd Street, STE 200
Lees Summit, MO 64063
Phone: 816-524-2033
Fax: 816-524-2188

Tim Ammon
Vice President
9710 Traville Gateway Drive, #363
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 888-518-3377 x 702
Fax: 888-348-0335

Trans Tech Bus - a TCI company
Brian Barrington
Sales Manager
7 Lake Station Road
Warwick, NY 10990
Phone: 845-988-0447
Cell: 845-545-5064
Fax: 845-547-0214

Trapeze Software Group, Inc.
Steven McKinley
1100 Superior Avenue E, Suite 1290
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Phone: 216-539-1805
Fax: 216-539-1812

Triad-Fabco, Inc.
David Murphy
1325 Baker Road, P.O. Box 550
High Point, NC 27261
Phone: 336-861-4195 x26
Fax: 336-431-4808

Tyler's VersaTrans Solutions, Inc.
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Ted Thien
Sales and Marketing VP
4 British American Boulevard
Latham, NY 12110
Phone: 800-433-5530, ext. 1840
Mobile: 518-369-7948

Unity School Bus Parts, Inc.
Edward Mastry
President/Owner
6221 King Road
Marine City, MI 48039
Phone: 800-937-3906
Fax 801-765-2835

U.S. Computing, Inc.
Kerry Somerville
Dir. of Business Development
2026 Assembly St, STE 103
Columbia, SC 29201
Office: 803-806-8392
Cell: 909-246-8607
Fax: 803-806-8393

VerifEye Technologies
Terry Walker
VP, Marketing and Sales
151 Whitehall Drive, Unit #2
Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 9T1
Phone: 888-837-4339 (toll free)
Phone: 905-948-0015 ext. 234
Cell: 416-891-2018
Fax: 905-948-0016

Webasto
Paul A. Baczewski
National Account Manager
School Transportation Products
7589 Frankfort St.
Navarre, FL 32566
Phone: 866-889-0477
Mobile: 810-444-7490

Weldon, a Division of Akron Brass
Sean Tillinghast
Vice President
3656 Paragon Drive
Columbus, OH 43228
Phone: 800-989-2718 (toll free)
Phone: 614-529-7230
Fax: 614-527-3547

Woodstock Safety Mirror Co. Inc.
Gloria M. Buley
President
40 Industrial Drive
Saugerties, NY 12477
Phone: 845-247-3429, ext. 312
Fax: 845-247-3826

Zen-tinel
Larry F. Vaughn
President
P.O. Box 640
Indiana, PA 15701
Phone: 800-357-9709
Cell: 724-388-0997

Zonar Systems
Don Carnahan
18200 Cascade Ave. S., Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98188
Phone: 206-878-2459
Fax: 206-878-3082