Supplier Council

Steering Committee

Membership Application

Brochure

School Bus Manufacturers Technical Council (SBMTC)

Russell "Rusty" Mitchell
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 2013

Vance Nofziger
Vice Chair
Thomas Built Buses
P.O. Box 304
Pandora, Ohio 45877
Phone: 419-384-7496
Fax: 336-881-6509
Term expires October 2013, 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 2012

Charlie Vits
Treasurer
SafeGuard IMMI
18881 U.S. 31 North
Westfield, IN 46074
Phone: (317) 867-8153
Fax: (317) 896-2142
Term expires October 2012

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 2012

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

Dan Daniels
Trans Tech Bus – a TCI company 
7 Lake Station Road
Warwick, NY 10990
Phone: 845-988-2333 ext 205
Fax: 845-988-0318
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

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
Landy Douglas
9845 Santa Clara Ct.
Howey in the Hills, FL 34737
Phone: 866-999-3371, ext. 244
Fax: 714-891-2502

American Traffic Solutions
Sherri Teille
Vice President, Marketing
7681 E Gray Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: 480-596-4602
Cell: 602-318-1474
Fax: 480-596-4501

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

Bus Air Manufacturing
Tony Woods
Owner
6630 E Hwy 114
Rhome, TX 76078

P.O. Box 279
Justin, TX 76247
Phone: 800-473-9914
Fax: 817-636-2423

Bus Parts Warehouse
Richard Denison
P.O. Box 441, 1 Thermold Drive
Manlius, NY 13104
Phone: 800-635-5567
Fax: 877-682-4443

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

C.E. Niehoff & Co
Terrance Perkins
Commercial Accounts Manager
2021 Lee Street
Evanston, IL 6020
Phone: 847-866-5960
Fax 847-492-1242
Cell: 224-567-0522

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

D-Brake LLC
Rick Ludvigsen
Sales & Distribution Director
P.O. Box 570
Littleton, CO 80160
Phone/Cell: 303-877-1624

Donaldson Filtration Solutions
Donaldson Company, Inc.
Cory Anderson
Territory Manager, Retrofit Emissions
P.O. Box 1299
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1299
Phone: 959-887-3779
Cell: 612-799-3039
Fax: 952-698-2510

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.
Bill Swendsen
Senior Account Manager
3000 Palmer Street
Missoula, MT 59808
Phone: 406-728-0893, x3177
Fax: 406-728-8754
Cell: 406-239-2326

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
Michael A. Ruth
Vice President Strategic Development
600 Vine St, STE 400
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-362-4579
Fax:630-460-8914

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
Brian Jacquay
Chief Engineer Bus Product Center
2911 Meyer Road
Ft. Wayne, IN 46803
Phone: 260-461-7516
Cell: 260-415-3791

Keith Kladder
Manager School Bus Marketing
4201 Winfield Road
Warrenville, IL 60555
Phone: 630-753-3210
Fax: 630-753-3049

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

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

M2K/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

Management Partnership Services (MPS), Inc.
Tim Ammon
Vice President
9710 Traville Gateway Drive, #363
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 888-518-3377 x 702
Fax: 888-348-0335

Mobile Climate Control
Curt Kiser
Sales Director, Small Bus
3505 Glendale Drive
Archdale, NC 27263
Cell: 717-578-1204

Hal Hoover
Regional Sales Manager
2425 Rockledge Road
Phoenix, AZ 85048
Cell: 480-280-5966

Onspot of North America, Inc.
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,

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

The R.C.A. Rubber Company
Don E. Bullock
Sales Manager
Transit Products
1833 E. Market Street, P.O. Box 9240
Akron, OH 44305
Phone: 800-321-2340, ext. 232
Fax: 330-794-6446

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

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)
Frank DiGiacomo
Bobit Business Media
49 S. Maple Street
Marlton, NJ 08053
Phone: 856-596-0999
Fax: 856-596-0168

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

School Bus Safety Company
Jeffrey Cassell
President
8157 Bavaria Dr E
Macedonia, OH 44056
Toll free: 866-275-7272
Cell: 630-235-4457
Fax: 330-963-0369

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

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

Trans Tech Bus - a TCI company
Dan Daniels
President
7 Lake Station Road
Warwick, NY 10990
Phone: 845-988-2333 ext 205
Fax: 845-988-0318

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

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