Jason Bartanen is the director of industry relations for Collision Hub, where he leads the organisation’s technical relationships with vehicle, tool, equipment, product, and material manufacturers. He also leads Collision Hub’s in-shop virtual coaching program, designed to train and improve the skills of entry-level and experienced collision repair technicians. Prior to his role at Collision Hub, Bartanen was the director of industry technical relations at I-CAR, where he began his professional career a technical writer. Bartanen has BA in Communications from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, is a member of the collision repair and refinish advisory committees at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) and has been a member of the SkillsUSA National Collision Repair Technology committee since 1998, where he now serves as committee Technical Chair.