As Director, Industry Technical Relations at I-CAR, Jason Bartanen is leading I-CAR's Repairability Technical Support (RTS) Initiative. Prior to I-CAR, Bartanen worked part-time as a collision repair technician while pursuing his BQA in communications from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Bartanen is a member of the collision repair and refinish advisory committees at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC). Bartanen is also a member of the SkillsUSA National Collision Repair Technology committee and is the segment leader for the collision repair, welding segment.