Officers and Board Members
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President - Barbara Shuff, CBET
President - Barbara Shuff, CBET
I graduated from the Department of Defense Biomedical Equipment Technician School in 2000, where I then served as a Clinical Engineer in the Air Force for seven years. After which I continued my career in the civilian sector to the present. Throughout my career I have had the opportunity to be involved in many challenging aspects of the field to include account management, project management of both a 7 and 4-story hospital, multiple start-up accounts, TJC inspections, and passing the CBET certification test. I enjoy continuing to learn and grow in this field and I have plans to pursue more certifications and training to both further my knowledge base. I am at a point in my career where I have a passion to help others pursue and grow with their clinical engineering journey; which has brought me to become a member of CABMET.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Vice President - Jake Urben, CBET
Vice President - Jake Urben, CBET
I graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical College in May of 2005 with an associate degree in Biomedical Electronics Technology. My career started as an Electronics Technician with the Wisconsin Physical Sciences Laboratory in Stoughton, WI, which allowed me to build equipment for the IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Station in Antarctica and CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland. In September of 2010, I left PSL and began my biomed career with UW Health in Madison, WI. In August of 2016, I decided to leave Wisconsin and move to the great state of Colorado to begin working for HSS where I manage biomed operations in Northern Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Oregon. My goal as a CABMET representative is to bring greater awareness of the biomed field to the younger generations in hopes of providing better support to medical facilities throughout the world.
Treasurer - Robert Smothers, CBET
Treasurer - Robert Smothers, CBET
I’ve been a Biomed since graduating from the DOD Medical Equipment Technician technical training program in September 1997. Go Air Force !!!! I’ve traveled the world completing various Biomed technician positions. After the fourth deployment, my darling wife convinced me it was time to retire my uniform. Since September 2007 I’ve been working with Hospital Shared Services in a variety of field service positions and have been a member of CABMET since 2004. Since working in the biomed field, I have attended many manufacturers’ training programs and earned my CBET certification in Nov 2006. Missed by 2 points the first time, attended CABMET’S CBET training (thanks Dave S.), then made test with 15 points to spare. My next major career goal is to become CHTM certified.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Secretary - Stephen Zeien
Secretary - Stephen Zeien
Stephen graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology in 1996 and worked in the semiconductor industry maintaining capital equipment until 2007. After seeing many ups and downs in manufacturing, he worked his way towards the medical industry, first in medical device component manufacturing and then medical device manufacturing. In February of 2019 Stephen had the opportunity to join a major health system as a biomed and has found a field where he can finish his career.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Board Member - Logan Zeien, Security+
Board Member - Logan Zeien, Security+
I am an early-career cybersecurity engineer assisting CABMET with all of their website related work. I received my Bachelors of Computer Science with emphasis in Cybersecurity at UCCS in 2024. I joined CABMET in 2022 and have helped them with website and other IT related work, such as automating our CEU issuance, streamlining signups, and maintaining our events calendar, leadership pages, and email. As a matter of fact, I’m the one updating this text.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Board Member - Matt Oetker, CHTM, CBET
Board Member - Matt Oetker, CHTM, CBET
I graduated from the United States Army Medical Equipment and Optical School (USAMEOS) in December 1994. I have worked on medical equipment or supervised those working on medical equipment in multiple states and for a variety of employers. I also encourage biomeds to be involved in their local biomed association. The associations are a great way to network and ask questions of other techs in your region to get a different prospective on how the job is done. I have been a member of CABMET since 2010 and have served as vice president twice.
Board Member - John Jetchick, CBET
Board Member - John Jetchick, CBET
I started my biomedical studies at a community college in Livonia, MI. I later enlisted in the Army, and attended both the basic and advanced biomed training courses at the United States Army Medical Equipment and Optical School (USAMEOS) at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, CO. I received an Associate Degree in Biomedical Electronic Equipment Maintenance from Regis College. I began my civilian Biomed career with Hospital Shared Services of Colorado (HSSC) as a technician and later as a supervisor. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering Technology from Colorado Technical College. In 1996 I joined National MD, an independent service organization that had been tapped by GE to manage the Healthone accounts. I worked at Swedish Medical Center as a senior BMET, and later as the Senior Program Coordinator, for 14 years. In 2010, I began working with Aramark Healthcare Technologies, who had been awarded the contract for the Healthone hospitals. I was a Senior HTM for 6+ years with Aramark. I thoroughly enjoyed my career as a BMET and HTM for 43 years, and retired in February of 2017. I have been a member of CABMET since 1975. I have previously held the position of President of CABMET. I have assisted with creating annual seminars, brought vendors to Denver for training on medical devices, and have been a supporter of continuing education and certification as a means of improving our standing within the medical community.