2026 Symposium and Vendor Fair

Embassy Suites Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska

Registration

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Individual Attendees:

The charge will be $0 for paid members, and $50 for non-members. We ask that all attendees register by July 31st so that we can determine the number of meals needed.

Vendors:

Vendor tables are available for $850. Use this link to go to the Vendor Registration page. Set-up will be available at 7:00 AM Thursday morning.

Golf:

Join us for a fun and occasionally competitive round of golf. Use this link to go to the Golf Registration page.

Schedule

Date	Time	Location	Company/Sponsor	Presenter	Program Title
8/19	10:30	Players Club Golf Course	Annual Golf Outing
8/20	8:00 to 8:45	Embassy Suites	Agiliti		Registration & Breakfast
8/20	8:45 to 10:00	Embassy Suites	Elevate HTM	Bryant Hawkins	You Can’t Recruit Who You Don’t Reach: Making HTM Visible for the Next Generation
8/20	10:00 to 1:00	Embassy Suites	Vendor Fair
8/20	1:00 to 2:00	Embassy Suites	Claroty		Lunch
8/20	2:00 to 3:00	Embassy Suites	MW Imaging	Tom Hanak	Ultrasound System Maintenance: Clinical Application
8/20	3:15 to 4:15	Embassy Suites	Health-ISAC, Inc	Phil Englert	Medical Device Security Program
8/20	4:30 to 5:30	Embassy Suites	Elite Biomedical	Glenn Schneider	Understanding GE Respiratory Modules
8/20	5:30	Upstream Brewing Company	Steris/Bio-Electronic		Dinner & Billiards
8/21	8:00 to 8:45	Embassy Suites	Agiliti		Registration & Breakfast
8/21	8:45 to 10:00	Embassy Suites	AAMI	Danielle McGeary	State of HTM
8/21	10:15 to 11:30	Embassy Suites	Pronk Technologies	Jeff Goldstein	Is the Medical Device Really Ready to go back to the Clinical Department?
8/21	11:45 to 1:00	Embassy Suites	TriMedx	Elisa Culver	Documentation Practices to Ensure Survey Readiness
8/21	1:00 to 2:00	Embassy Suites	Bio-Electronic		Lunch
8/21	2:00 to 3:15	Embassy Suites	Nihon Kohden	Daniel Milota	Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions
8/21	3:15 to 3:30	Embassy Suites	Project C.U.R.E.	Maggie Berkey	HBA Upcoming News/Closing Remarks

Presenters

	Bryant Hawkins "You Can’t Recruit Who You Don’t Reach: Making HTM Visible for the Next Generation" Bryant K. Hawkins Sr., known throughout the industry as B-Hawk, is a nationally recognized leader, speaker, and workforce development advocate with more than 32 years of experience in Healthcare Technology Management (HTM). As Founder and CEO of Elevate HTM, Bryant is leading a national movement to educate, inspire, and empower the next generation of HTM professionals through his mission: "From First Exposure to First Paycheck." A passionate advocate for expanding awareness of hidden healthcare careers, Bryant has introduced thousands of middle school, high school, and college students to careers they never knew existed. Under his leadership, Elevate HTM has grown into a national nonprofit with volunteers across multiple states, partnering with hospitals, schools, Junior Achievement, and industry leaders to build sustainable workforce pipelines. In his professional role as a Site Manager with TRIMEDX, Bryant has spent more than three decades ensuring the safety and reliability of life-saving medical technology while mentoring countless technicians and future leaders. His influence extends well beyond the hospital through the HTM On The Line Podcast, B-Hawk Network, youth publications, books, and motivational content that has inspired thousands across the healthcare technology management community. Bryant is the recipient of the 2024 TechNation Influencer of the Year Award and has become one of HTM's most recognized voices for leadership, mentorship, and workforce development. His presentations combine practical leadership lessons, powerful storytelling, and an authentic passion for helping others discover their purpose. At Heartland Biomedical Association, Bryant will deliver his keynote, "You Can't Recruit Who You Don't Reach,"challenging attendees to rethink how the HTM profession attracts, inspires, and develops its future workforce. His message reminds audiences that the industry's greatest opportunity isn't simply filling open positions, it's reaching students who have never been told this career exists.
	Tom Hanak "Ultrasound System Maintenance: Clinical Application" A client-focused and solutions-driven professional, bringing over 16 years of hands-on engineering experience in the medical technology space. With a strong background in ultrasound systems—including Siemens, Philips, and GE he has led technical teams in delivering high-quality equipment service, repair, and support across a variety of healthcare settings.
	Glenn Schneider "Understanding GE Respiratory Modules" Glenn Schneider joined Elite Biomedical Solutions in April 2023 as the Chief Service Officer. Elite Biomedical Solutions supports hospital HTM departments with new replacement parts, re-certified parts, and repairs. Elite is a proud US manufacturer that produces OEM-level replacement components for hospital infusion and telemetry assets and is headquartered in Cincinnati, with multiple depot repair facilities across the US. In his 38-year career, Glenn has worked as Regional Director of Clinical Engineering for Mercy Health (now Bon Secours Mercy Health), a biomedical and imaging technician for hospitals, OEM, and ISO’s where he earned his CRES certification while working as a field service representative. In addition to general medical devices, his background includes being trained to support several imaging modalities, including general x-ray, Radiation Therapy, and MRI. Prior to Elite, Glenn’s previous role was as Director of Clinical Engineering for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, a healthcare system comprised of two hospitals (670-staffed beds and 110 registered psychiatric beds) plus numerous neighborhood and satellite locations covering a 100+ mile radius. He earned his B.B.A. from Thomas More College and MHSA at Xavier University and is a past member of the AAMI Credentials Institute (ACI) CRES exam review committee and a past President of HTMA-OH.
	Danielle McGeary "State of HTM" Danielle is AAMI’s Vice President of Healthcare Technology Management, where she leads the strategic alignment and expansion of resources and programs for the global community of biomedical equipment technicians, clinical engineers, and healthcare cybersecurity professionals. Her work focuses on advancing initiatives across AAMI’s HTM standards, certification, events, and education portfolios, while fostering collaboration with allied organizations across the healthcare ecosystem. Danielle is deeply committed to promoting the HTM profession and ensuring a strong, sustainable pipeline of future professionals. She works closely with post-secondary institutions—including colleges and universities—to support the development of strong academic programs, and leads AAMI’s nationally registered BMET apprenticeship program, the only program of its kind in the United States. She also serves on multiple academic advisory boards to help align education with workforce needs. A recognized thought leader in the field, Danielle is a frequent public speaker and has delivered nearly 50 keynotes at industry events, advocating for the continued growth, visibility, and impact of the HTM profession. McGeary holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and is a Certified Healthcare Technology Manager and Project Manager.
	Jeff Goldstein "Is the Medical Device Really Ready to go back to the Clinical Department?" CBET Certified, Advisory Board Member for the Community College of Philadelphia, Previous Board Member- Medical Equipment and Technology Association (META) 30 Years Biomedical Work Experience: Biomedical Technician 1, Biomedical Technician 2, Biomedical Technician 3, Biomedical Supervisor, Technical Support Coordinator, Technical Product Manager, Program Coordinator Responsible for all aspects of products in inventory. Life cycle management including pre-launch product assessment, quality and regulatory requirements, inspection procedures/preventive maintenance, test equipment, repairs, cost analysis/cost containment, distribution, and training. Multitude of certificates of training over the years, including Train the Trainer certifications (national training)
	Elisa Culver "Documentation Practices to Ensure Survey Readiness" Quality & Regulatory Compliance Strategy & Knowledge Management Advisor Elisa has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry working in both Operations and Corporate Support positions. Throughout her career, she has held positions with Fresenius Medical Care and TRIMEDX. Learning about quality and continuous improvement processes at Fresenius, she took that knowledge with her to TRIMEDX to help create a well-defined and robust quality and regulatory program. She has provided support to technicians and engineers in the areas of accreditation survey support, AEM risk assessment, MMD management, audit execution, CAPA management, and Alerts & Recalls. Elisa is a co-chair for the AAMI Medical Equipment Management Committee and participates in AAMI working groups developing updated standards surrounding AEM requirements/recommendations.
	Phil Englert "Medical Device Security Program" Phil Englert is the VP of Medical Device Security for Health-ISAC, working with Medical Device Manufacturers (MDMs) to help improve privacy and security while coordinating with Health Delivery Organizations (HDOs) to ensure implementations are practical and achievable. Phil has over 30 years of technical and operational leadership in the healthcare and life sciences focused on strategy, operations, data, and technology-enabled business optimization, IoT security, and privacy with deep knowledge of healthcare & clinical settings and extensive knowledge of medical technology and innovation. As the National Director of Technology Operations at Catholic Health Initiatives, Phil led strategic and tactics development to support 380,000 medical devices for a $250m in-house service organization supporting over 130 Acute Care facilities across 22 states.
	Daniel Milota "Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions" Daniel Milota has been with Nihon Kohden for the past seven years, where he partners with healthcare organizations to deliver industry-leading patient monitoring and digital health solutions that help improve patient care and clinical outcomes. He is passionate about building meaningful, long-term relationships with healthcare professionals and supporting hospitals with innovative technology that makes a real difference. Outside of work, Daniel is a devoted husband to his wife, Madeline, and father to their two-year-old daughter, Amelia. He enjoys traveling with his family, exploring new destinations, and trying new foods whenever he gets the opportunity.