The Computer Science Department at Brandon maintains six computer lab classrooms and the open computer center for the campus. Two fulltime techs are employed.


  • Pat Cowley is officed in BACA 215. She maintains all the hardware in the labs and troubleshoots computer problems on the campus as requested.
  • Mickey Reigger Grew up a service brat and graduated from high school in Merritt Island, Florida. She has an AA from Brevard Community College and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Florida. She later earned an AS from BCC and worked as a computer programmer for six years before managing a computer department for four more years. She has lived From Lake Tahoe to St. Thomas (USVI) and even spent two years in Andros, Bahamas. She is happily living in Mango now, minutes from the Brandon Campus and spends most of her free time sailing with her husband Angus and schipperke Drifter.
  • Dan Miller- Retired from TECO after 26 years. Started working for HCC in 1995 as a computer lab tech. “When I first worked in the lab my job was to see that the computers worked and that the printers had paper. Later I helped students and helped grade homework for self-paces courses for many teachers over the years. I have been working part-time almost eight years and enjoy the work, students and instructors.”
  • Matt Wilder has been a lab tech at HCC for seven years. He also works full-time for FDEP. He is a season ticket holder for the Tampa Bay Storm and a huge country music fan.
  • Jon Maguire has worked as a computer lab technician at HCC for 2 years. He will finish his Bachelors degree in Communication at USF in December and already has a culinary arts degree. He has been married for four years to Shannon who is currently stationed in Ramstein, Germany and is a Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
  • Mark Baugh spent four and a half years in the USAF as a mechanic on the A-10A aircraft. He is currently enrolled at USF working on his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
The computer lab classrooms include: BACA 214, BACA 216, BTECH 203a, BTECH 216, BTECH 217, and BHUM 204b.

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