David Witt
About David Witt
Dave Witt is the Mississippi Area Manager for CREST Services. Previously, he worked with Samaritan’s Purse, an international, nonprofit Christian relief agency, through which he regularly traveled to developing countries to train biomeds to maintain equipment. His work has taken him all over the world. Most notably, he spent four-and-a-half years in Brazil, where he introduced the country’s first biomedical technology class.
Last entries by David Witt
  • 01 Dec 2011
    Expert Advice | David Witt
    I remember as a boy when I received my first paint-by-numbers kit. For a while, I was encouraged that if I went by the numbers I could actually create something to give to my mother. However, none of the many paintings ever made it to the family wall or refrigerator...
  • 28 Jul 2011
    When the Mafia came for me
    While living in a foreign land I was tasked with bringing a technical presence into the five hospitals in the city where I lived. Students were selected, equipment was being repaired, and preventive maintenance, a new concept, was introduced and service support was growing in an area of the country...
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  • 11 Jul 2011
    Listen Like A Diplomat
    My son Lucas found my old Navy Boot Camp graduation book and another photo journal of my travels in the Philippines and on the South China Sea during the Vietnam campaign. During our hour together, I was explaining things of interest: the barracks I quartered in during boot camp, the...
  • 01 Jun 2011
    Hands-To-Head Knowledge
    While in Kenya near Nairobi, I was tasked with installing a reconditioned sterilizer that was donated from someone in the States. Steam sterilizers are high-maintenance devices on a good day. Remove that device from technical support and parts by a margin of thousands of miles and the chances of proper,...
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