Division of Business and Information Technology

Office: Building G, Room 142
Phone: 318-678-6011
Email: BIT@bpcc.edu
 

Mission of the Division of Business

The mission of the Division of Business and Information Technology is to provide a dynamic and innovative learning experience with educational pathways that align with industry partners’ needs. Through these in-demand pathways, BPCC graduates will build a requisite foundation that cultivates critical-thinking, problem-solving, and team collaboration in the workplace environment.

Dean

Paul Spivey

Assistant Dean

Quentin Calhoun

Faculty

Professors

Chris Rondeau, Program Director, Cyber Security 
Dr. Paul Weaver, Program Director, Computer Information Systems
Raymond Gaines
Michelle Grant

Associate Professor

Elisabeth Cason
Becky Turberville

Assistant Professors

Nathaniel Manning
George Valcho

Instructors

Alex Boone
Julie Dupont, Program Director, Culinary Arts
Eric Freeman
Randy Haley, Program Director, Systems Administration - Cloud Computing; DevOps
Joseph Halliday
Dagabrielle Paul, Interim Program Director, Cosmetology, Natchitoches Campus
Alana Stevenson, Program Director, Health Care Management 

Steven Turner, Program Director, Software Development                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Staff

Richard Smith, Project Director - LED/GDIT

Stormy Epps, Program Support Coordinator

Amy Russell, Program Support Coordinator

Louisiana Cyber Education Center (LACEC) 

Phone: 318-678-6011
Email: BIT@bpcc.edu

The Louisiana Cyber Education Center (LACEC) was designated in May 2019 by Governor John Bel Edwards to be housed at Bossier Parish Community College.  The LACEC provides in-person, online, noncredit, and industry-driven training statewide for those interested in a career in IT or learning a new skillset. Offerings include a wide range of courses and trainings including hardware support, software support, networking, programming, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, penetration testing, and security. BPCC holds several designations for cybersecurity training and is recognized as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CD) and as the Louisiana Center of Workforce Excellence in Cyber Technology. Additionally, the curriculum at BPCC is bolstered by academic partnerships with Cisco, CompTIA, AWS, RedHat, and Microsoft.

Programs

• Business Administration, AAS
• Business Office Administration, Accounting Concentration, AAS
• Business Office Administration, General Office Concentration, AAS
• Business Office Administration, Medical Office Concentration, AAS
• Computer Information Systems, AAS
• Culinary Arts, AAS
• Cyber Security, AAS
• Software Development, AAS
• Systems Administration, Cloud Computing Concentration, AAS
• Systems Administration, DevOps Concentration, AAS

• Louisiana Transfer - Business Concentration, AALT

• Health Care Management, Health Studies Concentration, AS
• Health Care Management, Professional Practice Concentration, AS

• Business Office Technology, Accounting Concentration, TD
• Business Office Technology, General Office Concentration, TD
• Cosmetology, TD (Natchitoches Campus)
• Culinary Arts, TD

• Accounting Office Specialist, CTS
• Accounting Technology: Account Clerk, CTS
• Administrative Assistant, CTS
• Business Entrepreneurship, CTS
• Culinary Arts, CTS
• Customer Service Specialist, CTS
• Health Care Management, CTS
• Health Information Security, CTS
• Information Systems Security Professionals, CTS
• Programming for Digital Gaming, CTS
• Senior Systems Managers, CTS

• Basic Management, CTC
• Bookkeeping, CTC
• Business Applications, CTC
• Business Associate, CTC
• Cisco Certified Network Associate, CTC
• Cloud Computing, CTC
• Computer Repair, CTC
• Customer Service Representative, CTC
• Data Analytics, CTC
• Fiber Optics Technology, CTC
• Help Desk, CTC
• Linux, CTC
• Network Security, CTC
• Shampoo Assistant, CTC (Natchitoches Campus)
• Software Applications, CTC
• Virtualization, CTC
• Web Design, CTC