Dale Weiss is currently an Executive Director of EMS for Alberta Health Services and is responsible for Operations in the Edmonton Zone. In addition to 26 year in EMS of which he has held various management positions since 2001, Dale hold a Masters Degree in Leadership from Royal Roads University. In Alberta’s provincial EMS system that is integrated with its five zones, Dale is the EMS representative for the Senior Leadership Team for the Edmonton Zone and also participates in the Patient Safety and Quality Committee for the area as well as being the Executive Sponsor for the Provincial EMS OH&S committee and the EMS representative for provincial collective bargaining. Focused on collaborative research that improves patient care in the field, Dale has been a long standing member on the Vital Heart Steering Committee that has produced a decade of evidence that resulted in thrombolytic therapy becoming a standard of care for the area.