Jeff is the Provincial Director of Operations for Emergency Health Services – Ambulance Operations Management for Nova Scotia. His key responsibilities are Field Operations, Medical Communications and Deployment, Special Operations, and Community Paramedicine. Jeff is a recipient of the EMS exemplary service medal and began his career as a Street Paramedic outside of Halifax in1989 and has worked progressively through the ranks as a Ground Operations Supervisor and Manager of the Medical Communications Center for the Emergency Health Services System. Jeff has attended executive programs at St. Mary’s University and is a recent graduate of Harvard Business School that focused on leading health care change and innovation–Often consulted on the role of Community Paramedicine Jeff has had the privilege of serving on the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada Board of Directors since 2012.