Our team

Ryan Pruden

Ryan founded Wapose in 2004 after spending nearly a decade working in the emergency services industry. He graduated from the Alberta Vocational College as an emergency medical technician in 1994 and is currently working toward his master’s degree in business administration through McGill University. Ryan served as director and vice president of the Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association (NAABA) for eight years and on the board of directors with the Métis Local #1935 for seven years. Ryan, his wife Suzy, and their four children – Keegan, Brayden, Autumn, and Eric – are all active community members and life-long Fort McMurray residents. Ryan and his family believe strongly in giving back to the community and do so through volunteering, financial contributions, and complimentary emergency services at various events and functions around the Wood Buffalo region.

Pauline Lussier

Pauline has been working in the administration field for 18 years. Today, as the office manager for Wapose, she manages all day-to-day office administrative and finance activities. Her responsibilities include training, supervising, accounts receivable and payables, inventory and asset control, reconciliations, collections, payroll and human resources. She has a certificate in office administration, bookkeeping and accounting courses from Keyano College. Prior to joining Wapose, she was an accounts receivable administrator for CBS Construction, an administration assistant with HCS Focus, and an administrator with Alberta Lands and Forest Services. Pauline has also taken the manager training program offered exclusively through the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Karen Dingley, RN, COHN

Acquiring nursing expertise since 1994, with her past 19 years working in the Wood Buffalo oil sands industry, Karen has accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge supporting her successful management and implementation of occupational health nursing services to clients. Karen has Occupational Health designation and certifications in a variety of occupational health testing domains and received her Occupational Health Nursing Diploma with distinction from St. Lawrence College in 2004. She understands the occupational health industry from emergency response through an extended range of health surveillance and promotion services including: testing in audiometry, vision, pulmonary function, respiratory mask fit, drug and alcohol trainer and testing for pre-employment, probable cause, and post-incident situations, physical demands, and pre-employment requirements. Not only has she developed and delivered a variety of occupational health services to clients Karen has also managed two Occupational Health Clinics in Fort McMurray, AB. Karen provided excellent occupational health services to clients across government and industry sectors and is excited to continue doing this work with Wapose.

Drew Parker, EMT P, NCSO

Drew had a successful career as a paramedic with the City of Calgary for 30 years, and has owned and operated several medical service companies specializing in oil and gas and major events. Dave’s 39 years in the field and office as a paramedic and NCSO brings experience in planning and delivery to serve a broad client base.

Dr. Ayo Adebayo, MD, MPH, FACOEM, CIME, CPS/A, CMRO

Dr. Adebayo has more than 15 years’ experience as a specialist physician in occupational medicine and internal medicine. In his earlier career, Dr. Adebayo worked at the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and as a corporate physician for Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati. He has at various times served as a preceptor for the occupational medicine program at Harvard University and as an associate professor at the University of Kentucky.

Having obtained his medical degree from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria, Dr. Adebayo completed residency training in internal medicine at Columbia University, and received postdoctoral occupational medicine fellowship training and a master’s degree in public health at Yale University. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Preventive Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Adebayo currently practises as an internist and occupational medicine physician in Calgary and as a corporate physician for Canadian Pacific Railway. His scope of work includes corporate program design and oversight, disability management, and conducting IMEs and clinical services provision.

Dave Hill, Pharmacist

Living in Fort McMurray for more than 61 years, pharmacist Dave Hill has enjoyed following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps to helping the people of Fort McMurray improve their health.

As a third-generation pharmacist who grew up in the Hill Drugs business, Dave opened Dave Hill Pharmacy in 2013 and established the first drive-thru pharmacy in Fort McMurray. He supplies many of the EMT and oil sands companies, including Wapose Medical.

Dave is active in the community and on the board of directors for Wood Buffalo Wellness, operating Mark Amy Treatment Centre and Wood Buffalo Community Services – Housing First, as a founder and vice-president for 14 years.

Dave has been happily married for 40 years to Valerie. They have two children and two grandchildren living in Fort McMurray — now five generations, since 1922!

Todd Conant

Todd provides on-site Occupation Health and procedural training to oil workers. He also provides customer services to companies utilizing Wapose Emergency Services.
He brings to the job an extensive background in customer service. One of his strengths is his ability to problem-solve and provide solutions that serve everyone well. Todd has served in a supervisory capacity in several different companies and is well able to balance the many different tasks that require his attention.