Dave O’Leary started his career in 1976 teaching Trades in Seal Cove Newfoundland. Since then his endeavours have included development of innovative programming such as the Aboriginal Financial Management program in British Columbia and the Sunrise Project in Slave Lake, Alberta. Dave has taught business management and statistics for Athabasca University and Capilano College. In 2002 he was rewarded for his efforts with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges National Leadership Excellence Award. He is past president of the Association for Cooperative Education for British Columbia and the Yukon. He has served on numerous provincial and national boards including the Alberta Students Finance Board and the Canadian Association for Cooperative Education. Dave has mirrored his public sector success in the private sector as co-founder and now director of an award winning computer technology business and as a business development mentor to a number of successful start-up ventures.

 Dave was recently elected to the Canadian Information Processing Society as a National Director. Dave is currently the Dean of Trades and Technology at Northwest Community College in British Columbia. His current work includes the development of a distributed Information Technology Diploma using a broad cyberstructure delivery model. Dave has a Bachelor of Arts in Science Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a Diploma in Adult Education from the University of Alberta and a Masters in Education Administration from the University of British Columbia.

  戴夫 利里的事业始于1976年在纽芬兰封湖教授贸易学,此后他一直致力于创新项目的开发,例如英属哥伦比亚省的原居民财务管理项目以及阿尔伯塔省奴隶湖的日出项目。戴夫在亚瑟柏跟大学和卡毕兰诺学院教授过商务管理和统计学。在2002年,因其努力而被加拿大社区学院协会授予全国优秀领导奖。他曾担任过英属哥伦比亚省和育空地区合作教育协会的主席。他也曾在许多省级和国家级的董事会中任职,包括亚伯达学生财务董事会以及加拿大合作教育协会等。戴夫不仅在公共部门领域取得成功,而且在一些私立机构也有不错的表现,例如作为为电脑科技进步而授奖的一家公司的共同创办人及现在的董事,还担任许多刚刚成立的企业的发展顾问。戴夫最近刚刚被选举为加拿大信息处理协会的主任。戴夫现担任英属哥伦比亚省西北社区学院贸易技术系的主任。他目前正在开发通过网络传输的模式进行信息技术大专文凭的教育。戴夫获得纽芬兰纪年大学教育学学士学位,阿尔伯塔大学的成人教育大专文凭和英属哥伦比亚大学的教育管理硕士学位。