Larry Staples currently serves as an advisor to the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA), which, develops best practices to enable the Alberta heavy industrial construction industry to be successful in safe, effective, timely and productive project execution. Larry's working life has encompassed over 35 years of leadership for engineering consulting and research organizations. He was Chair of the Board for the Pressure Pipe Inspection Company, a Mississauga firm that won numerous awards for exporting Canadian high-technology services. He previously served as CEO of C-FER Technologies, an entrepreneurial R&D organization which he helped to found in 1984, and as Vice President, Engineered Products and Services of the Alberta Research Council (now called Alberta Innovates). Larry Staples is also known for his volunteer leadership, spanning three decades in the engineering profession. He was honoured to serve as the 86th President of APEGGA in 2005 and was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2009. He has served on the Boards of Engineers Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Citadel Theatre, and as a public member on the registration committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and the Council of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists. Larry and his wife, Moira, live in Edmonton, observing with delight the adventures of their adult children and grandchildren.