David Olvera is a nationally registered Paramedic, Certified Flight Paramedic and Certified Medical Transport Executive serving as Director of Clinical Research and Department Chair for the research committee for Air Methods. He serves on the International Board of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics as well as the MedEvac Foundation International. He is the Vice-President of Research at FlightBridgeED, a Veteran Combat Medic in the US Army, and has published multiple abstracts and papers related to pre-hospital airway management, resuscitation and advancing air medical transport research.