Oglesby currently serves as the Clinical Strategy Director for Canopy Works, Inc., helping organizations implement comprehensive safety coverage through a seamlessly integrated system of reliable, wearable safety technology in a comprehensive end-to-end solution. This technology provides immediate, discreet help and peace of mind for caregivers across hospitals, outpatient clinics, health system campuses and out in the community during home health visits to improve workplace safety in a variety of health care settings. 

Prior to joining Canopy, Oglesby served as assistant vice president for HCA Healthcare’s South Florida Patient Logistics Center. In this position, his responsibilities included driving the center strategy across the region through collaboration with division and hospital leaders, physicians and key service line stakeholders. He also held direct oversight of all center operations, as well as key compliance and regulatory policies, and led efforts focused on the effective and efficient movement and placement of patients into and out of HCA facilities. 

Oglesby also previously spent 15 years in emergency services and patient throughput consulting, working closely with facility executives to evaluate operational performance and leadership opportunities in care delivery and patient flow. Additionally, he has held numerous roles in emergency and pre-hospital nursing including nurse manager, emergency department and transport services educator, critical care staff development instructor and flight nurse.

Oglesby began his career in emergency care as an EMT while attending nursing school. He graduated with his BSN from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1998. He completed the requirements to become an EMT-paramedic and has experience as a flight nurse and ICU nurse, but has worked primarily as an emergency nurse throughout his career.

Oglesby earned a master's degree in nursing and health administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research interests include emergency department patient perception of care, recruitment and retention, and executive succession’s relationship to competitive advantage in health care.

Oglesby brings hands-on leadership expertise and a quarter-century of clinical and administrative experience in pre-hospital, emergency, trauma and critical care. His transformational role in leading quality improvement and positive patient outcomes, as well as an ability to connect with people, has promoted creativity, innovation and change throughout the organizations with which he has worked.