Dave Gubbels
Vice President
 Tourism
Alpine Helicopters Inc.
Canada
Biography
Mr. Dave Gubbels has been Vice President of Alpine Helicopters, Ltd. since July 2007. Mr. Gubbel's major responsibilities centre on the maintenance of safe operating procedures and flight standards. Mr. Gubbels trained as a helicopter pilot with Skyrotors in 1975 and joined Alpine in 1978 as an aircraft apprentice. He obtained his engineer's licence in 1979 and commenced flying as a spray pilot at the beginning of 1980. Working as a pilot-engineer, Mr. Gubbels became Alpine's most experienced spray pilot and quickly gained experience in other flying skills that included mountain and bush flying, seismic operations and heli-skiing/heli-hiking. He later was promoted to the position of Alberta Manager, before joining Alpine's affiliated company, Eagle, in 2004 as its President/Executive Director/General Manager, a position he held until his promotion in July 2007.
Research Interest
Business
