Heimke Joins AIDEA as COO

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is pleased to welcome long-time Alaskan Dave Heimke as Chief Operating Officer.

Before joining AIDEA, Dave served as the executive vice president of risk and engineering at Alyeska Pipeline Services Company and was with the company for more than 10 years. He first came to Alaska in 1985 after working at scientific research stations in Antarctica. Throughout the years, Dave has managed numerous remote Alaska infrastructure development and improvement projects and has also served various technical and operational roles in project management, engineering, and consulting. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 

As Chief Operating Officer, Dave is responsible for leveraging AIDEA programs to foster public and private investments for Alaska projects and to ensure effective internal communications, planning, management, and operations in fulfilling AIDEA’s mission for job growth and economic opportunity for all Alaskans.