Indigenous Oil Sands Business Leader Dave Tuccaro Named to the Order of Canada – EnergyNow
January 24, 2025
‘I see my responsibility as using this recognition to better our people moving forward’
Even while working as a crane operator to help build and maintain oil sands facilities in the late 1970s, Dave Tuccaro always had an entrepreneurial bent.
He started businesses including a janitorial services company, bought two taxis while working at sites, and owned an auto repair shop and a bakery at different times.
In 1993 Tuccaro took over Neegan Development, with its small heavy equipment fleet and a contract at Syncrude’s Mildred Lake operation.
Over the past three decades the Mikisew Cree First Nation member’s leadership of the growing company has earned him countless accolades. The latest came on December 18, when Governor General Mary Simon appointed Tuccaro to the Order of Canada.
