Alumni spotlights

Samuel David was destined to start his own company, but like any good entrepreneur, the president, CEO, and director of Prospera Energy took a few detours along the way.  

As a young undergraduate student at the University of Calgary, David switched from engineering to the “easier route” of economics after his father passed away. He had to go to work while going to school to help his family. After graduating with his B.A. in economics, getting married, and starting a job at Petro Canada, he went back to the “very tough curriculum” at the Schulich School of Engineering. Believing “the harder you fall, the higher you bounce back,” David finished the degree he had started years earlier.