Mr. Daigle joined the Texas Board of Professional Engineers in August 2016 as Director of the Compliance & Enforcement Division. As the Director, Mr. Daigle manages the day-to-day operations of the division to include policy advisory opinions, compliance reviews of continuing education audits, seal imprint approvals, investigations of enforcement cases against violators, and providing outreach programs to educate the public and licensed engineers on engineering matters pertaining to the Board and the Engineering Practice Act. Mr. Daigle is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.
Before joining the State of Texas, he served in the U.S. Navy from July 1991 until he retired in 2016. During his military service, he achieved the enlisted rank of Chief Petty Officer in 1999 while serving as an Electronics Technician for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. He was selected to attend Old Dominion University in 2000 where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Management. He is also achieved certification as a Naval Nuclear Engineer. As a Naval Officer he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander and served as the Engineer on the nuclear submarine USS Alaska and for the Submarine Squadron Twenty.
Mr. Daigle has been awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy Achievement Medal (five awards), and served on teams that have earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation (two awards) and Battle Efficiency “E” (three awards). While the Engineer on the Alaska, her Engineering Department was awarded the Engineering “E” for Excellence from the Commander of Submarine Squadron Twenty.
Dave and his wife Erika reside in Austin and have four grown children.