Dave was born in Oshawa, ON and received a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from Ryerson Polytechnical University in 1993. The majority of his career has been with Langtree Controls Ltd. starting as a Jr. Engineer in 1994 and working up to be a Jr. Partner. Dave has worked on many different projects from the Food and Beverage to Petrochemical/Refinery. Dave has also spent several years working at different manufacturing sites as a technical support person for their control systems as well as a project coordinator for capital projects.

Dave is a registered professional engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario and an active member of the Sarnia section of the Instrument Society of America.

Dave also participates in the Engineer in Residence Program with the PEO and coaches Robotics with the FIRST Lego League. Dave enjoys the challenge of helping young children learn more about science and engineering.