David A. Wheeler, P.E. joined the City of Ocoee in 1996, and was appointed to his current position of City Engineer in January of 2005. He has previously been the Assistant City Engineer/Utility Director and the Director of Public Works. Mr. Wheeler is a 1978 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in Florida.

Mr. Wheeler's previous experience has been as a consulting engineer in Florida and Alabama with Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc. and in West Virginia with Kelley, Gidley, Blair & Wolfe, Inc. He was also employed by the State of West Virginia's Department of Health in the capacity of District Environmental Engineer. Mr. Wheeler has planned, designed, provided construction oversight and start up for water treatment services as well as various public works infrastructure projects.

He is a member of the Water Environment Federation, the Florida Water Environmental Association, the American Water Works Association, the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Florida engineering Society. Mr. Wheeler is on the Board for the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association.