Dale Heglund joined the UGPTI as program director of the ND Local Technical Assistance Program in 2014. In that position, he led outreach and training programs aimed at state, county, and local professionals in the transportation construction industry.

Heglund had been the North Dakota sales engineer for Cretex Concrete Products since 2000. Before that, he served for 15 years with the North Dakota Department of Transportation, first as a transportation engineer and then as an assistant district Engineer in Dickinson. Heglund also has hands-on experience as an equipment operator with his family's construction business in northeastern Minnesota.

Heglund earned his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of North Dakota and is also a Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce Leadership Development program graduate. He is a registered North Dakota Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor. He is past president of the North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers and the North Dakota American Public Works Association chapter.