Dean the VP of Artificial Intelligence at Arctic Wolf is an executive, manager, and individual contributor across cybersecurity, data engineering, and applied machine learning / AI. Dean has a range of expertise in executing product vision, building and leading teams, and developing and deploying analytic systems to customers. He serves on the Texas Private Sector Advisory Council and the Texas AI Advisory Council, and he is active with IEEE for policy and standards related to AI and cybersecurity.
Dean has over 25 years of experience building innovative products, including 18 years as a DoD and Intelligence Community contractor, where he worked on projects in tactical sonar, countermeasure deployment for aircraft, and cybersecurity. He also worked at several cybersecurity companies prior to Arctic Wolf, where he served as head of data science, engineering, and various other technical leadership roles. Prior to that, Dean was Principal Investigator for over 8 years for the data exploitation division of a multi-agency (DoD / IC) cyberdefense task force focused on nation-state attacks.
Dean holds both a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Masters in Physics from UT Austin. He is currently based in Austin, TX with his wife and two children.
