Meet the Team

Dean is the owner of Insight Strategies, LLC. He has taught higher education courses in criminal justice, national security, intelligence, and political science and most recently led a team of 21 instructors in a college Administration of Justice Studies program.

Operationally, Dean was an undercover operative, trainer, and drug intercept operations officer. As an undercover operative, Dean ran confidential informant operations focused on drug organizations, insurgent activities, the development of weapons of mass destruction, and illegal arms transfers. As the drug intercept operations officer, Dean led deploying F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft units in drug transport intercept missions for two Joint Interagency Task Forces.

He later led a national-level military planning and program evaluation section with responsibilities over 54 state and territory programs.

Dean has a law degree and two masters degrees in National Security Affairs and Strategy, respectively. He has training in source operations, illicit drug familiarization (from FLETC), interrogation, Russian language, and in teaching and course development.