Dean DeLisle

Founder and CEO at Forward Progress, Inc.

Dean DeLisle has extensive work experience in various leadership roles. Currently, they serve as the Chief Revenue Officer for S²A Modular Corporation, where they focus on expanding business verticals, customer segments, and partnerships to strengthen operations. Dean also works closely with all divisions of S2A Modular to create strategic plans aimed at boosting revenue streams.

In addition to their role at S2A Modular, Dean is the Chief Executive Officer for LuxMods. As CEO, they are responsible for executing the corporate strategic plan, with a focus on expanding different business verticals, customer segments, and partnerships to enhance operations. Dean collaborates with all divisions of LuxMods to develop future strategic plans that aim to increase revenue.

Dean also holds the position of Chief Revenue Advisor at eSkillz Games, contributing to their grind, game, and earn platform.

Furthermore, Dean serves as an Advisory Board Member at StandardDAO, which is the first diversified, decentralized treasury. Dean works with the organization in identifying and promoting Standard Assets to provide asset-backed yields to token holders.

Dean's experience also includes being a Managing Partner at Bahia Village, where they develop communities, including luxury 55+ homes, tiny homes, and millennial rent-to-own properties. These communities are designed to be off-grid, high-quality, and modular.

Dean is the Founder and Chief Visionary of Social Jack, an Influencer Development Education platform that has trained over 100,000 professionals globally on various social network platforms. Dean also hosts the popular podcast Influence Factory.

Prior to Social Jack, Dean founded Forward Progress, a Digital Marketing Agency that offers integrated marketing services, including digital thought leadership and social media strategy. Dean has helped over 400 corporate clients improve their online social networking results and has trained and coached over 450,000 professionals in relationship marketing, social selling, and career advancement.

Dean has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where they developed and instructed a career course focused on utilizing the power of social networks to advance one's career.

Earlier in their career, Dean worked at JDS Group as the VP of Sales and Marketing, overseeing national accounts and sales development. Dean successfully expanded the company's client base to include large corporate accounts.

Dean's entrepreneurial journey began with Delcom Systems Group, where they served as the Founder and CEO. The company started as a consulting firm focused on accounting systems installation and grew to provide network installation, call center, telecommunications, custom application development, and CRM solutions. Delcom Systems also became a prominent provider of hardware from IBM, Dell, Compaq, and HP.

Overall, Dean DeLisle's work experience demonstrates their expertise in strategic planning, revenue growth, leadership, and entrepreneurship across various industries.

Dean DeLisle attended Purdue University from 1980 to 1982, where they studied Business Management. Dean then transferred to DePaul University, where they continued their studies in Business Management from 1982 to 1985. During the same period of time, they also attended the Chicago Computer Learning Center and obtained a Certified System Programmer degree in Computer Programming.

Prior to college, Dean DeLisle attended Gavit High School from 1977 to 1980 and obtained a Diploma in Business Administration and Management, General.

In 2010, Dean attended Wright and focused on Leadership studies until 2017.

In addition to their academic education, Dean DeLisle also obtained a Social Selling Black Belt Certification from SocialJack in February 2015.

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