Dean Heistad

Dean is an experienced technology leader, with 25 years of experience in various industries, from Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, to the Bio Beltway, bringing innovation, disruption and leadership to the organization. At Vibrent, Dean is responsible for technology operations, which includes cloud architectures and operations defining technical requirements for scalable, secure, high quality and efficient systems used within the company and by external users. Dean is a graduate of Clemson University with a computer science degree and a minor in business. In his personal life, Dean is an avid pilot and animal rescue advocate. He brings his passion for the two by volunteering his time with Angelflight and Pilots N Paws, where he flies patients in need of medical services to their locations and rescues dogs from shelters, transporting them to safe, new locations.