Originally from Australia, Dean made the bold jump to London to focus on transforming the tech world by creating standout teams unmatched in their expertise and innovation.
Leading the charge at Search Technology, Dean oversees the Research and AI Engineering departments, a tight-knit squad of seven skilled recruiters who have built a strong reputation for identifying and nurturing top-tier research and engineering talent. The teams they help build span groundbreaking DeepTech startups that are changing the world and major industry players operating at scale.
Dean thrives on connecting people with game-changing opportunities and expertly matching each client with the perfect candidate, streamlining the hiring process for everyone involved. Even as his leadership responsibilities expand, he remains deeply hands-on with headhunting and recruiting, frequently tackling the most challenging roles that sit at the intersection of research, software, and data engineering.
His team boasts a solid reputation for recruiting top talent across AI/ML Engineers, AI Researchers/Scientists, Software Engineers, Founding Engineers, and Data Engineers, specialising in placements across diverse skill sets:
- Artificial Intelligence: Deep Learning (Foundation Models, Large Language Models, Multimodal, Generative Adversarial Networks, Neural Networks, and Recurrent Neural Networks), Natural Language Processing, Robotics, Generative AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning (Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning), Knowledge Graphs, and Knowledge Representation/Reasoning.
- Programming Languages: Python, Rust, Golang, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript (React/Node.js), React Native, iOS, Android, C++.
Outside of his professional career, Dean loves to travel and see as much of the world as possible, spend time with his family, and is a dog father to a four-year-old Pomsky, Storm.
Dean welcomes opportunities to connect with exceptional engineers or forward-thinking founders looking to define an accurate and optimised hiring strategy for their teams.