Dean founded Key Housing Connections in 1992 and is currently KHC’s Chief Executive Officer.  At 25 years of age, he began investing in residential rental real estate, which eventually segued into a corporate housing business.  Under Dean’s leadership KHC has grown from a small Sacramento focused business to now serving the national and international needs of KHC’s corporate clients.

Prior to founding KHC, Dean was Director of Marketing for the California Trucking Association, and studied at California State University, Sacramento, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.

Born and raised in Honolulu, Dean left the Hawaiian Islands behind to pursue an education in California, eventually married and raised four children.  Dean respects Mother Earth, and thoroughly enjoys the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking and watersports of all kinds.