Richard (Rick) Dean is a Managing Director and Principal of Waverly Partners, a retained executive search firm, and heads our Atlanta office. Prior to Waverly Partners, he was a Vice President & Practice Leader with StratfordGroup, a "top 20" executive search firm. He began his executive search career with DHR International in Atlanta and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of DHR's Charlotte, North Carolina office.

Rick has successfully completed mid-, senior- and CEO/COO-level search assignments across all corporate functions (marketing, sales, finance, operations, human resources, distribution, information technology) in most industries, including manufacturing, consulting, information technology, pharmaceuticals, packaged goods, consumer durables, hospitality, utilities, financial services and trade associations. His clients include Iomega Corporation, Whirlpool Corporation, Michelin-North America, Tire Centers, LLC, The Stanley Works, Maytag Corporation, Applica Consumer Products, Nabisco, McKesson Corporation, Carrier Corporation, Illinois Tool Works, Bosch-Siemens, and Pfizer Corporation. Rick brings a general management perspective to his executive search consulting. His two decades of P&L line assignments in both profitable and turnaround companies enable him to be discriminating when evaluating leadership, general management and technical business skills among candidates.

He has served in a variety of sales, sales management, marketing, public relations, operations, and distribution assignments during his corporate career with such multinationals as Whirlpool Corporation, Swedish AB Electrolux, United Dominion Corporation, and Australian SouthCorp. Rick served at the officer level with both AB Electrolux and SouthCorpUSA.

Rick earned a BS degree from Syracuse University and an MBA degree, cum laude, from Michigan State University.