technologist (tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst) noun 1. an expert in a particular field of technology.Dean Pemberton has built a career designing, building and maintaining parts ofthe Internet that we use in our everyday lives. He is an expert in Internet andrelated technologies.These skills enable him to fit perfectly into the role of TechnicalInnovation Consultant.This extensive industry experience allows Dean to occupy board level positionswith a number of national and international organisations, operating equallywell in Powerpoint-mode presenting to C-Suite executives, and in whiteboard-modeworking collaboratively with engineering resources.Dean gained experience in global network engineering during his time with AscendCommunications, Lucent Technologies, and Juniper Networks. While with thosecompanies, he was engaged as an Asia-Pacific based network troubleshooterdeployed across the region in tactical engineering roles. Dean providedescalation level support to the largest carrier networks within the region.Upon returning to New Zealand, Dean worked for a national telecommunicationscarrier as a Senior Design Engineer and later as an independent ConsultingEngineer. The experience gained through designing and deploying new networktechnologies in a carrier network is something that Dean has expanded upon andnow works predominantly in the area of assisting organisations to innovatethrough the adoption of emerging technologies. Dean also has a strong research background with a Masters degree in the area ofnetwork security as well as holding the position of Research Associate in theSchool of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University of Wellington.