Director, Client Services, Northeast
CurrentFor over two decades, Dean Foster has provided intercultural training and consulting to the international mobility and training and development industry. As founder and former Worldwide Director of Berlitz Cross-Cultural, as well as the founder and President of his own company, Cross-Cultural Consulting Associates, New York, we were one of the founders of the field of intercultural consulting. As Director of DFA, Dean is guest lecturer and faculty for a variety of premier educational institutions, such as Harvard Business School, Columbia University School of Business, Darden Business School, and others. His work has taken him to over 85 countries. He is a frequent guest commentator on culture, work and international social issues on CNN, CNBC, the BBC and other radio and TV shows; he is regularly interviewed in Newsweek, USA Today, the New York Times, and elsewhere.Dean is a familiar presenter at major international conferences related to international cultural issues, and served as an Executive Board member of the International Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR).Dean has written many articles as well as the book, "Bargaining Across Borders", published by McGraw-Hill. Dean’s other books include the four-book Global Etiquette Guide series (John Wiley & Sons) to Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Dean is a Contributing Editor with National Geographic, writing the monthly “CultureWise” column, appearing in National Geographic Traveler Magazine. Dean is on the faculty of American University, Intercultural Management Institute, Washington, DC, and he received his Master’s degree in Sociology from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, NYC.Specialties:Intercultural consulting and training is our core-expertise, and our network of over 150 DFA-certified trainers and consultants are on-site in over 100 world metro locations.