Dean Kakridas

Dean thinks business and speaks design to help bold leaders create better futures for people. He launched multiple offices in Texas for Fresh in 2020 and is now leading the expansion of the business all over Texas and beyond.
Over the past sixteen years, Dean has led impactful work with clients in the creative innovation consulting services space at reputable design firms like frog, Ziba, and Star. After earning an industrial engineering degree, Dean spent the first stage of his career in Boston as a product engineer in hardware design and manufacturing. A move to Oslo, Norway, in 2000 to do business development at Opera Software catalyzed his journey in technology, and he’s been helping companies all over the world build better businesses, products, and brands ever since.
Dean enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter and has a passion for continuous learning, reading, fitness, and the outdoors.
Dean thinks business and speaks design to help bold leaders create better futures for people. He launched multiple offices in Texas for Fresh in 2020 and is now leading the expansion of the business all over Texas and beyond.
Over the past sixteen years, Dean has led impactful work with clients in the creative innovation consulting services space at reputable design firms like frog, Ziba, and Star. After earning an industrial engineering degree, Dean spent the first stage of his career in Boston as a product engineer in hardware design and manufacturing. A move to Oslo, Norway, in 2000 to do business development at Opera Software catalyzed his journey in technology, and he’s been helping companies all over the world build better businesses, products, and brands ever since.
Dean enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter and has a passion for continuous learning, reading, fitness, and the outdoors.