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Dean Anthony Gratton
Dean has worked extensively within the wireless communications R&D industry and has an accomplished career in software engineering. He has enjoyed a variety of roles and responsibilities in addition to being an Editor of the Specification of the Bluetooth System: Profiles, v1.1 (the original specification). He has participated in defining the initial Bluetooth Personal Area Networking profiles, and was active in the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and marketing committees. His wireless research work has been patented.
Dean has developed, architected and led teams across several new product developments for mobile phones, DigitalTV, Broadband (triple-play), Femtocells, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, NFC, and Private Mobile Radio.
Dean is a Community Editor-in-Chief for Eden (engageSimply.com), as well as being a popular columnist and a contributor to a number of industry periodicals, where he has written many contentious articles sharing his thoughts and challenges on industry news, opinions and gossip. He continues to make an authoritative published and vocal presence within the wireless communications industry.
Dean has become an influential social media persona (as @grattonboy) with an increasing Twitter following and has been listed in the 50 “Top Dogs” of Twitter. He is also listed as one of the 'Top Marketing Book Authors on Twitter' in Social Media Marketing Magazine and is listed in the 'Top 5' Twitter Elite in the United Kingdom as rated by Tweet Grader.
Dean holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) Psychology and a Doctorate in Telecommunications.