Prior to joining Netflix, Dean served as President and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) from 2009 to 2019, leading global advocacy for the world’s most innovative and dynamic tech companies, and bringing deep substantive advocacy experience to complex policy challenges in areas ranging from taxes to trade, autonomous system to advanced manufacturing, and from security to sustainability.

Dean also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategic Officer for the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and prior to, Vice President of Legal Affairs at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). At MPA, he developed the association's global strategies, securing accomplishment of key operational objectives, forged industry alliances on behalf of the MPA, and led the MPA's Research and Technology Departments. Dean also represented the MPA before legislative bodies and at key conferences around the world, including the European Commission and China’s People’s National Congress.