Dean Young is a project manager operating from VPMEP's Richmond office. Dean has over 19 years of expertise gained from progressive management roles in a variety of industries. Prior to joining VPMEP, he was a third party consultant delivering services to our clients. As a VPMEP third party consultant through his own company, Young Consulting LLC, Dean provided operations management support in lean supply chain management to Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding including project management for their Supplier Continuous Improvement program and strategic development of a Lean Supply Chain.

Dean's diverse work experiences include positions as: senior project manager for Capital One Financial Corporation; director of operations services for Maxxim Medical; operations manager for General Medical Corporation; supervisor of operations for General Medical Manufacturing Company; inventory manager for Weidmuller Incorporated; and purchasing agent/production planner for Rego Company of Elon College, NC.

Dean holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech. He is certified as a NIST MEP LEAN instructor in Lean Principles, Value Stream Mapping and Lean Supply Chain Logistics as well as being certified as a Jonah in the Theory of Constraints.