Gary Dean

• strong and long-standing interest in culture, social organisation and collective aesthetics.
• substantial knowledge and understanding of political processes and governmental structures.
• long-standing interest in politics and international relations, with a depth of knowledge in both these areas.
• extensive knowledge of political campaign management and techniques at both general and technical levels.

• specialist knowledge of the cultures, history and politics of Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia.
• fluent in spoken and written Indonesian; can quickly and accurately translate complex technical documents, including legal and medical, in both directions.

• very sound understanding of cultural issues in management and communication and skilled in development of culturally appropriate organisational and administrative systems.
• Nearly a decade of experience as a business and management consultant in Indonesia.
• Highly experienced in interacting with Indonesian bureaucracy directly and effectively at all levels.

• advanced computer knowledge with comprehensive experience of all mainstream operating systems, and extensive knowledge of a very large number of computer application programs and packages.
• skilled in use of a variety of computer programming languages and scripts with particular expertise in development of database applications.