Dean S. Tripodes is CEO and founder of Baywalk Marketing and Baywalk Web Development. Since 1999, he has helped small businesses and non-profit organizations. By focusing on the small business, working at Los Angeles' County's Business Technology Center (a local incubator for new businesses), Dean has first hand experience with many varied startup organizations.

Dean received his MBA degree from Claremont Graduate University and had the honor of taking five classes from the late Peter F. Drucker, considered by many to be the father of modern management.

Dean is a member and participant in many non-profit organizations, including the Altadena Chamber of Commerce, local churches, cultural organizations such as AHEPA, a Greek-American non-profit organization that promotes education and philanthropy. He has led non-profits in leadership positions, holding regional governing positions covering 4 states, and holding all offices from the chapter level (secretary, vice-president, and president) to the regional level (district secretary, district lieutenant governor, and district governor). He has chaired cultural festivals, and worked with projects such as the Tournament of Roses by helping fund-raise and market for a local float entry.

Since 2002, Dean has taught Marketing, Management (Problem Based Learning), Communications, E-Business, and Web Development at twelve different University of Phoenix southern California campuses. In the past, he has taught at Pasadena City College, Marymount College, and the University of California at Irvine.

Dean is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Business Programs and in 1998 he won the Henry R. Kravis Entrepreneurship Award from Claremont Graduate University.