Dean was introduced to the world of parrots when he met his wife Nathalie at the Swing and Social Dance Club at the University of Waterloo. He has since devoted many hours getting involved with the Golden Triangle Parrot Club meetings and activities and has been the official AV specialist for the conference since 2005.

He lives in a busy household with 4 young daughters, 1 dog and 6 parrots. He enjoys spending time with everyone in the family and is preferred the preferred companion of one of the feathered friends, Kito, the African Grey Parrot. He has learned a lot about birds from the conferences and club meetings but mostly from his one on one interactions with the family birds. He is still working on getting the love and acceptance of one of the African Greys and he hopes that one day she will accept him as all of the other 5 parrots have.