Dean P. Simmer is Vice President of Platform Engineering at Rocket Homes. A recovering high school teacher, Dean spends his days mentoring leaders and helping drive technology strategy and solutions for interesting problems. He partnered with two friends to found Prideraiser.org, a platform bringing soccer supporters together to raise funds for local LGBTQ+ organizations while relentlessly cheering on their teams. Dean and his wife stay busy raising kids and Newfoundlands while maintaining an old house in an even older neighborhood in Detroit, but he will regale you with weird details about an island in Lake Michigan anytime he has the chance.
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