Announcement of Candidacy

Our public education system is failing the poor and ending chances for those who have always benefited most from the American Dream.

Our culture and language are under attack from a new type of immigrant invader who demands that we make room for them whether they are here legally or not, taking the opportunity and jobs that belong to our citizens.

A world wide Islamo-fascist movement, fed by injustice of the dictatorships of the Middle East yet funded by these same dictatorships, has set as its goal the destruction of western culture and our freedom. It is fueled by religious dogma that is not amenable to discussion but demands capitulation and worship of Allah.

Our local congressional leadership with its one party rule is failing the people of the First District on these and many other interests. We need a new beginning. Just as socialism has failed in every country where it has been tried, the socialist domination of our region has failed the people of the Inner Banks.

We need a new beginning based on hope promised by the American Dream.

Dean Stephens, November 13, 2007

Dean Stephens Biography

Dean Stephens is a Computer Consultant whose focus is guiding projects that require complex management structures in the leading edge fields of Information Technology. He is a specialist in strategy planning exercises to Internet Enable businesses. Prior to forming ASL Computing in Colerain, NC, he was Managing Partner in William Stephens & Associates, a west coast based firm that specialized in Internet and communications based software consulting in Silicon Valley. 

Dean has worked as a consultant in high technology systems for over 10 years and is a recognized expert in project management for leading edge client server systems and multi tier Internet technologies. He has over 25 years experience in Distribution, Entertainment and Automotive Manufacturing as a systems developer. He is also an inventor and holder of multiple patents in word processing and Internet to bank network bridge technologies. 

Dean has served as Director of Management Information Systems for Allied Signal Corporation, Director of Systems Development for EMI Music, Inc and Vice President of Management Information Services for Print Technology, Inc. He has served on the Board of Directors of several firms. He was the cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of The Seminars Group. He served as Chief Financial Officer for First Commerce Mortgage. He has also served as a product manager of advanced Internet technologies for KLA Tencor in Silicon Valley.

Prior to his involvement in technology management, Dean was successful in sales management. He has directed organizations with staff of over 300 employees, and managed two well-known technology projects that advanced the state of the art significantly; in service management for the office equipment industry; and electronic order entry for the airline industry. He has managed international projects in Europe, South America and Asia.

Dean has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta Georgia, and attended Kensington University Law School in Glendale California.

Dean's family lived on a farm in Hexalena, North Carolina, in the middle of North Carolina's First District when he was born. His father met his mother during World War II at the Harvey Point Navy Base in Perquimans County and was an assistant County Agent for Bertie County after the war. A decorated pilot, his father retired from the Naval Reserve as a Commander. Dean attended school in Aulander before moving to Georgia.  During summer and Christmas vacations and in other visits back Dean has hunted and fished in Bertie County and the surrounding Inner Banks all of his life.

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