Dean L Gano

Dean L. Gano is president of Apollonian Publications, LLC, which is dedicated to helping others become the best event-based problem solvers they can be by providing highly effective problem-solving tools in the form of books and computer software. Mr. Gano brings more than forty years of experience in process industries, power plants, and computer software development to this endeavor. He started his incident investigation work and subsequent fascination with problem solving while working on...See more

Dean L. Gano is president of Apollonian Publications, LLC, which is dedicated to helping others become the best event-based problem solvers they can be by providing highly effective problem-solving tools in the form of books and computer software. Mr. Gano brings more than forty years of experience in process industries, power plants, and computer software development to this endeavor. He started his incident investigation work and subsequent fascination with problem solving while working on solutions to the incident at Three-Mile Island Nuclear Power Station in the late 1970s. Gano has participated in hundreds of incident investigations since then and has studied the human problem-solving process ever since. His unique version of effective problem solving has been taught to people from over 2,000 companies around the world for more than twenty years. The RealityCharting process is being taught in seven major languages on five continents and is being used globally by many of the Fortune 500 companies, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and other government entities. Mr. Gano holds bachelor of science degrees in mechanical engineering and general science, was formerly certified as a nuclear reactor operator, and is a Vietnam veteran. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality and the American Society of Safety Engineers. He is a philosopher and student who finds great happiness in learning and in helping others become more successful in their life pursuits. See less