About Dean
Dean Gartelos is a leader, optimist, trusted advisor, and technologist who helps organizations make smarter technology decisions with confidence. As the founder of Western Skies Consulting and a Senior Partner at OTG Consulting, he brings more than 25 years of experience across AI, managed services, telecom, connectivity, cloud, mobility, and security.
Through Western Skies Consulting, powered by OTG, Dean combines personal advisory support with broader market reach and solution access. Clients get a vendor-neutral trusted advisor who starts with the business problem, not a product pitch, and helps reduce friction, lower risk, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Independent guidance. Broader reach.
Western Skies Consulting is the advisory practice Dean leads. OTG expands the reach, resources, and technology relationships available to clients while preserving the independent perspective at the center of Dean's work.
The result is practical guidance built around the business, not a predetermined product or sales agenda.
What Dean helps clients solve
Dean works best when a technology decision is important, the options are overwhelming, or the stakes are too high for guesswork. He helps leaders navigate:
- Technology strategy and executive guidance.
- AI planning focused on practical business value.
- Managed services and infrastructure decisions.
- Cybersecurity, risk, and partner evaluation.
- Cloud, connectivity, telecom, and vendor selection.
The person behind the work
Beyond consulting, Dean strives to be a consistent force of positivity in action. He is a devoted husband, proud father, and enthusiastic high school hockey broadcaster. Rooted in his Greek Orthodox Christian faith and shaped by a deep love for family, friends, Western culture, cowboy values, and the outdoors, he brings the same care and perspective to work that he brings to life.
Dean's guiding principle is simple: leave everyone better than he found them. It reflects the values that shape Western Skies Consulting and the way he works: trust, service, practical wisdom, and a belief that success should never come at the expense of relationships or clarity.
Bring Dean into the conversation
When the decision matters, bring Dean into the conversation. Through Western Skies Consulting, powered by OTG, he helps leaders evaluate the landscape, protect their interests, and move forward with confidence.
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