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The BlueDragon Team

Rob De La Espriella

Rob De La Espriella

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Rob established DLE Technical Services, LLC (DLE) in 2006. DLE is a prime contractor for the Department of Energy.  Rob is the creator of the BlueDragon Hyper-Integrated Causal Analysis (HCA) methodology, a disruptive, next-generation problem-solving methodology specifically designed to tackle the complexities of human-centric problems in modern socio-technical work environments. 

William J. (Bill) Toth

William J. (Bill) Toth, PhD

Vice President of Research & Development

Bill is the former Manager of the Project, Program Management Office for International Nuclear Nonproliferation programs. Bill and Rob are collaborating on programs that will help sites important to national security with the proactive identification and mitigation of external threats to these most secure facilities.

Rafael De La Espriella

Rafael De La Espriella

Chief Information Officer

Rafael is a former C-Suite Executive in the Telecom industry in Latin America.  Rafa manages our IT infrastructure and the transition of our training courses to the virtual environment. 

Joy Worrell

Joy Worrell

Director of Public Relations

Joy joined DLE Technical Services in May 2020.  She is our Public Relations expert and strengthens our corporate communications.  Joy is our first point of contact for new students and recent graduates of our training programs.

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Scott English, M.Ed., PMP

Project Management

Scott came to DLE after 27 years in the US Air Force.  He is PMP certified and is the Project Manager for our government contracts. 

Industry Advisors

Sherry Gevedon

Sherry Gevedon, PhD, MBA, MS, RN

Healthcare Advisor

Sherry is the CEO of Professional Education Seminars, Inc. and has decades of experience in delivering live and online training. Sherry and Rob have collaborated to bring curring-edge training to the Navy and the Air Force, and is a key BlueDragon training advisor.

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Col. Rob Dillon (US Army, Retired)

Military & Police Advisor

Rob is a a military, police, and security professional with more than 32 years of experience leading personnel, developing strategy and communications, building teams, integrating functional staff, leveraging analytics, and implementing operational performance management to achieve sustainable protection outcomes. He has a TS/SCI Clearance.

Col. John Black

Col. John Black (US Marine Corps, Retired)

Senior Military & Government Advisor

John is a defense, security, and government professional with more than 26 years’ experience in leadership, needs assessment, problem-solving, and solution delivery. He has a TS/SCI clearance.

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