The BlueDragon Team

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, 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
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
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.



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, 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.



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 (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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