He developed the ISA bus with his partner Dennis Moeller, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processor chip.
[4] Dean was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering NAE in 2000 for innovative and pioneering contributions to personal computer development.
In 2000, Mark discussed a hand held device that would be able to display media content, like a digital newspaper.
[10] Dean attended Jefferson City High School in Tennessee, where he excelled in both academics and athletics.
Dean was an IBM Vice President overseeing the company's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California.
[20] Mark Dean is the John Fisher Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee.