Dean Rogers

Dean Rogers is an American businessman and author of several books who lives in Japan. He is the co-founder and CEO of Dean Morgan K.K. English and French conversation schools in Japan. In 2015 the school chain re-branded as "Rosetta Stone Learning Centers" from "Dean Morgan M2M Eikaiwa" after a deal with Rosetta Stone (US Stock symbol RST). In April 2017 Rosetta Stone Learning Centers was acquired by Link and Motivation (TSE: 2170) a Japanese publicly traded company for an undisclosed sum. Currently there are 10 directly run and over 60 alliance partner schools across Japan. The home office is located at the Ginza 6 Building in Ginza, Tokyo Japan. (^[1]

Biography

Born in Santa Barbara, California, Rogers majored in Japanese at UCLA before moving to Japan as an expat with JDA Software an ERP Retail software company in 2001. He also worked at Manhattan Associates a leading Software Supply Chain Management Company (US Stock Symbol: MANH). In 2004, he co-founded the Dean Morgan chain of English and French conversation schools with a partner, later becoming the sole majority owner.^[1]. In 2013 he enrolled in Harvard Business School's Owner President Management program 47 graduating in 2015. In 2015 the company built an alliance with Rosetta Stone and rebranded as Rosetta Stone Learning Centers. In 2017 the company was acquired by Link and Motivation a large Japanese publicly traded company (TSE 2170).

Writing

Rogers has co-written 4 books. Zannen na hito no eigo benkyō hō (残念な人の英語勉強法), published by Gentosha publishing and 3 other books together with author Masashi Yamazaki.

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