DEAN HICKMAN is a successful business executive who has served as president of several prosperous, privately-owned corporations, and is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Eagle Research Group, Inc. His position as a uniformed officer and plain-clothes investigator with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, led to his career in national security. He also sings with The Guardians, a group that has had several hits on the national southern gospel music charts. (www.theguardiansmusic.com)