Dean Alms is the chief product officer at Aravo, a technology company that provides third‑party risk and resilience solutions for enterprise customers. In his role, he leads product strategy, product management, product marketing, and product design to expand Aravo’s market reach and enhance its portfolio of risk management applications. Alms joined Aravo after serving as chief product officer at Socrates.ai, where he helped build AI‑enabled products to improve employee experience, and he has held senior product leadership roles at Rimini Street, Veeva Systems, and PeopleSoft, as well as founding positions at SaaS startups including Milyoni and Agistics. Under his product leadership, Aravo earned the 2025 Third Party Risk Association Service Provider Innovator Award for advancing solutions that combine risk intelligence, automation, and customer‑centric design. His work includes ongoing thought leadership on third‑party risk governance and the development of innovations that support enterprise compliance, resilience, and extended‑enterprise oversight.