Dennis H.

Experience

• AI Safety Collab

  Program Manager

  Sep 2025 - Present

  International programme supporting AI governance and safety learning across partner groups worldwide.

  • Manage programme operations across more than 65 partner groups in over 30 countries, translating goals into owners, timelines, materials, and repeatable workflows.
  • Built a funder-ready evidence base from Airtable records, surveys, evaluator comments, alumni follow-up, and participant projects.
  • Turn programme evidence into reporting and practical recommendations for participant follow-up and future delivery.
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  Ogentic AI

  COO

  Jul 2025 - Present

  AI-native company that advises, builds, and launches AI systems organisations own and can audit.

  • Build the operating model for an AI-native company that runs research, operations, finance, and go-to-market through supervised agents.
  • Translate business outcomes into agent workflows by defining the data, human review, failure handling, measurement, and audit trail required for reliable use.
  • Build internal controls and decision routines that connect company strategy, research, product direction, and client delivery.
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  European Network for AI Safety

  Interim Director

  Jun 2025 - Present

  European nonprofit connecting researchers and policymakers working on the responsible development and governance of advanced AI.

  • Stepped into interim leadership during a director transition, maintaining continuity across organisational priorities and stakeholder communication.
  • Built operating rhythms that linked leadership decisions to clear ownership, documentation, and follow-through across a distributed team.
  • Coordinated programme, grant, and fundraising operations, including reporting inputs, funder communication, and internal tracking.
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  Responsible AI OK

  Co-Founder

  Dec 2024 - Present

  Responsible AI OK helps organisations and communities prepare for responsible AI adoption through practical readiness and AI literacy.

  • Co-founded the initiative to help organisations and communities prepare for responsible AI adoption.
  • Develop practical AI literacy resources and workshops for nonprofits, executives, students, and civic organisations.
  • Translate questions about governance, risk, and human oversight into accessible guidance for non-technical audiences.

• Outre Technology

  Founder

  Dec 2022 - Present

  Independent fractional operations practice serving technology-led and mission-driven organisations.

  • Built an independent fractional operations practice for organisations that need senior operating support without a full-time hire.
  • Serve in fractional and interim leadership roles during periods of growth, organisational transition, and systems change.
  • Scope and deliver engagements across RevOps, programme operations, Responsible AI adoption, and internal workflows.
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  Amplify | EA & AIS Marketing

  Sales & RevOps Systems Consultant

  May 2025 - Nov 2025

  Marketing agency supporting mission-driven and Responsible AI organisations with campaign delivery, outreach, and client growth.

  • Implemented HubSpot as the system of record for client communication, email logging, campaign follow-up, and outcome collection.
  • Clarified how HubSpot, Asana, Airtable, and Google Drive should support CRM, project delivery, reporting, and team ownership.
  • Built campaign reporting and partner follow-up workflows that connected marketing activity to participant and programme outcomes.
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  Successif

  AI Safety Advocacy Fellow

  Apr 2025 - Jul 2025

  Successif helps experienced professionals develop careers in AI risk reduction through personalised advising tailored to each person's expertise and goals.

  • Completed a 12-week AI Safety Advocacy Fellowship covering AI safety advocacy and policy engagement.
  • Studied AI risk framing, media communications, and grassroots organising during the fellowship.
  • Gained practical skills to help experienced professionals transition into AI risk reduction roles.

• Eindhoven University of Technology

  Project Assistant - Generative AI

  Dec 2023 - Jun 2024

  Research university advancing science and technology through education, applied research, and industry collaboration.

  • Supported faculty on generative AI projects for university learning systems.
  • Researched cost, tooling, and infrastructure options for AI-enabled learning systems.
  • Helped prototype and evaluate AI-supported LMS concepts and presented project work at University Education Day.

• inTulsa

  Director of Technology Strategy

  Mar 2022 - May 2023

  Talent and economic development organisation coordinating shared services across workforce, nonprofit, and community organisations.

  • Led technology strategy and shared operations across more than 10 affiliated organisations.
  • Managed a team of 10 and a multimillion-dollar technology portfolio.
  • Built a shared-services operating model that improved delivery speed by over 20%.
  • Consolidated vendor and SaaS management, reducing costs by approximately 30% while improving visibility.
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  Gig Wage

  Head of Operations

  Jul 2021 - Jan 2025

  Fintech payments platform helping businesses pay and manage independent contractors.

  • Led cross-functional operations across finance, compliance, product, support, HR/payroll, and GTM.
  • Partnered with GTM and Product to improve lead-to-cash and onboarding, cutting activation time by 40%.
  • Built finance and operational dashboards to improve visibility into ARR, churn, conversion, and performance.
  • Built SOC 2 readiness and operationalised evidence collection via TrustCloud and team processes.
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  2U

  Senior Business Analyst

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  2U partners with the world's top universities and companies to develop and deliver thousands of education programs that accelerate careers and transform lives.

  • Improved operational systems for a global edtech support organisation across students, faculty, and partners.
  • Optimised Salesforce, support, and LMS workflows to improve data quality, routing, and reporting.
  • Led QA, UAT, documentation, and release-support work to reduce confusion during platform rollouts.
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  Leadership Tulsa

  New Voices Board Leadership Program (Class 11)

  Sep 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Selected for Leadership Tulsa’s New Voices program (Class 11), focused on board governance, nonprofit leadership, and civic engagement.
  • Participated in a full-day leadership retreat and a 12-month mentorship and training series
  • Engaged with local nonprofit boards to develop leadership skills and governance knowledge
  • Gained practical experience in fundraising, board structure, and civic leadership
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  2U

  Technical Operations Analyst

  Sep 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Optimised Salesforce, support, and LMS workflows to improve data quality, routing, and reporting.
  • Led QA, UAT, and release-support activities for learning platform changes.
  • Helped product and support teams reduce recurring user issues through documentation and process improvements.
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  2U

  Technical Support Specialist

  Nov 2017 - Sep 2018

  • Provided technical support for learning platforms and assisted students, faculty, and partners.
  • Contributed to QA, UAT, and documentation for platform changes and releases.
  • Supported operational improvements that increased support clarity and reduced rollout confusion.