Denise Dresser
InvestorAdvisor (Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI) at Smith Point Capital
Belvedere Tiburon, California, United States
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About
Advisory network member; currently Chief Revenue Officer at OpenAI, previously at Slack, Salesforce, and Oracle.
Experience
- OpenAIChief Revenue Officer at OpenAIcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- SlackChief Executive Officer2023 — 2025
- SalesforceSlack CEO2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- SalesforcePresident, Accelerated Industries2023San Francisco, California, United States
- SalesforceExecutive Vice President2019 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- SalesforceSenior Vice President, Enterprise Sales2017 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- SalesforceArea Vice President, Enterprise Business Unit2014 — 2017San Francisco, California, United States
- SalesforceRegional Vice President Enterprise Business Unit2011 — 2014San Francisco, California, United States
- Ad CouncilMember Board of Directors2022 — 2023
- OracleRegional Manager, Enterprise Performance Management2008 — 2011
- Hyperion SolutionStrategic Account Manager2003 — 2008
- Arthur AndersenSenior Consultant1993 — 1997Greater Boston Area, San Francisco
Skills & more
Certified Public AccountantSoftware as a Service (SaaS)8Solution Selling1Strategy6Cloud Computing3Enterprise Software2Strategic PartnershipsProfessional ServicesCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)3Management6Business Intelligence7
- Certified Public Accountant — California Board of Accountancy
- Diversity & Inclusion Strategies — Trailhead
- Business Value of Equality — Trailhead
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Burke Norton
Co-founder & Managing Director at Smith Point Capital
Christopher Lytle
Co-founder & Managing Director at Smith Point Capital
Jeff Sanders
Global CEO & Board Practice, Heidrick & Struggles at Smith Point Capital
Jesse Myllymäki
Creative at Proxy Ventures
John Cummings
Managing Director, CFO/COO at Smith Point Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Denise Dresser?
- Advisory network member; currently Chief Revenue Officer at OpenAI, previously at Slack, Salesforce, and Oracle.
- Where does Denise Dresser work?
- Denise Dresser is Advisor (Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI) at Smith Point Capital.
- Where did Denise Dresser go to school?
- Denise Dresser studied at Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst (Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Business/Management).
Founder mafias
OpenAI mafia103
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
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Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst mafia9
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Oh-hyoung KwonBBAFounded FuturePlayKwon Oh-HyoungBBAFounded FuturePlayNick MastersBachelor of Business Administration (BBA)Founded VectorChristina RossBBAFounded CubeYaw Owusu-BarimahFounded HingetoRoss LernerMaster of Science - MSFounded OnRamp
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Smith Point Capital mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst86
Paul ConwayInvestor at Spark CapitalKelly O'KaneInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Dr. Shadi BatahResearch / Founder Relations at Transform Capital ManagementHannah DitmarsAnalyst at Volition CapitalAllyson GallagherAccounting Manager at Volition CapitalAshley HardingOperations Specialist at Volition Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI191
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 185 more
Also worked at Slack68
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrCal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackDana ChamorroVice President, Technology at Redpoint VenturesNeha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture PartnersJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
+ 62 more
Also worked at Salesforce445
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceParker HarrisCo-founder of SalesforceViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation Ventures
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Also worked at Ad Council9
Brad JakemanFounding Managing Partner at Rethink EducationAlex CollmerFounder & Executive Chair, VidMob at The 98Deborah StambaughFounder & CEO, Brave New World at The 98Ezra CoopersteinGeneral Partner at Night VenturesChristian MucheGlobal President & Co-Founder at Beyond Ordinary EventsMark ZagorskiExecutive Officer, Director at DoubleVerify
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