Summary
Dennis Li is a pragmatic software engineer and technical leader with 12 years of experience building ML-driven, production-ready systems across startups and research institutions. He has led engineering and product execution as CTO of Kinta AI (acquired by Fulcrum), founded a consulting practice that delivered SOC2-ready infrastructure and ML for energy trading and media clients, and served as a founding engineer at Ventrilo.ai. His background spans Google, CERN, Coursera and academic research in computational physics, giving him a rare mix of production engineering, applied machine learning, and simulation experience. Dennis excels at turning whiteboard ideas into scalable systems and has repeatedly shipped both research-grade prototypes and enterprise-grade operations tooling. Based in New York, he pairs hands-on coding with startup-stage leadership and a knack for translating complex algorithms into measurable business impact.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. B.S.E. Physics and Electrical Engineering, B.S. B.S.E. Physics and Electrical Engineering at Duke University
Chinese