OpenAI has appointed Denise Dresser as its new Chief Revenue Officer, tasking her with leading the company’s global revenue strategy as demand for enterprise-grade AI accelerates worldwide. Her mandate spans enterprise sales, customer success and scaling commercial adoption as AI moves from experimentation to essential business infrastructure.
Dresser joins OpenAI after serving as CEO of Slack, where she successfully steered the company through its integration with Salesforce. Before that, she spent over a decade at Salesforce, building high-performing global sales teams and managing some of its largest enterprise accounts.
Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications at OpenAI, said Dresser’s arrival comes at a pivotal time for enterprise AI. “We’re on a path to put AI tools into the hands of millions of workers across every industry. Denise has led that kind of shift before, and her experience will help us make AI useful, reliable, and accessible for businesses everywhere.”
OpenAI highlighted that enterprises are now rapidly scaling AI across entire organisations. Internal data shows 75% of workers say AI has improved their speed or quality of work, with many saving between 40–60 minutes daily and heavy users gaining over 10 hours a week. More than one million businesses, including Walmart, Morgan Stanley, Target, Lowe’s and Databricks, currently use OpenAI’s products through ChatGPT for Work and the company’s API ecosystem.
Speaking on her new role, Dresser said, “I’ve spent my career helping scale category-defining platforms, and I’m looking forward to bringing that experience to OpenAI as it enters its next phase of enterprise transformation.”
Her appointment signals OpenAI’s push to strengthen and professionalise its enterprise revenue operations as it shifts from hyper-growth to long-term, durable commercial expansion.