He is the founder of Strategic Management Associates, LLC, a company dedicated to providing business leaders with the tools necessary to expand and manage growth. His areas of expertise center around developing and implementing tactical action plans to achieve strategic goals, designing work flows to reduce inefficiency and optimize performance, aligning business operations and people for optimum effectiveness, and change management. In partnership with The SBANE Educational Center, he developed and leads The CEO's Group.

Previously, Dennis was a Director at TowerGroup where he created a strategic advisory service to the securities industry and a wealth management consulting practice for financial services institutions and technology vendors. Prior he was the President and Executive Director of Windsor Systems, a consulting and software development company that delivered custom solutions to financial services, manufacturing, and technology clients. Dennis was Vice President of Product Development at First Interstate Bank, Ltd. where he lead a team creating electronic corporate cash management services for this super regional financial institution spanning 27 banks in 14 states.

He is an Adjunct Professor at Babson College and Boston University where he teaches MBA courses in entrepreneurship and business strategy. Dennis earned a Doctorate in psychology and education from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and biology from Boston University and Babson College.