Alfie Dennen – Creative technologist & product leader
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Hello – I’m Alfie :)
I work where technology, public service and playful culture meet. Over two decades I’ve co‑founded one of the first mobile‑photo social networks (Moblog), launched the global solidarity site We’re Not Afraid after the 7/7 London bombings, mapped public art for Channel 4, lit up London’s rooftops for the 2012 Olympics, and most recently helped steer the Department for Business and Trade’s early foray into generative‑AI tooling.
What I’m doing right now
Since 2021 I’ve been a Digital Senior Product Manager at the Department for Business & Trade (DBT). My remit is simple: find practical ways large‑language‑model tech can make civil servants’ work easier, safer and better.
Current highlights:
Redbox@DBT – a secure “LLM‑in‑a‑box” that lets policy and analysis teams explore, compare and interrogate documents without leaking sensitive data. Piloted in 2024, now rolling out across DBT.
Leaving DBT Service – a calmer, single‑journey automated off‑boarding flow that closes accounts, recovers kit and shares knowledge in minutes instead of hours.
Gen‑AI governance – contributor to DBT’s first guidance on safe experimentation and one of the organisers of a fortnightly cross‑government AI community call.
Outside of government I publish the satirical tech‑power board game Evil Corp, and speak at events on the creative‑ethical edges of digital.
👉 See Work for project snapshots and more on my current work.