Hans Burtinmanagement innovation and AI.

My work

Clarity first.
Then action.

I help owners and leadership teams of small and mid-sized businesses and nonprofits evolve their organizations: clearer decisions, processes that hold up under growth, people free to focus on what creates value.

Organizations of this size rarely have an innovation office or a chief operating officer looking at the whole picture. That is the role I fill as an outside consultant, a fractional COO: I read how the organization really works, find where time, resources and opportunities are lost, design tomorrow’s operating model with leadership and lead its implementation. I bring in AI where it creates a concrete advantage, with clear rules on governance, security and compliance with the EU AI Act and GDPR.

I bring more than ten years of responsibility for projects, budgets and teams across commerce, services and nonprofits. I have directed international programs and events with teams in more than ten countries, from conferences with over 1,400 participants to private meetings for executives, and I work regularly with US organizations active in Europe.

Alongside this, I’m a certified financial educator: I run financial literacy programs for schools, associations, companies and families.