Erik Reynolds
Founder

As Founder of SafetyCert.AI, Erik Reynolds is advancing a new approach to the assurance of artificial intelligence in safety-critical products. His vision for Dynamic Certification reflects his belief that the methods used to test and certify technology must evolve alongside increasingly adaptive, software-defined, and AI-enabled systems.

Erik has extensive experience in product safety, functional safety, testing, inspection, and certification. Throughout his career, he has worked with manufacturers, technology developers, regulators, and certification organizations to address complex safety and market-access challenges. His experience spans industrial automation, robotics, machinery, electrical products, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies where innovation is moving faster than established conformity-assessment methods.

Recognizing that conventional certification was designed primarily for static products, Erik founded SafetyCert.AI to develop an independent assurance framework for products that continue to change after their initial evaluation. This work led to the development of Dynamic Certification, a lifecycle approach that connects product changes to affected safety claims, preserves valid evidence, targets revalidation where it is needed, and maintains confidence as AI models, software, hardware, applications, and operating environments evolve.

Throughout his career, Erik has focused on translating emerging technologies into practical safety, testing, and certification programs. He brings together technical experts, industry leaders, research institutions, and conformity-assessment organizations to create pathways that are both scientifically credible and commercially practical.

As a founder and business leader, Erik has built and led organizations serving global technology and manufacturing markets. His approach combines long-term strategic vision with a practical understanding of how safety requirements affect product development, customer acceptance, market access, and the ability to scale.

Erik is motivated by the opportunity to help innovative companies bring transformative technologies to market safely, without forcing them into certification models that were not designed for continuous change. Through SafetyCert.AI, he is working to make independent assurance a scalable lifecycle capability and to establish Dynamic Certification as the foundation for trust in physical AI.