Adam Madoukh Bio
About
Adam Madoukh
President & CEO | Chief Technology Officer | Business Leadership Coach
Executive Summary
As a visionary leader and executive coach boasting over 25 years of unparalleled expertise in health-tech, fin-tech, and technology, Adam Madoukh spearheads transformative strategic growth and cultivates leadership excellence across diverse industries. Since founding VTPMO in 2004, he has empowered C-suite executives with personalized, high-impact coaching while leading groundbreaking global digital transformation initiatives for elite clients—including Optum, State Governments, Wellmark, Visa, Wells Fargo, and Federal Reserve Banks, alongside innovative startups and dynamic mid-sized enterprises—delivering an outstanding average revenue growth of 37% and a remarkable 97% project success rate.
Adam excels in digital transformation, consulting, executive coaching, strategic planning, and operational excellence, masterfully integrating agile methodologies, state-of-the-art ecosystem tools, advanced automation, ironclad security protocols, and AI-driven data insights to amplify leadership potential and maximize team efficiency. His bespoke advisory services empower organizations to harmonize strategies effortlessly, spark groundbreaking innovation, and secure sustainable scalability, ensuring enduring triumphs in ever-evolving markets.
Leadership Strengths & Behavioral Insights
Drawing from rigorous DISC assessments, Adam embodies a commanding presence of self-assurance and confidence, masterfully fostering inclusive group engagement and collaborative participation. He captivates and influences teams through genuine warmth and deep interpersonal connections, leveraging his keen intuition and unwavering people-centric approach. Core values that define his leadership include openly expressing emotions, mobilizing teams to achieve ambitious objectives, promoting seamless collaboration, infusing positivity through humor, pioneering innovative solutions, and maintaining unyielding optimism.
- Strategic Partnerships: Masterfully negotiated high-impact alliances, delivering a stellar 97% project success rate and an impressive 37% average revenue surge.
- Corporate Development: Led meticulous due diligence processes, guaranteeing stringent regulatory adherence and driving robust post-acquisition expansion.
- Technology Vision: Revolutionized engineering and IT cultures to align seamlessly with overarching business strategies, while magnetizing elite talent to fuel innovation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Forged exceptional synergies across Finance, Legal, and R&D teams, attaining a remarkable 95% alignment in project execution.
- Regulatory Expertise: Championed compliance excellence, achieving over 98% adherence to critical standards.
- Executive Communication: Crafted compelling presentations that secured unwavering stakeholder support and substantial funding commitments.
- Team Management: Transformed team dynamics by elevating communication, self-awareness, and leadership acumen, empowering high-performance cultures.
Professional Experience
Founder - Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer | VTPMO | Leawood, KS | 2004 – Present
We are an Atlassian Solution Partner delivering AI, cloud SaaS, automation, and Agile consulting for global enterprises including Optum, Visa, Wells Fargo, and Federal Reserve Banks.
- Negotiated partnerships driving 37% revenue growth and 92% customer satisfaction.
- Led due diligence for fintech and healthcare SaaS, ensuring AML/KYC and PCI DSS compliance.
- Implemented AML/KYC-compliant systems enhancing security.
- Defined AI-driven vision with LLMs and hyper-automation, achieving 89% faster data processing.
- Architected HIPAA-compliant SaaS platforms with 99.9% uptime.
- Reduced technical debt by 95% via DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Mentored 950+ professionals, achieving 89% productivity gains.
- Improved State of Indiana FSSA agility by 70% using Jira and Jira Align.
- Key Clients: Optum, Wellmark, Sentara, States MMIS (Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois), Visa, Wells Fargo, Federal Reserve, Robinhood, Verizon, Sprint.
Co-Founder & CTO/CISO | Startup Ventures | Lenexa, KS & Torrance, CA | 1996 – 2004
- Medina: Co-founded AI-driven HIPAA-compliant healthcare SaaS, improving efficiency by 80%.
- MyToy: Launched B2C e-commerce platform with cloud infrastructure and analytics.
- Vibex: Built B2B digital marketplace with real-time analytics for scalability.
Additional Roles
- Federal Reserve Banks & FRFS: Enterprise Transformation Lead & Jira Align Architect (2023–Present) – Increased Agile adoption by 75% across 29 portfolios.
- Visa: Enterprise Transformation Lead (2022–2023) – Orchestrated SAFe transformation, boosting productivity by 60%.
- Wells Fargo: Enterprise Transformation Lead (2021–2022) – Led Agile transformation, increasing adoption by 70%.
- Optum & State of Illinois HFS: Enterprise Transformation Lead (2020–2021) – Improved Agile-DevOps proficiency by 75%.
- Optum & State of Indiana FSSA: Enterprise Transformation Lead (2015–2020) – Enhanced agility by 55% via assessments and portals.
- Optum & State of Arkansas DHS: Agile Coach (2014–2015) – Improved readiness by 60% through transformation.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Sr. Agile Program Manager (2013–2014) – Enhanced PMO processes by 55%.
- Optum – UHG: Enterprise Agile Coach (2011–2013) – Achieved 70% Agile adoption with custom SAFe framework.
- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage: Agile Coach (2004–2006 & 2009–2011) – Improved delivery speed by 50%.
- Wellmark – Blue Cross and Blue Shield: Technical Agile Program Manager (2006–2007).
Core Competencies & Technical Skills
- Strategic Alliances: Joint ventures in healthtech and fintech SaaS.
- AI/ML & Hyper-Automation: LLMs and ML for 92% efficiency gains.
- Platform Development: End-to-end software strategy and delivery.
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS/Azure with Docker/Kubernetes, reducing times by 85%.
- Financial Compliance: AML/KYC and PCI DSS systems.
- Healthcare Technology: HIPAA-compliant pharmacy and clinical solutions.
- Data Analytics: Snowflake, Power BI, Tableau for real-time insights.
- AI & ML: Python, TensorFlow, scikit-learn.
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (Lambda, ECS), Azure, Google Cloud.
- DevOps: CI/CD, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Agile Management: Jira Align, Azure DevOps, SAFe, OKRs.
- Security & Compliance: SSO, Okta, HIPAA, GDPR, AML/KYC, PCI DSS, SOX.
Education, Certifications & Patents
Education
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering | Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait | 1985
Certifications
- SAFe 6.0 Practice Consultant (SPC 6)
- Atlassian Accreditation: Jira Align
- Atlassian Jira Automation (Cloud)
- SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Atlassian Agile Development with Jira Software
- Atlassian DevOps Essentials
Patents
- Hidden Link Dynamic Key Manager (HLDKM) for data security | 2008 & 2011
- Object-based Security, Universal Security Objects (USO) for dynamic trust | 2004
Platforms & Tools
- Portfolio Management: Jira Align, Azure DevOps, Planview, SAFe, OKRs
- Collaboration: Miro, Mural, Slack, MS Teams, Zoom
- Data & BI: Snowflake, Power BI, Tableau, Azure SQL
- Atlassian Suite: Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jira Product Discovery, Atlas, Rovo, Compass
- Microsoft: Power Platform, Azure DevOps, Copilot AI
- Integration: ServiceNow, Okta, Workday, GitHub
