David Adams is an operationally focused co-founder and COO with six years in startup leadership and two decades of experience across finance and asset management. He leads Conduit Security, building processes and software to prevent wire fraud, translating deep risk-management expertise from family offices and hedge fund oversight into product and operational design. Prior roles as Managing Director and COO/PM show a consistent ability to scale teams, governance, and client-facing operations in complex, regulated environments. Based in the Chicago area and grounded in an economics education from Vanderbilt with study at LSE, he blends quantitative discipline with practical business execution. A homelab enthusiast, he brings hands-on curiosity for infrastructure and tooling that keeps his approach technical as well as strategic. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic operator who turns compliance and security challenges into repeatable, software-driven solutions.
6 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Economics at Vanderbilt University
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David Adams - COO & Co-Founder at Conduit Security