Adam J. Schmidt
Seattle
Summary
Seattle-based management consultant with 15 years experience advising top technology leaders at KPMG. Expertise includes M&A, IT strategy, operating model transformation, Lean IT management, product management, IT financial management, and agentic AI. Proven track record in team leadership, budget management, and cost control. Eager to leverage skills and experience for opportunities.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Management Consultant, Director
KPMG
Seattle
04.2014 - Current
- Thought Leader: Co-authored KPMG's global thought leadership on "The Future of IT"
- Global Product Manager: Managing KPMG’s "Future-Ready IT Op Model" as a product serving as a reference design and maturity assessment for "The Future of IT"
- AI Agent Innovator: Spearheading the development of a pro-code AI agent network reducing effort to generate insights from client IT data from weeks to minutes
- Sales Generator: Working with a Private Equity firm alliance to evaluate their portfolio using the IT maturity assessment I developed to prioritize performance improvements & drive pipeline to KPMG services and solutions
- IT Strategist: Developed strategies and functional operating model designs in deal and non-deal settings for 10+ IT transformations, and found $150M+ cumulative total direct cost savings where efficiency was a drivers
- IT IMO Leader: Led IT Integration Management Office at a medical device manufacturing company that accelerated TSA exits resulting in ~10% savings from annual operating plan, more than covering our fees
- IT Financial Advisor: Developed a pre-close IT cost model and mapped $1B costs for synergies insights as part of due diligence for a semiconductor manufacturing company
- Champion of Lean and Product Management: Applied and adapted Lean Portfolio Management and Product Management practices to work in the real world at scale
- Consulting Leader: Ran KPMG's global Center for Enablement serving thousands of management consultants with primary research, methodologies, frameworks, and reference models to sell more and deliver better
Sr. Business Analysis Consultant
Hollstadt
Minneapolis
11.2013 - 04.2014
Business Analysis Consultant
Genesis10
Minneapolis
12.2010 - 10.2013
Grant Writing Consultant
Thinix
Milford
06.2010 - 05.2011
Education
Bachelor of Science - Majors in Business Administration & Int'l Business
Iowa State University
Ames, IA12-2010
Skills
- IT Integration & Separation Management
- IT Financial Due Diligence
- IT Strategy
- IT Operating Model Transformation
- Thought Leadership
- AI Agents & Superagents
- Product Management
- Board- and Executive-level Communication
Publications
- KPMG US. (2025). The Path to the Future-Ready IT Operating Model. https://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2025/path-to-future-it-operating-model.html
- KPMG Global. (2024). The Future of IT. https://kpmg.com/sg/en/insights/technology/the-future-of-it.html
- KPMG Global. (2024). Preparing for the future of IT. https://kpmg.com/xx/en/our-insights/transformation/preparing-for-the-future-of-it.html
Timeline
Management Consultant, Director
KPMG
04.2014 - Current
Sr. Business Analysis Consultant
Hollstadt
11.2013 - 04.2014
Business Analysis Consultant
Genesis10
12.2010 - 10.2013
Grant Writing Consultant
Thinix
06.2010 - 05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Majors in Business Administration & Int'l Business
Iowa State University