Adam Bauer has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry as an executive, professional services leader, and technology implementer. He has been involved with Caduceus Capital Partners since its founding in 2020, contributing as an investor and executive venture partner before joining as a managing partner in 2025.
Adam’s professional experience includes senior leadership roles across Fortune 100 companies and Big 4 consulting firms. He spent much of his industry career in client-facing transformation leadership roles at Deloitte, EY, and NTT Data. Most recently, he served as a vice president at Optum and partner at IBM, managing professional services businesses focused on payer and provider analytics and performance improvement. Adam has designed and led delivery of business and technology solutions for dozens of diverse clients, including state and provincial governments, complex health systems, community hospitals, human services agencies, behavioral health providers, and long-term care organizations. He brings a strong grasp of the function and interplay of clinical, financial, and enterprise technology across the healthcare value chain to his work with Caduceus.
Adam graduated from Butler University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, earned his MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester (NY), and later completed a Certificate of Advanced Study in information management from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in the Dallas area with his wife, Ashley. Adam is a craft cocktail enthusiast and self-published fiction author, and as the seasons permit, an avid skier and wilderness explorer.