Michael Bevilacqua
VP AI Product Management, Adeptia
Owner, Apexory
Executive Summary
20+ years architecting and transforming technology ecosystems across Fortune 100 companies and high-growth startups. Currently VP of AI Product Management at Adeptia, leading AI-native data automation strategy and serving as a published voice on enterprise AI, data quality, and agentic architectures. Also owner of Apexory, an AI advisory and implementation firm helping operations-heavy businesses identify where AI creates real value and build it. Expert in Healthcare and FinTech domains with a proven track record delivering HIPAA and FDIC-compliant systems, reducing costs by 60% and scaling platforms to serve 227K+ active users.
Media & Press
Quoted and published in leading enterprise technology and industry publications on AI strategy, data quality, and agentic architectures.
Architecture Leadership Highlights
Leading AI product strategy at Adeptia, driving AI-native data automation across enterprise integration, MCP-enabled agent architectures, and first-mile data quality (2025-Present)
Published in Smart Industry, No Jitter, and MES Computing on enterprise AI, data quality, and agentic architectures (2026)
Architected healthcare benefits & payments platform integrating FIS payment gateway, BanCorp banking, serving 227K+ active users with real-time transaction processing (2024-Present)
Established $250M FDIC-compliant neobanking platform with real-time payment processing, transforming 4-week settlement cycles to real-time (2024-Present)
Architected AI-driven claims processing marketplace achieving 60% cost reduction using multi-agent Agentic AI systems (2024-Present)
Directed technology architecture strategy fueling 3x ARR growth and contributing to $1B valuation milestone (2019-2022)
Unified 7 legacy HR/payroll products into cloud-native platform scaling to 2,500+ enterprises, enabling $72M revenue product (2015-2017)
Professional Experience
VP AI Product Management
Adeptia • Denver, CO • 2025 - Present
Leading AI product strategy for a 26-year enterprise data automation platform, driving AI-native architecture, MCP integration, and first-mile data quality across enterprise customers
- • Driving AI-native product roadmap including MCP-enabled agent architectures, supervised autonomy workflows, and two-layer knowledge base systems for enterprise data automation
- • Published in Smart Industry, No Jitter, and MES Computing on AI strategy, data quality, and agentic architectures
- • Championing first-mile data automation positioning — reframing industry conversation from "IT failures" to data failures, establishing Adeptia as the trust layer for agentic AI
Owner & Principal AI Consultant
Apexory LLC • Denver, CO • 2024 - Present
AI advisory and implementation firm helping operations-heavy businesses identify where AI creates real business value and build the systems to capture it
- • Delivering AI Roadmap engagements for mid-market companies — team interviews, RICE-scored workflow analysis, and actionable Quick Win recommendations
- • Building production AI systems including knowledge search, document automation, and proposal generation integrated with client tech stacks
Vice President of Engineering & AI Architect
Wpromote • Denver, CO • 2022 - 2024
Architected and transformed digital marketing platforms, driving $500M+ annual ad spend through AI-powered analytics and automation
Chief Architect & Senior Director of Engineering
CloudBees • Raleigh, NC • 2019 - 2022
Scaled engineering and platform architecture across SaaS DevOps product lines, fueling CloudBees' growth from startup to $1B+ valuation
Vice President of Engineering
Workiva • Denver, CO • 2017 - 2018
Scaled engineering and delivery for a $1B fintech platform, launching regulatory automation products and expanding into international markets
Vice President of Product Development
ADP • Pasadena, CA • 2015 - 2017
Transformed a 150+ person global organization, modernizing legacy HR tech into cloud-native platforms and delivering $72M product innovation in 12 months
Technical Expertise
AI/ML & Data Science
Cloud & Infrastructure
Education
Master of Science in Management Information Systems
University of Colorado, Denver, CO • Dean's List
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO