Douglas Madden

Douglas Madden is a Partner at Odgers, where he advises boards, CEOs, founders, and investors on leadership acquisition, executive team building, and talent strategy.

Based in Silicon Valley, Douglas brings more than 18 years of experience in retained executive search and leadership consulting, helping organizations identify and attract transformational leaders across SaaS, software, AI, infrastructure, fintech, and high-growth innovation sectors.

Throughout his career, Douglas has partnered with private equity-backed, venture capital-backed, and publicly traded companies to build executive teams that drive growth, scale, and market leadership. His search expertise spans CEO, board, go-to-market, sales, marketing, product, and technology leadership roles, as well as broader succession planning and organizational design initiatives.

Prior to joining Odgers, Douglas served as Managing Director in the Technology Practice at ZRG Partners, where he advised clients on executive hiring and talent strategy while contributing to the significant growth of the firm's technology business. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions with Fortra Executive Search, Korn Ferry's Global Technology Practice, Renaissance Leadership, and Lonergan Partners. Douglas also served as Interim Vice President of Executive Recruiting for A³ by Airbus, the company's Silicon Valley innovation center, where he advised senior leadership on talent and workforce planning initiatives.

Douglas began his career in financial services and entrepreneurship, founding and leading his own business before transitioning into executive search. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Loyola Marymount University.

Outside of work, Douglas enjoys golf, skiing, and spending time with his son and family.