IAM Engineering Leader

Manoj
Kottam

Security and IAM engineering leader with 20+ years building enterprise identity platforms at scale — advancing Zero Trust across workforce, privileged, and non-human identities.

CISSP MBA MS Computer Science
Manoj Kottam
20+
Years Experience
180K
Employees Secured
900+
Apps Migrated
5+
Certs Held
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Everyone is the hero of their own story — I build leaders by empowering ownership, growth, and innovation.

01

Securing the
Future of Identity

I lead security and IAM engineering teams to modernize enterprise identity platforms at scale — with 15+ years in IAM and 6+ years leading high-performing teams. I specialize in consolidating fragmented IDPs onto Okta, advancing Zero Trust across workforce, privileged, and non-human identities, and championing a "Security as Code" culture that turns IAM from a central bottleneck into a self-service enabler for the business.

02

Professional
Journey

20+ years building identity infrastructure at enterprise scale — from cloud-native IAM platforms to zero-trust architectures that secure hundreds of thousands of employees.

HEB Digital
Senior Engineering Manager, IAM Platforms
2023 – Present
Dallas, TX

Orchestrating a multi-year enterprise IAM modernization for a 180K+ employee workforce, consolidating 900+ applications onto a unified Okta ecosystem and advancing Zero Trust across workforce, privileged, and non-human identities.

Defined and drove the multi-year IAM roadmap; conducted vendor evaluations shaping the future-state identity architecture.
Directed consolidation of 900+ apps onto Okta including migration of 500+ from OneLogin and 200+ from on-prem ADFS with minimal disruption.
Championed "Security as Code," standardizing Terraform-led automation for IAM configuration and policy.
Assembled and scaled a dedicated security engineering team to rebuild the enterprise IAM platform from the ground up.
OktaZero TrustTerraform CyberArkOPAPCI DSS 4.0
Oracle America
Manager, Software Development
2013 – 2023
Frisco, TX

Built and scaled a multi-tenant Identity-as-a-Service platform providing SSO across Oracle cloud applications, with OAuth / OIDC / SAML federation, MFA, and analytics for enterprise customers globally.

Led federation integrations with Microsoft Azure, Okta, Exostar, ForgeRock, and Ping Identity.
Recruited, retained, and grew a high-trust team; mentored individuals into technical and people-leadership tracks.
Drove identity infrastructure improvements through automation, compliance tooling, and transparent release reporting.
IDaaSSAMLOAuth 2.0 OIDCMFA
Homeward Residential
Enterprise Architect
2011 – 2013
Coppell, TX

Automated onboarding of new loans and modernized the investor reporting portal, reducing processing time by 40%+ and generating over $5MM/yr in labor savings.

ArchitectureAutomationReporting
Keste
Solutions Architect
2007 – 2011
Plano, TX

Designed and delivered a global B2B transaction platform, product-configuration rules engine, and quotes portal for Alcatel-Lucent, driving $10MM+ in revenue over two years.

B2B PlatformRules EnginePortal
03

Products &
Side Projects

Alongside enterprise security leadership, I build. Products at the intersection of identity, commerce, and consumer software — designed, engineered, and shipped independently.

Web App
Taulinks
One link for everything you do

Share all your content, social profiles, shops, and more from a single URL. Built for developers, creators, and consultants — free and live in seconds.

taulinks.com
Shopify App
TauRewards
AI loyalty for Shopify stores

An AI campaign agent that reads Shopify order data, finds high-value audiences, simulates ROI, checks risk guardrails, and generates approval-ready promotions before launch.

taurewards.com
Platform · Early Access
TauRewards AI
Loyalty layer for agentic commerce

The missing infrastructure for AI-driven shopping. Publish machine-readable offers, reward agent transactions via UCP and Stripe SPT, and own your loyalty program in the agentic era.

taurewards.io
iOS App
Recall
Personal CRM inside your Contacts

Track birthdays, anniversaries, kids' names, gift ideas, and relationship notes — all layered on top of iOS Contacts. No ads, no tracking, no servers. Everything stays on your device.

App Store
Web App
Finance Tools
Personal finance utilities

A suite of personal finance calculators and planning tools — built to make money decisions clearer.

lekkal.com
Dev Tool
TestTau
Disposable email & webhook capture

Capture test emails and webhooks in clean browser tools. Public disposable inboxes and hooks instantly — no signup needed. Sign in for private, API-key protected captures.

testtau.com
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Core
Competencies

Identity & Access
Okta & OIG
CyberArk / PAM
Clutch · Teleport
OAuth 2.0 · OIDC · SAML
FIDO2 / WebAuthn
Zero Trust · CIAM · NHI
SCIM · OPA
Compliance & Risk
PCI DSS 4.0
SOX · SOC 2
NIST CSF
Audit Automation
Access Certification
Cloud & Platform
AWS
Kubernetes · Docker
Kafka · REST APIs
Terraform
SQL / NoSQL
Data & Analytics
Leadership
Multi-Year Roadmap
Vendor Evaluation
Team Scaling
Executive Communication
Cross-Functional Delivery
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Academic
Background

Master of Business Administration
The University of Texas at Austin — McCombs School of Business
May 2020
Master of Science, Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas
May 2007
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
May 2004
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Oracle Access Management Suite Plus 11g Implementation Specialist
DataCamp Data Scientist with R
10gen MongoDB for Java Developers
Oracle WebCenter Implementation Specialist
UT Dallas Information Assurance Program

Ready to
Secure What
Matters?

Open to conversations on IAM strategy, leadership opportunities, or collaboration. Let's connect.

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