Tony Piecz is an accomplished Sr. Director with extensive experience in cloud architecture, platform management, automated deployments, and IT operations. His expertise spans compute, database, and storage systems, with a particular focus on operational performance, reliability, and cost management. Tony has built a reputation for leading communicative, cross-functional teams that take a customer service approach to IT operations, and he prides himself on fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

At Discover Financial Services, Tony leads a large organization of onsite and offshore full-stack engineers, responsible for managing over 400 physical and virtual machines across both on-premises and cloud environments. His teams oversee multiple platforms that support the company’s data warehouse, business intelligence, and analytics initiatives.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Computer Science from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, and a Master of Business Administration with dual concentrations in Information Management and Organization Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology.