Tony is a seasoned IT thought leader with over 35 years of industry experience. He currently serves as both VP, IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance at cybersecurity startup AppAcuity, where he is responsible for developing and enforcing policies and procedures to ensure SOC2 compliance, and VP, Platform Observability at LPL Financial, where he leads the strategy, design, and operation of observability and AIOPs capabilities.
Prior to his current roles, Tony led AIOPs and Enterprise Monitoring Tools at Delta Air lines for 5 years – leveraging best-of-breed observability and correlation technologies to deliver real-time enterprise on-premise and cloud visibility. Tony also spent 22 years in the Coca-Cola system in multiple infrastructure, support, and observability design and leadership roles, culminating as Director, IT Processes.
Tony’s undergraduate studies were in Computer Science at Kentucky State University, his passions and hobbies include golf, reading, community service, and home improvement, and he lives in Smyrna, GA with his wife Kim.