Tony Chiles
Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO)
I am honored to have joined such a great organization as the Clearinghouse, whose education and workforce data services are second to none, and to have the opportunity to drive disruptive innovation that will accelerate the Clearinghouse’s mission to democratize data. There is potential to have an even greater, exponential impact on communities nationwide, and I am truly grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the team who brings the vision to fruition.
Mr. Chiles leads the organization’s data and technology teams and directly oversees the organization’s digital transformation to become a primary trusted data source for the nation’s trusted education and workforce data ecosystem. As CTIO, he plays a significant role in defining and implementing a technology strategic vision aligned with the organization’s growth, performance goals, and five-year strategic vision. He also helps define and execute the company’s technology strategy, including adopting microservices, incorporating traditional and generative AI and other modern architectural paradigms, and managing the journey to the Cloud.
Before joining the National Student Clearinghouse, Mr. Chiles served as Chief Information Officer at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc. Prior to that, he held the role of Vice President of Cloud, Cybersecurity and DevSecOps at CGI Federal Inc. Before CGI, he was Chief Information Officer at the American Diabetes Association, and Deputy Chief Information Officer at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also spent 14 years at Aol serving in a variety of executive leadership roles, building and leading both domestic and international teams, and driving enterprise-wide digital transformation and data strategy.
Mr. Chiles earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and holds a patent award as lead inventor on “a technique for automatically updating software stored on a client computer in a networked client-server environment.”
