Alex has been a Sr Principal Product Owner at Discover Financial Services for 2 years where he manages the Jira Cloud SaaS product and several other collaboration tools for the organization. Alex played a crucial role in leading the Jira migration for Discover, migrating ~12k users and countless business processes from Data Center to Cloud. Prior to his role at Discover, Alex functioned in several product and leadership roles at USAA where he drove multiple Agile transformation and Database Migration efforts during his 9-year tenure. A Texas native, Alex received both his Bachelors and M.B.A. from UTSA but currently resides with his family in Indiana.