Tony Peleska
Chief Information Officer
Minneapolis
As Chief Information Officer for KA Companies, Tony provides transformative technology leadership with a strategic vision to achieve business goals. Tony has led our IT team since 2020, delivering sweeping improvements to KA’s technologies and bottom line. He joined KA in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic and deftly mobilized his team and the entire KA enterprise to embrace virtual meetings and other tech tools to maintain productivity and connection. He has championed the integration of IT throughout KA’s business lines and led the delivery of cutting-edge, customer-facing service technologies, including augmented reality and integrated video technologies. Prior to joining KA, Tony was CIO at Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, where he improved and increased the effectiveness of the IT organization and aligned the agency’s strategic goals with its business initiatives.
Tony also provides leadership and insight by serving on a variety of boards, councils and leadership organizations. He is on the Board for the Association of Information and Image Management (AIIM). He is Board chair of Evanta CIO Governing Body, and a member of the National Council of State Housing Agencies where he serves as a speaker and facilitator. In addition, he serves on the steering committee for the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Leadership Advisory Council. He is a Board member of the Autodesk CXO and the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Software Engineering and is on the steering committee of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. Peleska previously was a volunteer president of Consulting for Causes, chair of Twin Cities-based New Vision Foundation, as well as a member of the National Council of State Housing Agencies CIO Council.