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Joe Depa

EY Global Chief Innovation Officer

Passionate about using tech, AI & data. Servant leader. Amateur soccer player and coach. Devoted husband and father.

As Global Chief Innovation Officer, Joe leads the global EY organization’s AI, data and innovation strategies. Joe’s team pioneers the adoption of technologies that provide real value — from new services to better ways of working.

As the global spokesperson on innovation and technology disruption, Joe advocates for trusted AI, applied innovation, AI-ready data, next frontier tech (including quantum) and “innovation muscle” to help empower our people and clients to unlock value.

Joe has received numerous industry honors, including being #1 on Technori’s 2025 “Top 10 Innovation Leaders to Follow” list, recognized among World Summit AI Top 50 Data and AI Leaders, and Fast Company’s “World Changing Ideas.”

Previously, Joe was the inaugural Chief Data and AI Officer for an academic medical center. He was also a senior managing director and member on the global leadership team at another professional services firm leading Data & AI, overseeing board-level initiatives across industries.

How Joe is shaping the future with confidence

Driven by his passions both professionally and personally, Joe is focused on applying trusted innovation to create new services and ways of working that drive value and make our world a better place. In previous roles, he worked to apply large language models (LLMs) that integrated with health research into clinical care and has served as a board member and advocate for organizations advancing precision medicine and childhood cancer research.

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