Innovation

The next frontier isn’t just emerging – it’s converging. Next-generation AI, quantum, blockchain, robotics, synthetic data, and more, rewrite how businesses compete.

Applied Innovation cuts through the noise and turns emerging tech into ROI. We help you build AI-ready data foundations, orchestrate a responsible AI agentic workforce, and unlock real-world value where technologies collide.

To succeed at the next frontier, you need an innovation muscle: agility to adapt, ecosystems to collaborate, discipline to execute. With EY’s proprietary data, global alliances and expert team, we help you move faster, smarter, and with confidence.

The future belongs to those who act. Read our insights to build your innovation muscle and transform disruption into advantage.

EY Global Chief Innovation Officer Joe Depa on Applied Innovation

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Quantum Computing: The financial sector's next asset

In this whitepaper the EY Quantum Lab explores the fundamentals of quantum computing, its applications in finance, real-world use cases, challenges, and future trends, including advancements in hardware, software, and adoption strategies.

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Our team

Joe Depa

EY Global Chief Innovation Officer

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

Atlanta, GA, United States

Richard Clough

EY Global Chief Data Officer

Innovative thinker. Data transformation evangelist. Builder of businesses. Passionate golfer, seaside and beach enthusiast. Proud father of two.

London, United Kingdom

Edwina Fitzmaurice

EY Global Innovation Market Activation Leader

Passionate about purpose, technology, innovation, problem solving and value creation. Maker, writer, speaker and hiker. Life-long learner and teacher. Married mother of two.

New York, NY, United States

Domhnaill Hernon

EY Global Intelligent Realities Lab Leader

3D world builder fusing art and technology to enable business value creation

Hoboken, NJ, United States

Rodrigo Madanes

EY Global Next Frontier Technology & AI Leader

Passionate AI visionary.

Palo Alto, CA, United States

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