Private equity firms that leverage technology as a strategic differentiator are driving outsized value in their portfolio companies.

Kenneth Woodruff

Principal, Private Equity, Ernst & Young LLP

Digital transformation and emerging technologies professional. Mergers and acquisitions strategist. High performer and quick learner.

Areas of focus

Ken is responsible for leading EY Americas Private Equity (PE) technology businesses, supporting PE funds and their portfolios in connecting their technology strategies with their deal theses and executing technology initiatives to provide stakeholder value.

With over 20 years of experience guiding PE and Fortune 500 companies, Ken supports clients in defining and helping implement strategic technology roadmaps to drive technology-enabled value creation. He focuses on providing technology solutions to achieve sustainable competitive advantage while building their core competencies, help in mitigating risk and containing cost. An engineer at heart, Ken began his career as a weapons system software engineer on the F16 Fighting Falcon.

Ken is an alumnus of the University of Arkansas, where he earned his BS in Computer Engineering. He then earned his MS in Software Engineering from Southern Methodist University.

How Kenneth is building a better working world

“Through the years, I have fostered strong relationships with business and IT executives of client organizations and led teams to help clients build core competencies across multiple domains and functions, including strategy and planning, enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, IT operating model and analytics.

Most recently, I have been focused on helping clients focus their technology strategy to improve and provide the value proposition for M&A transactions in the private equity sector.”

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