The future will belong to those companies that weave ecosystem relationships into the fabric of how they create value.

Greg Sarafin

Global Managing Partner – EY Partner Ecosystem

Passionate about improving the pace and scale of value creation. Fearless business strategist. Former entrepreneur and dot-commer. Unabashed binge watcher. Traveler, foodie and father of three.

Greg oversees the strategy, enablement and value creation derived from alliances and other types of joint business relationships.

Prior to joining EY in 2015, he spent seven years as an executive at a multinational technology company, running one of the top five accounts at the firm and then managing the professional services P&L for Banking and Financial Markets in North America. He also held significant leadership positions in financial service technology and digital disruption across industries. In addition, he helped found a health payments dot-com and, prior to that, ran his own software development company.

Greg earned a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

How Greg is building a better working world

“In this Transformative Age, the companies that outpace the market do so by continuously innovating and successfully transforming faster than their peers. Increasingly, the key to their success lies in their ecosystem relationships. Working closely with our alliance and ecosystem relationships, EY helps companies grow and digitally transform quickly and effectively, with minimal risk. Together we bring new, unique value that helps our clients achieve transformational outcomes and be more agile, more innovative and better equipped to respond to disruptive change. Driven by people and powered by technology, EY and our alliance and ecosystem relationships spark true business transformation to build a better working world. That’s Ecosystem Value. Realized.

Greg’s latest thinking

The CEO Imperative: Are you mastering your ecosystem strategy?

The right use case, partnerships and IT infrastructure are drivers of success in business partner ecosystems. Learn more.

14 May 2024 Greg Sarafin

CIOs must harness technology to enable ecosystem success

Ecosystems play a critical role in accelerating transformation and maximizing value; CIOs must shape the tech strategy to drive success. Find out how.

02 Dec 2022 Greg Sarafin +2

Industrial companies lead business model innovation

If manufacturers don’t have a seat at the table, they will have to watch as others take control of their value chains. Learn more.

30 Jun 2022 Claudio Knizek +2

How to build supply chains that balance efficiency with resiliency

Amid the pandemic, IWS and end-to-end integration delivered supply chain resilience and growth.

24 Jan 2022 Glenn Steinberg +1

The CEO Imperative: How mastering ecosystems transforms performance

Read the EY Ecosystem Study, a first-of-its-kind deep dive into how ecosystem mastery leads to higher performance.

24 Jan 2022 Greg Sarafin

How ecosystem thinking can help create a sustainable future

Greg Sarafin and Orlan Boston discuss ecosystems, collaboration, technology and sustainability

03 Dec 2021 Greg Sarafin +1

Seven business models for creating ecosystem value

We identify seven distinct ecosystem business models that companies are using to drive growth and create value for common customers.

01 Dec 2021 Greg Sarafin

How building your tech ecosystem fuels innovation and growth opportunities

CIOs are making these considerations to create alliances with a subset of strategic suppliers.

08 Oct 2021 Greg Sarafin +1

What business ecosystem means and why it matters

The term “ecosystem” is used the world over, but there’s a lack of understanding in the context of business relationships.

23 Apr 2021 Greg Sarafin

How organizations can create value through ecosystem integration

As ecosystem business models become more common, platforms for successful integration can make stronger value propositions possible earlier.

20 Jan 2021 Greg Sarafin
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