With today’s technology, the possibilities are endless. What matters is how humans embrace them and make meaningful change for customers and employees, all at a speed that is faster than ever before.

Jim Little

EY Global Microsoft Alliance Lead and EY Americas Technology Strategy Lead

Technology enthusiast. Former CIO. Passionate about helping companies re-imagine their business, value propositions, customer and employee experiences using technology.

Jim leads the EY Global Microsoft Alliance and EY Americas Technology Strategy services. He helps clients solve their unique business challenges by leveraging the power of Microsoft solutions and other emerging technologies. Jim also helps EY teams build unique solutions by partnering with Microsoft to help our clients solve issues across their industry.

Jim has more than 25 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies advising them on technology-based strategies and road maps, large-scale IT-enabled transformations, business and IT architecture, cost reduction, IT innovation, technology choices, and corporate strategy.

He has worked across many industries, including High Tech, Retail, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Industrial Equipment, Electronics, Retail, Consumer Products, Health Care and Financial Services. Most recently, Jim has been the EY Global CIO and Client Technology Officer driving global technology transformation, by embedding technology into all of the EY services and improving employee experience through technology.

Jim holds a BS in Engineering from Virginia Tech.

How Jim is building a better working world

Jim focuses on clients' business issues and their customers’ challenges to help frame how digitalization and Microsoft technologies can help them transform their businesses.

“By helping our clients to realize the power of digital technologies combined with Microsoft solutions using Cloud, AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain and other emerging technologies through new operating models to move with speed, while also creating new experiences for their customers and employees. By creating real, meaningful change for our clients to demonstrate how digital solutions, supported by Microsoft, can reshape business models and increase shareholder value.”

Jim's latest thinking

Are your customers transforming faster than you?

Customers are changing faster than enterprises can track them. Organizations need to become more data-centric to catch up. Learn more.

25 Apr 2023 Jim Little +2

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

Using technology to control spending risk in a fast-moving environment

EY is helping Microsoft to modernize and reinvent its compliance risk management across its global footprint. Learn more in this case study.

29 Jun 2022 Greg Cudahy +3

Tech Horizon 2022: How to build a data-centric organization

Data centricity can be an insight engine that unlocks operational, customer and market data value, according to EY’s 2022 Tech Horizon survey. Read more

22 Apr 2022 Jim Little +1

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

EY Microsoft Tech Directions Podcast Series

The EY Microsoft Tech Directions explores the technology challenges that impact IT executives today.

14 Jul 2021

How blockchain helped a gaming platform become a game changer

Microsoft Xbox and EY implemented a transparent blockchain network so game publishers, creators and asset owners can focus on the future.

20 Apr 2020 Deep Ghumman +2
    Contact Jim
    You are visiting EY mena (en)
    mena en