John Ward

With over 25 years of experience in software delivery, John heads the Health Technology team in Ireland. Focused on the cutting edge of innovative software architecture and development, he held several roles leading technology architecture change (from strategy to delivery) in very large and complex programmes in the Financial Services, Government and Commercial sectors. John’s predominant industry is Public Sector, in which he has led a number of technology transformation projects across various public sector departments. 

John’s expertise is in the application of latest technology to deliver business transformation, through Emerging Technology, Data, AI, Robotics, Digital Channels, Systems Integration, Messaging, and Cloud Services.

Prior to joining EY, he served as Chief Architect for a leading multinational investment bank where he worked with global and regional technology, business and operations stakeholders, helping with implementations in line with enterprise architecture standards and practices.

He holds a postgraduate diploma in New Business Development from Dublin Institute of Technology, and a BSc in Computing Science from Griffith College Dublin.

How John is building a better working world

“My driving purpose is to bring the power of technology to the betterment of my clients and society as a whole by conceiving, developing and refining new technology solutions to critical challenges. In every project I strive to create an open and inclusive environment, remain agile and drive innovation with curiosity, always listen and remain open to new ideas and perspectives from all stakeholders and, most of all, I seek to be a role model for others, exhibiting the kind of behaviours that I learned from my role models in the past. In addition to my corporate responsibilities I am an active volunteer for two non-profits, managing their technology environments and helping them bring the power of technology to deliver on their societal mission.”