- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) recently announced that Zilker Technology (Zilker) has joined the EY organization. These are the details.
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) recently announced that Zilker Technology (Zilker) has joined the EY organization, thus helping elevate its global e-commerce, digital, and cloud capabilities. And as businesses continue to tackle large-scale transformation initiatives, this acquisition offers EY clients the unique ability to build engaging, technology-enabled marketing solutions focused on data-driven, personalized customer experiences.
Zilker is essentially a digital consultancy and systems integrator focused on creating lasting and valuable customer experiences with deep sector experience in consumer products, health care, financial services, energy, and utilities. Based in Austin, TX, Zilker’s 360 employees in the US, Canada, Serbia, and India will join the Digital and Emerging Technologies group.
This acquisition will also serve to enhance how EY teams deliver services through the EY alliance ecosystem. And Zilker had developed its own strategic relationships with existing EY alliance organizations, including Adobe, IBM, and Dell Boomi. With these important alliance relationships, EY is able to merge technologies and insights to help clients digitally transform to be more agile and innovative.
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“Businesses have rapidly switched to an online paradigm where customers expect digitally connected solutions that strengthen their e-commerce experience. We’re incredibly excited to welcome Zilker to the EY family as they squarely align with our growth strategy and complement our digital and technology transformation capabilities.”
— Kelly Grier, EY US Chair and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner
“The addition of Zilker will strengthen how EY delivers end-to-end transformation for our clients, from strategy and design to technology implementation. Zilker’s global delivery approach and customer-centric culture also strongly match with our core values of exceptional client service and high-performance teaming.”
— Steve Payne, EY Americas Vice Chair – Consulting
“Our mission has always been to be a catalyst for growth, aiming to drive material business impact for our clients. Joining the EY organization further enables us to live out this goal and create long-term value for leading organizations across the world.”
— Rob Thomas, Managing Partner and CEO of Zilker Technology
“The rapid growth of the EY-Adobe Alliance is a testament to the EY focus on driving business value and building integrated, intuitive and engaging customer experiences. Bringing the EY network and Zilker Technology together will accelerate the goals Adobe shares with both organizations, which are focused on helping businesses drive growth through strategic design, infrastructure, technology and implementation.”
— Amit Ahuja, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy at Adobe
“We are excited to see EY and Zilker coming together. The EY-IBM Alliance is expanding rapidly, and we believe the addition of Zilker will help our clients receive greater business value and innovation as they tackle complex challenges with the help of Hybrid Cloud and AI.”
— Greg Sarafin, EY Global Alliance and Ecosystem Leader
