Tech Talks

Ernest & Young Panel Discussion

Date: September 10, 2025  Time: 6:30–7:30 PM ET

Location: BU Spark!, Floor 2, Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences

Join us for an insightful moderated interactive discussion hosted by Boston University's Spark! and Faculty of Computing and Data Science, featuring a panel of technology consulting professionals from Ernst & Young (EY) . This event will delve into the rapidly evolving landscape of technology and its profound impact on business models, strategies, and operations.

The discussion aims to achieve the following objectives:

• Examine emerging technologies such as data analytics, generative and agentic AI, machine learning, and blockchain, highlighting their potential to reshape industries.
• Discuss real-world examples of technological disruptions, including how businesses adapt to challenges like automation, data privacy regulations, sustainable innovation, and global supply chain resiliency.
• Foster interactive dialogue among panelists, faculty, and students to explore opportunities and risks for future tech leaders.
• Provide CDS students with actionable insights to prepare for careers at the intersection of technology and business; learn what skillsets are in greatest demand in the marketplace.

Meet the Panel

Eric Maxwell is a Managing Director in the Technology Consulting practice of EY. He has over 25 years of SAP consulting experience in complex program and project management and execution, with a focus on finance transformation for global technology companies. Mr. Maxwell's expertise includes program planning and delivery excellence, enterprise finance business operations, and risk-based testing, and he is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Engineering.

Tomislav Marcinko has over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, working with global OEMs, communication service providers, and consulting firms in the US and Latin America. He has a deep understanding of wireless and wireline technologies, communication products and services, network operations, and business strategy and planning. Before joining EY, Tomislav worked in the 5G network modeling and business case development to enable emerging services like fixed wireless access, cloud gaming, network service APIs, and slicing orchestration in the strategy group of a leading OEM vendor of 5G products and solutions. Mr. Marcinko received his MBA and MIS degrees from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.

Aradhna Mangla is a Senior Manager in EY’s Wealth and Asset Management Consulting practice. She leads Data and Analytics solutions for sustainable finance (ESG), market data strategy, regulatory reporting (wealth and asset managers), and applications to solve existing and new business challenges. She currently leads a team of technical and functional analysts to develop EY’s ESG Arena Product for US-based wealth and asset management clients. This tool enables organizations to aggregate and harmonize their ESG data, report on sustainability disclosures (e.g., SFDR, TCFD), perform sustainability modeling, and portfolio management powered by advanced analytics techniques such as NLP, text analytics, and graph technologies. She is also authoring a white paper that highlights the gaps in scoring methodology, level of greenwashing, and the gaps in reporting requirements in the sustainable finance landscape pertinent to financial services clients in the US & Europe.

Ms. Mangla has been engaging senior management and board-level stakeholders in initiatives that enhance the effectiveness, reliability, management, and sustainability of their data strategy – helping them transform data from a cost center into a competitive advantage. Her prior experience includes working with data providers (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, S&P), vendor technology (Charles River, InvestCloud platforms), and Data Management/Reporting tools (Collibra, Informatica, Alteryx, PowerBI, etc.). She received her Master's in Economics degree from Boston University.