Larry Gioia

Director, Digital Transformation and Innovation Center and Innovation Hub R&D Leader, PwC

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Bio

Larry is an experienced Director in PwC’s Product & Technology practice and advises executives, across all industries, on the strategic use of technology, business model innovation, product strategy, and the future of work. Larry currently serves as PwC’s Director of the engagement with the Digital Transformation and Innovation Center as well as the overall PwC technology R&D practice leader within the firm's Innovation Hub.

In these capacities, Larry and his team are responsible for evolving the vision and business impact of our strategic innovation investments, defining and executing our market-backed technology research agenda, and informing our market-facing point of views on what’s next in tech.

Before moving into the PwC’s product organization, Larry spent the last 15 years of his consulting career in a multitude of delivery, digital product management, and go-to-market leadership roles. Primary to which is a strategic thinking partner and advisor in the pharma life science domain – advising and leading Chief Innovation, Information and Digital Officers through their own human-led and tech-powered digital and business transformations. Prior to PwC, Larry held numerous executive and founder roles as a technology entrepreneur, executive coach, and strategic business advisor. Larry is also the Founder of Pittsburgh-based Dynamic Paddlers – a concierge kayaking school for people with disabilities.

Larry is no stranger to the Carnegie Mellon community. Since graduating from the Heinz College, Larry has served as a leader of PwC’s campus recruiting efforts, served as an advisor/sponsor of 10+ Heinz College student-led research projects, and has been  a regular guest lecturer at CMU on the topics of leadership, technology strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Larry received his Bachelors of Science in Management Information Systems from Gannon University (Erie, PA) and his Masters of Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA).

He and his wife Maria have two children and live in Pittsburgh, PA.