Icons of Industry Recognizes Mark Voytek as a Business Transformation Icon 2026

NEW YORK, NY — Icons of Industry today announced that Mark Voytek, Founding Partner of Next Stage Trajectory and Founder of Voytechnology Partners, has been recognized as a Business Transformation Icon 2026 for his leadership in tech-enabled business transformation across enterprise operations and emerging companies, and for his work developing the next generation of business leaders for an AI-enabled world.

Over more than three decades, Voytek has helped companies change how work gets done through several generations of business transformation: global sourcing, outsourcing, shared services, Global Business Services, automation, SaaS, technology-enabled operating models, and now artificial intelligence and Agentic AI. As a Partner at EY, he led the Outsourcing and Automation Advisory practice within the Global Business Services leadership team and spent two years with EY Global in London and New York helping transform the firm’s own procurement, finance, and IT operations. He later moved from advising technology companies to operating inside them, including serving as Chief Customer Officer at Sirion.

The recognition comes as enterprises struggle to turn AI adoption into business results. McKinsey’s 2026 State of AI survey found that 80 percent of respondents say AI has improved their own productivity, yet only 37 percent report any impact on enterprise EBIT. Closing that gap, Voytek argues, depends less on the technology itself than on changing the process, the operating model, and the way people work, and then capturing the value.

As part of this recognition, Voytek is featured in an exclusive Icons of Industry Leadership Conversation, “From Global Transformation to the AI-Enabled Enterprise,” where he shares his perspective on enterprise AI, operating models, emerging companies, and the next generation of leaders.

In the feature, Voytek explains why productivity that is not captured is not value, and why Global Business Services is a natural home for enterprise AI. He discusses what Fortune 500 companies and founders misunderstand about each other, why the journey from $1 million to $10 million in recurring revenue is where a good idea must become a real company, and what remains hard to copy when AI makes building technology faster and cheaper. He also introduces Career Intelligence, the idea behind his book Inverting the Pyramid and his PyramidPulse platform, and addresses how companies and universities can develop future leaders as AI reshapes early-career work.

Voytek will also be featured in the upcoming Icons of Industry Times Square Showcase in New York City, celebrating leaders whose vision and contributions continue to shape the future of their industries.

About Mark Voytek: Mark Voytek is Founding Partner of Next Stage Trajectory, Founder of Voytechnology Partners, author of Inverting the Pyramid, and creator of PyramidPulse. A former Partner at EY, where he led the Outsourcing and Automation Advisory practice within the Global Business Services leadership team, and former Chief Customer Officer at Sirion, he brings a 360-degree view of tech-enabled business transformation: he has built it, sold it, advised on it, and now teaches others how to execute it at scale. He also works with universities, business school programs, and advisory councils focused on AI, professional selling, leadership, career development, and the future of work.

About Voytechnology Partners: Voytechnology Partners is a tech-enabled advisory firm that advises large enterprises and emerging companies on business and technology transformation across the back, middle, and front office, putting AI to work across its engagements.

About Next Stage Trajectory: Next Stage Trajectory works with founders on the journey from approximately $1 million to $10 million in recurring revenue, helping companies build repeatable go-to-market models, leadership, metrics, partnerships, and capital readiness.

About Icons of Industry: Icons of Industry is an editorial recognition platform dedicated to celebrating leaders whose vision, leadership, and lasting contributions are shaping the future of major industries. Through executive profiles, in-depth leadership conversations, original editorial features, and global recognition experiences, Icons of Industry documents the people and ideas driving meaningful change across healthcare, technology, retail, financial services, manufacturing, and other sectors.

Media Contact: Ushna K, Editorial Director, Icons of Industry — info@iconsofindustry.com — www.IconsOfIndustry.com

“Every company is talking about AI, but very few leaders have lived through as many waves of transformation as Mark Voytek. He understands that technology by itself is not transformation, and that the real work is redesigning how work gets done and capturing the value. Just as importantly, he is investing in the people who will lead that work next. That combination makes him a deserving AI-Enabled Transformation Icon.” — Sunil Kumar, Editor, Icons of Industry