Sarah (Payne) Ferguson is an accomplished marketing and communications professional with extensive experience in global leadership roles. Currently serving as the Global Alliance Marketing Leader at EY, Sarah previously held significant positions such as Global Head of Marketing & Communications for Ecosystem Partners at Tata Consultancy Services and Global Marketing & Communications Lead for the Accenture Salesforce Business Group. Additional roles at Accenture included Marketing & Communications Lead for North America Technology and Marketing & Communications Leader for Oracle Global Alliance within the Technology Growth Platform. Earlier career highlights include serving as a Public Relations Representative at Idea Integration and as a Media Relations Consultant at Shell Oil Company. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Journalism in Print Media from The University of Texas at Austin, where studies took place from August 1991 to December 1995.