Matt Healy — Pega
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[A client] tried this about a couple years ago, and we had SIs come in and give us quotes. And they came in and they were like, ‘Hey, this is going to cost you $25 million and the project is going to take seven years.’ And this was pre-AI. And now with the AI-driven approaches, he was able to get from COBOL to a working application in the cloud for their disability claims in 90 days.
What does Matt Healy say on The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström?
Matt Healy, Pega, says: In this interview, Matt Healy of Pega explains how decades of technical debt and siloed legacy systems are blocking organizations from realizing AI-driven personalization and automation. Healy links trapped data and poor workplace software to lost productivity and talent attrition, and argues that AI now makes modernization faster and more economically feasible—turning long-deferred rip-and-replace projects into achievable initiatives that unlock business and employee value.
From: The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström
Cite as: Matt Healy. (2026). On The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström. Retrieved from https://research.agilebrandguide.com/insights/matt-healy-a-client-tried-this-about-a-couple-years-ago-and-we-had-s