The Cost of Outdated Architectures: Understanding Technical Debt

In this episode, Ryan Peterson, WW Tech Leader, and Matthew Jorat, Customer Solutions Manager at AWS, explore the evolving landscape of technical debt and architectural modernization. They dig into how the concept of technical debt has expanded beyond code to include the entire IT ecosystem—spanning infrastructure, security, and resiliency—and highlight the importance of building effective Centers of Excellence (CCoE and AI/ML CoE). They also break down key modernization pathways, how AI is reshaping the journey, and why a “think big, start small, scale fast” approach helps organizations build momentum and drive meaningful impact.