AI · 2025
AI-Assisted Modernization
Turning COBOL into a shared delivery plan.
Modus21 / KPMG partner
Proxy Product Owner / Senior Associate

Overview
A legacy logistics and sales platform supporting international partners needed to modernize decades of COBOL logic into a clear, scalable system. The environment was complex, multi-team, and burdened by slow, manual analysis. My role was to design AI-assisted workflows that clarified requirements, accelerated delivery, and brought teams into alignment, ultimately transforming ambiguity into structure and momentum.
My contribution
As Proxy Product Owner and analyst on the joint Modus21/KPMG team, I designed AI-assisted workflows that translated COBOL into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and pseudocode. I coordinated product, architecture, engineering, and security within a SAFe delivery environment.
- Developed AI-supported workflows translating COBOL logic into structured requirements, user stories, and pseudo-code
- Increased refinement and delivery throughput by ~30×
- Aligned product, engineering, architecture, security, and partner teams in a SAFe environment
- Brought clarity, predictability, and calm to a high-stakes modernization effort
Outcomes
~30× delivery throughput improvement
Results reported in my original project account. These describe the project’s outcomes, not attribution to one person alone.
Technology & methods
AI/ML · SAFe · Appian · Java · COBOL