OutSystems CEO Woodson Martin - “AI needs governance, not froth”

Global One Conference, the annual event of low-code stalwarts OutSystems, begins with customer stories and then, as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Woodson Martin takes the stage, he continues to not only talk about customers, but also leaves the stage to let the customers do the talking. Martin says of this course:

I'm trying to position OutSystems as a company that is not frothy, but a company about customer success with the latest technology that is measurable, governable, and fits right into your architecture.

There are, of course, new technology announcements at the Lisbon, Portugal, event, changes to licensing, and the word ‘excited’ gets used a great deal. This being 2025, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and agentic are the dominant themes of presentations, discussions, and announcements, but to use Martin's vernacular, it is less frothy and rooted in the concerns that our digital leadership community - the diginomica network - shares ...