The Content Management System Landscape with Matt Garrepy

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What is the state of content management systems today? Richard chats with Matthew Garrepy of CMS Critic about his views on how the CMS market continues to evolve. Matt digs into the build-vs-buy conversation that has been going on since the web first emerged - now made more complex with the power of the large language model to generate code. The evolution toward headless CMS brings up the idea of the explosion of different places that a CMS needs to touch now - not just web pages. The landscape for CMS is only getting more complex, and the tooling reflects that!

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Recorded July 6, 2026

Matt Garrepy is an award-winning digital leader with a passion for technology and storytelling. He is currently the Chief Digital Officer at Solodev, a cloud services company, where he manages the AWS Advanced Technology Partnership around Solodev's CMS, serverless, AI, and IoT offerings. He is also Chief Critic at CMSCritic.com, sharing decades of experience with content management systems and digital transformation projects. A Silicon Valley veteran, Matt has worked with early-stage startups moving through VC and funding, as well as Fortune 500 brands, including IBM, Microsoft, and Verizon. A passionate speaker about all things digital, Matt has presented at numerous events, including PB Expo, Synapse, and the Boye Digital Leadership Conference in New York. When he's not writing, running, or playing guitar, he serves on the board at Full Sail University, the Special Olympics USA Games Innovation Council, the AWS Marketplace Advisory Board, and the MACH Alliance Executive Advisory Board.

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