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10 Pega experts
These ten professionals serve as Pega architects and leads inside banks, insurers and health companies, under titles such as Pega Lead System Architect. A reader can learn from them how Pega applications are designed, built and maintained day to day from the customer side rather than the vendor side.
Professionals to explore
01—10Balamurugan Balakrishnan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Pega Lead System Architect · ING Australia
Senior Pega Lead System Architect at ING Australia since August 2025. Other roles shown include Senior Pega Lead System Architect (CLSA,LDA) at Laing O'Rourke (2023–2024) and a contract Pega Lead System Architect role at Endeavour Energy (NSW) in 2025. The profile describes the person as a Lead System Architect (CLSA).
Karl Palconit
LinkedInExperience: Pega Lead System Architect · State Farm
Pega Lead System Architect at State Farm since March 2020. Other roles shown include Pega Lead System Architect at the State of California Franchise Tax Board (2019–2020), Pega System Architect at Scotiabank (2016–2019) and IT Solutions Developer (Pega) at TD (2014–2016). The headline also lists Pega RPA, RDA and Robot Manager alongside Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate.
Louis Mechery
LinkedInExperience: Sr Pega Lead System Architect · The Hartford
Sr Pega Lead System Architect at The Hartford since March 2014. Other roles shown include Lead System Architect at Pegasystems (2012–2014) and System Integrator at PNC (2006–2009), and the headline lists the CLSA credential.
Prasad Gundala
LinkedInExperience: Lead Pega Architect · AIG
Lead Pega Architect at AIG since October 2025, and Lead Pega Architect at JPMorganChase from 2023 to 2025. Other roles shown include Pega Senior System Architect at AIG (2022) and at Rabobank Wholesale & Rural (2019–2022), and the headline lists CLSA-1.
Pratap Gujju
LinkedInExperience: Pega Lead System Architect · Wells Fargo
Pega Lead System Architect at Wells Fargo since April 2026. The profile also lists PEGA Lead System Architect at Bank of America (2023–2025) and Pega Lead System Architect at Verizon in two stints. It describes the person as a Pega Certified Lead System Architect with 16+ years specializing in the Pega Platform, and the headline names CDH and Next-Best-Action (NBA) and enterprise case management.
Rochwyn Rodrigues
LinkedInExperience: PEGA Lead System Architect · Elevance Health
PEGA Lead System Architect at Elevance Health since October 2025. The profile shows the same title at Canadian Tire Financial Services (2018–2020), Maantic Inc (2020–2025) and Capgemini (2025). Its headline lists Constellation, DX API and integration architecture, and the summary cites 20+ years of modernization work across banking, insurance, healthcare and manufacturing.
Silpi Bapana
LinkedInExperience: Pega Lead System Architect · Lloyds Banking Group
Pega Lead System Architect at Lloyds Banking Group since March 2024. The profile shows the same title at Atos (2021–2024), Virgin Money (2019–2021) and ING (2018), and describes implementing Pega solutions that follow best practice design patterns and guardrails across domains including banking and finance, healthcare and insurance.
Srikanth Gaddamanugu
LinkedInExperience: Pega Lead System Architect · ANZ
Pega Lead System Architect at ANZ since August 2022. The profile also lists Pega Engineer at ANZ (2019–2021) and Senior Consultant in Pega at Capgemini Invent (2016–2017), and the headline lists LSA 8.6 alongside several other Pega certifications.
Veera Gadam
LinkedInExperience: Pega solutions Architect · Navy Federal Credit Union
Pega solutions Architect at Navy Federal Credit Union since January 2020. Other roles shown include Pega Lead Architect at Verizon (2019–2020) and Pega Solutions Architect at The World Bank Group (2015–2016). The headline describes the person as a Pega Certified Lead System Architect and decisioning/marketing consultant.
Yogesh Yadav
LinkedInExperience: Technology Leader (Pega CLSA) · Humana
Technology Leader (Pega CLSA) at Humana since July 2011, with a Lead Technology Leadership Professional role at Humana also listed since March 2019. The profile lists the Certified Lead System Architect credential, experience in healthcare, banking and insurance claims and underwriting, and proficiency in end-to-end Pega implementation, enterprise architectural design and application setup.
Choose the right perspective
For architecture questions such as class structure, guardrails, upgrades or reuse across applications, start with the lead system architects who have held that title at several organizations. For decisioning or customer engagement work, favor the people whose profiles name decisioning, and weigh how recently each person held a Pega role at a company like yours.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you structure your Pega applications and enterprise class layers so teams could reuse work without stepping on each other?
- 02Which guardrails, review steps and upgrade practices kept your Pega applications maintainable over time?
- 03Where did Pega fit well in your organization, and where did you choose other tools instead?
Reaching Pega experts
How can I contact one of these Pega experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including ING Australia, State Farm and The Hartford, based on profile data retrieved on October 3, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach Pega experts?
You choose the offer, starting at $5 per person. It includes Instant Expert's 20% fee, so an offer that pays the person $100 costs you $125. You're charged only when the person books the call or sends the answer.
What if they don't reply?
You pay nothing. Instant Expert sends follow-up reminders, and if the person hasn't booked or answered within 7 days, the request expires and any hold on your card is released. You can invite several of the 10 people on this list at once and cap your total spend, so you pay only for the ones who accept.
About this directory
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