Webinar
From AI pilots to enterprise value: A strategic framework for project-based organizations
The pressure to do more with less has never been higher for government contractors. According to the Deltek 2025 GovCon Clarity Report, finance teams are increasingly turning to technology to address rising costs and tightening margins — yet nearly half still rely on spreadsheets and manual processes. AI adoption is accelerating, but the gap between early experimentation and measurable enterprise value remains wide. This session is designed to close that gap.
In partnership with Deltek, this webinar explores how project-based organizations —particularly government contractors — can move beyond AI pilots to deliver measurable enterprise value. While many organizations have begun developing AI-enabled workflows around specific pain points, the next challenge is aligning those efforts to broader business outcomes.
Rather than focusing on tools, we outline a practical, system-level approach to applying AI and intelligent automation across core workflows. This includes areas such as contract and project intake, financial close and revenue recognition, expense quality and AI-driven metadata tagging — areas where nearly half of GovCon finance teams are still operating on spreadsheets and manual processes, leaving significant efficiency and margin on the table.
We will also introduce emerging “Sentinel” concepts, where AI acts as a first-line reviewer to prevent errors, enforce policy and improve data quality at the point of transaction — reducing downstream rework and audit risk.
In addition, we will address how to design and govern these solutions in a way that supports regulatory and contractual compliance (including data handling, access controls, auditability and model risk considerations), so organizations can scale AI responsibly without introducing new operational or compliance risk.
The Deltek Clarity Report confirms that cash flow, profitability and cost reduction are now the top financial priorities across the industry — making the practical frameworks covered in this session more urgent than ever. Attendees will leave with a clear framework for decomposing business processes, applying the right mix of AI and automation (including RPA) and scaling solutions within platforms like Deltek Costpoint to directly address the cost, cash flow and margin pressures your organization is facing today — while embedding appropriate controls to support compliance and defensible reporting.
Tara Cannon, Product Marketing Manager, Deltek
Tara Cannon is a Product Marketing Manager at Deltek for the Costpoint product suite, designed specifically for Government Contractors. She brings her 18 years of experience working for both small and large firms in the Aerospace and Defense Industry to Deltek’s Product Strategy organization. Tara works to further Costpoint’s mission of helping businesses navigate and succeed in the complex compliance landscape that is Government Contracting.
David Hickey, Principal
David is a principal with Baker Tilly’s digital solutions practice. He leads innovative solutions in intelligent automation within the firm’s robotic process automation (RPA) practice. David is dedicated to helping businesses harness the full potential of their workforce by shifting them from repetitive tasks to value-driven roles, enabling higher productivity and sustainable growth.
Noah Leiden, Principal
Noah Leiden is a principal with Baker Tilly’s government contractor advisory services practice. He has been with Baker Tilly since 2010. Noah has worked in government contracting consulting since 1991 serving healthcare, professional services, information and communications, manufacturing, engineering, higher education, and not-for-profit organizations. Noah has extensive experience providing a range of government contract accounting, pricing, business systems and internal controls oversight, and regulatory and contract compliance to his clients. Noah has supported the Department of Defense (DOD) as an auditor for the Defense Contract Audit Agency, and contractors operating within the DOD, Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services environment.
Eric McCamey, Director
Eric McCamey is a director with Baker Tilly’s IT consulting digital GovCon technology practice. He is a versatile and forward-thinking consulting leader with over 25 years of experience, specializing in ERP consolidation strategy, value optimization and Generative AI applications across diverse sectors, including aerospace & defense, power, utilities, renewable energy and life sciences.
- Define enterprise value in the context of AI, including revenue growth, margin improvement and enhanced asset utilization, with a focus on measurable business outcomes. Industry data shows that top-performing GovCon finance organizations are already using AI to handle audits more systematically and spending significantly less time on audit preparation than their peers — demonstrating that this value is achievable, not theoretical.
- Identify high-impact workflows — such as contract and project intake, financial close and revenue recognition, expense quality and AI-driven metadata tagging —where AI and intelligent automation can drive operational improvements.
- Understand how to combine AI with traditional automation (RPA) to create scalable, cost-effective solutions that accelerate execution and improve cash flow.
- Explore preventive AI patterns, including “Sentinel” first-line review concepts, to improve data quality, prevent errors and reduce downstream risk at the point of transaction.
- Develop a practical approach to designing, governing and scaling AI solutions within ERP environments like Deltek Costpoint, while embedding appropriate controls to support regulatory and contractual compliance, auditability and defensible reporting. This is increasingly urgent: AI governance has emerged as a brand-new top challenge for GovCon IT and finance leaders in 2025, signaling that organizations are already feeling the pressure to govern AI deployment responsibly before it scales.