Topic: AI in GovCon Finance: A Framework for Senior Finance Leaders

Speaker: Regan Riddoch, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Deltek GovCon Solutions

Presentation:

AI adoption among government contractors is now nearly universal, but most finance organizations are still running ahead of their governance. For senior finance leaders in aerospace and defense, that gap is not a technology problem. It is a leadership decision that has not yet been made.

This session moves past the question of whether AI is worth it. The data is settled. The real question is how to build AI into a GovCon finance function in a way that accelerates performance without creating audit exposure, and how to evaluate your organization's readiness honestly before the next DCAA review does it for you.

You will learn:

• A three-layer framework for evaluating where AI creates durable value in GovCon finance: automation, intelligence, and governed compliance
• Why AI's biggest near-term impact in government contracting is compliance and audit readiness rather than forecasting, and what that means for how you deploy it
• A three-question governance maturity test you can apply to your current AI environment today
• Three diagnostic questions to take back to your team that will give you faster signal than any vendor demo

Please bring your questions, and the hard ones are welcome. This session is designed for finance leaders who are past the hype and ready to make decisions.

Speaker's Bio:

As Sr. Director of Product Marketing for Deltek GovCon Solutions, Regan Riddoch leads the team responsible for bringing Deltek's government contracting portfolio to market. With 20 years of B2C and B2B marketing experience, Regan has built her career on translating complex, high-stakes concepts into clear outcomes that resonate. That skill set maps directly onto what GovCon finance leaders need right now: a way to cut through the AI noise and understand what actually matters for their business. She draws on Deltek's annual Clarity research, the industry's most comprehensive GovCon benchmarking study, to ground every conversation in data finance leaders can act on.