Event Moment: Cecilia Flombaum and John Scandar on AI-Driven Implementation at Scale

In this fireside chat, Cecilia Flombaum, Ecosystem Lead, Business and Industry Solutions at Microsoft, and John Scandar, SVP at Alithya, discussed how AI is reshaping enterprise implementation after the point of sale.

Key Takeaways

Implementation Is the New Bottleneck in Enterprise Sales: After the deal is closed, organizations often struggle with long, complex, and costly implementations. AI is now being applied to reduce friction in this critical phase of transformation.

Industry Templates Accelerate Delivery: Using frameworks like Microsoft’s Success by Design and FastTrack methodologies, organizations are building industry-specific “AI Industry Express” models that standardize best-practice implementations across sectors such as food, chemicals, and regulated industries.

AI Enables Scalable, Repeatable Implementation Workflows: By combining industry templates with AI-driven tooling across DevOps, workshops, and project management, teams can reduce implementation complexity while improving consistency, speed, and overall delivery quality.

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