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Derrick Pledger
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Sep 3, 2026
Maximus CDIO Derrick Pledger on Putting Business Value Before AI
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Peter HighHOST
I'd be interested to understand how you built out that ecosystem and how you've thought about the leveraging venture backed startups in a, in a environment like yours, uh, uh, to, to, to your own advantage.
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26:43Derrick PledgerGUEST
I think we all recognize if you if you look at some of the executive orders that are coming out and how acquisition across the government is changing.
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26:52Derrick PledgerGUEST
It has evolved like a lot of contracts for the past decade or so where time and material or they were cost plus fixed fee, meaning you would charge money.
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27:02Derrick PledgerGUEST
The government, they would pay you for all the costs that you essentially have for a contract, and then they'll give you a fixed fee on top of the contract.
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