102. Quoting the Future: AI, CPQ, and the PS Profit Revolution

Join Thomas Lah, Executive Director and Executive Vice President of TSIA, and Steve De Marco, CEO of Provus, for a comprehensive look at the future of professional services quoting. In this episode of TECHtonic, Lah and De Marco explore how AI-powered Configure Price Quote (CPQ) tools are transforming outdated, spreadsheet-heavy quoting processes into streamlined, data-driven engines of growth.

From speed and margin clarity to machine learning-driven accuracy, this conversation unpacks the challenges of project-based professional services models and the breakthroughs that AI and guided quoting are enabling today. Whether you're still quoting in Excel, or striving for outcome-based pricing and recurring revenue models, this episode reveals why modern CPQ is no longer optional—it's essential.