Tricia Barker

If your team still copies numbers from a portal into a spreadsheet, then into your accounting system, you already know the cost of time wasted. Every manual handoff burns time, invites typos, and delays the answer to a simple question: How profitable is this job, right now? Connecting your builder portal and accounting tools skips that shuffle entirely. Data moves once, automatically, from the job site to the ledger. That single change reshapes how a business operates day to day.

Our Connect conference brings together ECI customers across building and construction, hardware, field service, distribution, and manufacturing. They receive hands-on product training, industry best practices, direct access to ECI experts, and cross-industry networking. It's a relaxed networking event immediately after the Opening General Session, where you can meet sponsors, product teams, and other attendees.

Summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping how businesses operate, but misconceptions continue to slow adoption among small and medium sized businesses. Many owners believe AI is too expensive, too technical, or only useful for large corporations. In reality, AI is already built into many of the tools SMBs rely on every day. It is affordable, practical, and designed to make operations simpler, not harder.