Christos Ruci is an experienced business and technology executive serving as Limbach’s CIO, while also accountable for the functions typically assigned to a CTO and CISO. He leads strategic initiatives in cybersecurity, digital solutions, and data-driven services, transforming IT from support to a growth engine. As an Orbie- award-winning CIO and with over 20 years in IT, sales, and operations across industries, Christos drives innovation and operational excellence. As Chair of Florida CIO, he champions IT leadership and collaboration, fostering innovation and mentorship across the technology community. Through this article, Ruci emphasizes leveraging emerging technologies, robust cybersecurity measures, and data-driven strategies to optimize construction processes and drive industry innovation. My professional background spans internal IT operations, software development, and operational leadership within the industry, as well as experience with professional services focused o

Construction runs on precise coordination. From managing crews across multiple sites to sequencing equipment, materials and subcontractors, contractors routinely orchestrate thousands of moving parts to build everything from railways and bridges to skyscrapers and data centers. Yet the systems behind the scenes, especially HR and payroll, lag far behind, never built to handle the equally intricate demands of managing, developing and paying a construction workforce. This is the gap Miter was built to close. Rather than forcing contractors to choose between generic HR tools or legacy ERPs not suited to the realities of construction, Miter reimagines the entire workflow from the ground up. It’s a cloud-based platform designed specifically for the industry’s nuances, bringing time tracking, payroll, compliance, benefits and job costing into a single, connected system. Crews clock in with Miter’s app. Hours sync to payroll where pay rates are applied based on job, classification and other dimensions. Certified payroll reports are generated with a click. Onboarding paperwork, certifications and approvals are completed, stored and accessible from anywhere. For field and office teams, what once required toggling between three or more systems now flows through one. Integration with leading ERPs is central to Miter’s ability to give contractors clear, real-time visibility into job costs and profitability. Labor hours, pay rates and expenses flow directly into systems like Sage, NetSuite, Acumatica and QuickBooks, producing accurate, fully burdened job costs without manual entry. With cost codes, payroll and financial records updating instantly, decision-makers have the insights they need to control costs, protect margins and run more profitable projects. For contractors, this translates into both significant time savings and improved accuracy—no more duplicate, manual data entry, no more wrangling reports in Excel, no more manually keying in time and no more reconciling errors and discrepancies. The time saved and errors avoided mean smoother operations and more bandwidth for the team to focus on the work that truly matters. Were on a mission to empower the next generation of contractors to build with confidence. That begins with removing the friction from back-office operations -- streamlining payroll, compliance and HR so teams can focus on what they do best: building the future,” says Connor Watumull, co-founder and CEO. The impact is best captured in the words of Miter’s customers. “We were doing things the same way since my dad started the company in the ’90s. We used to have physical folders for every employee, onboarding paperwork, licenses and anything important. Now, those folders live in Miter, which has allowed us to really build out an HR department,” says Stephanie Gill Steele, VP of finance and HR at McCusker-Gill..