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South Florida Build Expo 2026

Broward County Convention Center - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Thomas Joyner

Thomas Joyner

Director of Coaching | Business Coach | Business on Purpose

Presenter bio

Thomas is the Director of Coaching at My Business on Purpose. He has been in organizational leadership for the past 15 years with the past 3 of those fully focused on small business coaching. He has a degree in Marketing from Clemson University and wakes up every morning excited to liberate business owners from chaos. His most recent expertise and focus have been centered on helping family-owned businesses build the necessary systems and processes to create a succession plan for their kids.

Thomas is a regular contributor to the Business on Purpose Podcast, where he shares real-life stories of transformation and encourages all listeners to work ON their business, not just IN. His client success stories span a wide variety of industries, but his niche is the contractor and trade spaces.

When not liberating business owners from chaos, he can be found wrestling his 3 kids or navigating the open ocean on a boat or surfboard.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Keynote AI

LIVE AI EXAMPLES: How Contractor Owners Use AI to Run More Jobs Without Touching Every Single One

The most expensive person on most contracting job sites is the owner — and they don't even know it. When the owner is the only one who knows how to make decisions, approve scopes, answer client questions, and solve field problems, the business has a ceiling it can never break through. In this keynote, you'll see live AI examples of how contractor owners across the country are removing themselves as the bottleneck — without losing control, without losing quality, and without adding headcount. This is not theory. You will watch it work.
 Learning Objectives:
 
 

1.     Identify the exact operational chokepoints where owner dependency is silently capping growth — and learn why adding employees without removing yourself as the bottleneck only accelerates chaos.

2.     See live AI examples of how contractor owners are documenting, delegating, and deploying their own decision-making standards into AI systems — so the business runs on their thinking, not their presence.

3.     Leave with a clear first step for building an AI-powered operating layer inside your own contracting business — starting with the one system that is costing you the most time every single week.

Target audience: Homebuilders, Remodelers, Contractors

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