February 17, 2026

ATI Restoration Appoints Brandon Donatelli as Chief Revenue Officer

ATI Restoration, one of the nation’s largest and most diversified property restoration companies, today announced the appointment of Brandon Donatelli as Chief Revenue Officer. Donatelli brings more than 20 years of leadership experience to the role, with a proven track record of building revenue platforms across the restoration, insurance, and technology industries. In his new executive role, Donatelli will oversee ATI Restoration’s enterprise revenue strategy and lead sales functions across residential, commercial, carrier, and national accounts. His appointment comes as the company continues to scale its operations and enhance its service offerings for customers

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FP Restoration Announces Melia Cunningham as Commercial T&M Manager to Strengthen Large-Loss Strategy

FP Restoration is proud to announce the addition of Melia Cunningham as Commercial T&M Manager. Melia brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in operations, Time & Materials billing, and large-loss project governance. Her career spans nearly two decades supporting North American catastrophe response efforts, where she successfully managed billing and documentation for complex, multi-million-dollar hurricane, flood, tornado, industrial, mining, and polar vortex losses across the United States and Canada. Throughout her career, Melia has built a reputation for bringing clarity and control to high-stakes environments. Her expertise includes contractual compliance, invoice packaging,

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Color by Numbers: Seeing the Future Before It Happens

In the restoration industry, leaders make hundreds of decisions every week, often quickly, under pressure, and with real impacts for their teams, customers, and cash flow. We’d like to offer a moment to step back, look at the bigger picture, think differently about where your company is today, and where it could be tomorrow, because every restoration leader carries two pictures in their mind. The first is today; full schedules, tight margins, constant decisions, and the steady push to keep everything moving forward. The second is the future, process oriented teams, stronger cash flow,

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AI in Restoration: Where It Helps, Where It Breaks, and Why That Matters

AI has started showing up everywhere in restoration. Not just in marketing talk, but inside CRMs, reporting tools, intake systems, and internal workflows. Some of it is genuinely useful. While others are creating confusion because everything now gets labeled as “AI,” even when the tools behave very differently. That matters because the restoration industry is not forgiving when things go wrong. Small documentation mistakes turn into claim delays. Vague notes turn into adjuster pushback. Poor communication turns into callbacks, complaints, or lost referrals. AI can help in this industry. But only when it is

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2026 State of the Industry Survey

Learn more about how you can be a part of the restoration industry’s biggest survey! From preferred vendors to team tenure, wage, and outsourcing, start 2026 by providing a comprehensive look into the health of the restoration industry. The strongest insights come from those who show up. 👉 Take the 2026 State of the Industry Survey now 👉 Be counted. Be informed. Be ahead. The industry is moving. Make sure your voice moves with it. The survey CLOSES February 20! https://www.stateofrestoration.com/

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From Automation to Intelligence | RestorAI

AI isn’t just for writing emails anymore. In this episode recorded at INTRConnect, we break down where AI is headed in 2026 — from consolidation among major players like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, to what restoration contractors should actually be implementing right now. Think dashboards, automations, and real operational efficiency.

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