The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) is proud to recognize the outstanding individuals and organizations driving innovation and progress in real estate data standards. Announced at the 2025 RESO Spring Conference in Tucson, Arizona, this year’s RESO Leading Edge Award and Contributor Award winners have demonstrated remarkable dedication to shaping the future of real estate technology and education.
The Leading Edge Award recognizes organizations that champion RESO’s standards, international efforts and educational initiatives, including organizational integration of the Working with Real Estate Data – Business (RED-B) course. With nearly 1,400 students and more than 1,000 completed designations, the course continues to empower professionals in brokerage, technology and MLS roles with essential data knowledge.
RESO Contributor Awards honor individuals who have made a significant impact within RESO workgroups, pushing forward action items that enhance industry-wide interoperability and efficiency.
Leading Edge Award: For Industry Leadership in Supporting Standards
- Cotality (formerly CoreLogic)
- Pikes Peak REALTOR® Services
Leading Edge Award: International
- Advanced Real Estate Services (ADRES)
- NAR Global
Leading Edge Award: For Leadership in Promoting Industry Education: RED-B
- Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS)
- Doorify MLS
- Homes.com
- Realtor.com
- Zillow
Leading RESO Contributor Awards: Outstanding Contributions in a Workgroup
- Data Dictionary: Josh Tayloe, Rental Beast
- Internet Tracking: Eric Stegemann, Solid Earth
- Interoperability: Angie Baker, MIBOR Broker Listing Cooperative®
- Research & Development: Bill Gaul, BuildersUpdate
- UPI: Hayden Mortimer, Placekey
- Transport: Al McElmon, Cotality; Geoff Rispin, Templates 4 Business; Cody Gustafson, FBS; and the Cotality Team
First row, left to right: Jack Finn, John Sheahan, Laura Hudson and Michael Hayes (Homes.com); Matthew Nagy, Bonnie Cupps and Christopher Gonzales (Doorify MLS); and Markus Mathieson, Ivaan Nazaroff, Donna Gould, Jodi Carroll and Dean Langford (Cotality). Second row, left to right: Angie Baker (MIBOR), Geoff Rispin (Templates 4 Business), Sean Murphy (ARMLS), Lori Miller (Pikes Peak REALTOR® Services) and Eric Stegemann (Solid Earth). Third row, left to right: Bill Gaul (BuildersUpdate), Lauren Bilkiss-Hayes and Tyler Romeo (Realtor.com), and Ashley Stinton (NAR Global).
The following MLSs were recognized for being at least 90% converted to the Web API in 2024.
Leading Edge Award: Leadership in RESO Web API Utilization
- Allegheny Highland Association of REALTORS®
- Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS)
- Association of Interior REALTORS®
- Baldwin REALTORS®
- East Tennessee REALTORS®
- First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS)
- Forgotten Coast REALTOR® Association
- Greater Chattanooga REALTORS®
- Greater Metropolitan Association of REALTORS®
- Greenwich Association of REALTORS®
- Hattiesburg Area Association of REALTORS®
- Longleaf Pine REALTORS®
- MLS Technology
- New Mexico MLS
- Northeast Washington Association of REALTORS®
- realMLS (Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service)
- State-Wide MLS
- Staten Island Multiple Listing Service
- Terre Haute Area Association of REALTORS®
- Teton Board of REALTORS®
