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Vice President Industry Relations and Standards, REcolorado

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Thanks in part to the work done by RESO, the future of our industry is taking a new shape and its infrastructure is being strengthened. RESO, along with its vision of promoting technology innovation in real estate are becoming more widely understood but there is still more work to do. The three most important priorities I believe RESO should pursue include:
1. Continuing to drive the implementation of data standards adoption by all stakeholders.
2. Strengthening support behind the Cross-Platform Interoperability workgroup, an initiative that will grow in importance as competing and complementary products are enhanced through the exchange of functionality and data.
3. Facilitating the adoption of RESO standards beyond MLS data, to include standards for the full ecosystem of property data such as taxing, water, and power authorities, which could potentially be addressed by the Distributed Ledger Workgroup.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I believe I am well suited to actively contribute to the success of RESO by serving on the Board of Directors. My experience within the industry is diverse and will complement the background and experience of the members of the RESO board. I have a broad background that includes working for an MLS vendor and being a producing broker-owner. I am currently on the leadership team at REcolorado where I have overseen licensing of MLS data to vendors and brokers for data-driven products, as well as onboarding and data support. One of my proudest moments was when the REcolorado Board decided to adopt the RESO standard as our native data dictionary based on my evangelizing the benefits of data standardization and the efforts of the REcolorado team

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I am willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a two-year term. I have the support of REcolorado, as well as the REcolorado Board of Directors. REcolorado is fully dedicated to support the mission and vision for RESO. My active participation would continue to reinforce our commitment to the future of real estate technology.

Principal, Advisory Services, CoreLogic

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• 1) Engage potential implementors before designing parts of the standard that don’t get used; work to solve business impediments to standards adoption.
2) Develop project management at RESO so market expectations can be set for deliverables.
3) Help balance listening and leading to see if we can develop standards-based solutions for pain points i.e. lead ingestion. consumers moving between listing websites / apps.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Experience bridging the business and technical and being a trusted industry advisor will help me bring together stakeholders in facilitated conversation.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

SVP Industry Relations, Realtor.com

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• A) Helping RESO achieve its goal of financial stability/sustainability through continued support of the Board’s goal of reaching six months of financial reserves. RESO’s financial strength is a critical component to the organization’s ability to achieve and deliver upon its strategic plan.

B) Continued progress towards adoption of needed universal identifies for brokers and agents is one of my more important priorities for next two years. I believe the industry as a whole would benefit greatly from significant progress in this area.

C) The creation and adoption of a valued Data Dictionary for the Rentals segment would benefit many constituencies across the industry. I am confident that MLSs, Tech companies and consumers would all benefit from the progress that RESO can make over the next two years.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• A) I will continue to support the Board’s goals of financial stability through support of the recent Dues changes, continued sponsorship of RESO events and working to find additional opportunities to support RESO as we are now doing through our trial experience with the RESO “Working with Data” course for new employees within my firm.

B) I will continue to support and will deliver Realtor.com technical staff who will join the UPI and Data Dictionary workgroups in support of the priorities stated above.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• I am absolutely willing and able to meet the time requirements necessary to serve as a director.

COO, Stellar MLS

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• 1) The top priority should still be adoption of the Data Dictionary and API standards by installing plans to help accelerate their implementation. The long tolerance for organizations not adapting quicker needs to change.

2) Additional resources to focus on expedited expansion of the data dictionary for fields currently local/regional and additional payloads that make sense to real estate professionals.

3) Obtaining a higher level of support and engagement from the MLS and broker communities by way of additional campaigns and collaboration amongst one another and not waiting for one or two entities to do it for us.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• We were one of the first MLS in the country to have a native RESO certified back-end database because we saw the benefits and need to help lead. Stellar MLS has been a longtime advocate for adoption of these standards and I want to continue to provide the MLS perspective from a leading company in this space. My MLS experience overall and ensuring the right people from our team are dedicated in the workgroups will contribute to progress for RESO’s priorities and puts me a in good position to provide sound reasoning when helping the RESO Board make decisions.

We need stronger collaboration overall to help RESO attain its goals quicker, so our industry can be in better position to keep up with the innovation consumers want. Making sure there are clearly established messages for how each can help one another from the broker, MLS and vendor perspective is important to ensure we are all delivering what our customers need. I can help with additional marketing ideas and networking opportunities to influence other MLS’s and brokers to all have the right people at the table to accelerate adoption quicker.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• It would be an honor to serve on this important Board. I look forward to having an opportunity to dedicate my time to help RESO continue to grow and influence accelerated adoption of the standards.

Director MLS Services, TRIBUS/Solid Earth

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Certification of the rest of the major MLSs, Outreach to non-RESO members in PropTech to engage with the standards and Stub workgroups who have not delivered solutions that have reached production.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I have been at three different vendors for 25 years and worked with MLSs all over the country. Those relationships will be useful when encouraging people to move towards the standard.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes. For sure.

Founder & CEO, Rental Beast

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Establish Residential Rental Data Standards, Drive adoption for the RESO API, and help sunset RETS for the betterment of all vendors and MLSs.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Once the Rental Workgroup concludes its development of standards, we’ll work to drive RESO certification to as many MLSs and Associations as possible. I’ll continue pushing to position RESO and its work as a critical “real estate organizer” to a broader audience of property managers and their software providers, i.e., Yardi, Appfolio, Entrata, and RealPage, as well as investors, lenders, and owner/operators such as Walker Dunlop, Fortress, and more.

Rental Beast is uniquely positioned in the intersection of Associations and MLSs, Landlords/Property Managers/Investors as the owner class, and real estate professionals. Because of our relentless focus on building a standardized rental database for the industry, we have the Rolodex, reputation, and drive to push on these priorities.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

CEO, MRED

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• 1-) Adoption of automated certification process

RESO’s focus on removing roadblocks that inhibit adoption of standards is essential. The new automated certification process will provide greater transparency and reporting metrics so that the organization can more effectively manage standards adoption. Test driven implementation is a key part of the vision.

2-) Interoperability standard

As broker and vendor platforms become more robust and widely used, platform interoperability becomes even more important. Laying the groundwork for technology systems to talk to each other will allow the real estate industry to share data across platforms more easily. Additionally, instead of spending time and money on data entry and management, companies can improve their products for consumers. Plug and play interoperability is the BHAG (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal) for the real estate industry!

3-) Unique identifiers

Adoption of the Universal Property Identifier (UPI), Unique Organization Identifier (UOI), and Unique Licensee Identifier (ULI) will allow the industry to better manage data sets and enable new insights to be created. Unification of data across the real estate marketplace will help practitioners and consumers gain more capabilities and improve data accuracy.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I have served on RESO’s Board of Directors for nine years (five as Board Chair) and have been an MLS CEO for more than a decade. As an original Charter Member of RESO, MRED has a long history of being an evangelist for the creation and promulgation of RESO standards. MRED’s CTO (Chris Haran) currently serves as the Interoperability Workgroup chair.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes!

CTO, T3 Sixty

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• RESO should continue to develop and encourage the adoption of standards that improve the exchange of information. Specifically, the Data Dictionary and WebAPI standards serve as fundamental building blocks upon which endorsements, supporting specific business emphasis, can be applied.

Another important priority should be the monitoring of the business environment to identify trends and business issues. This includes documenting business cases that identify improvements to the various facet of the community. These efforts were not only helpful to identifying and creating organizational, licensing and property identifiers (OUI, ULI and UPI respectively) but can also be used to address challenges such as bulk data replication and other transport issues.

Volunteer organizations depend on staff to organize workgroup activities. It is important to match staff resources to anticipated RESO activities and initiatives.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I have worked as a RESO advocate through both the RETS and WebAPI eras. Information transportation will continue to evolve and my experiences will be useful as the industry continues to evolve.

I have served RESO at the board, workgroup and participant levels and my experiences will be useful as we address new challenges In addition to board responsibilities, I will continue to chair my RESO workgroup.

I have experience budgeting for and managing membership organizations. RESO will find these perspectives useful as we continue serving the industry.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I am. In addition to board responsibilities, I will continue to chair my RESO workgroup.

Chief Technology Officer, Bright MLS

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Define and drive the adoption of standards throughout the real estate ecosystem. This includes, but is not limited to, evangelizing the benefits of standards to MLS, brokers, government agencies, vendors and others. Collecting feedback from users to improve standards will increase the value of RESO. In addition, greater adoption will increase the value standards bring to all participants and the industry as a whole.

Address the needs of the real estate ecosystem. This requires understanding current and future needs, and ensuring standards are delivered in a timely manner to the marketplace. This could include extending existing standards (showing standards, etc.) or leveraging new technology (streaming, GraphQL etc.

Inclusivity and diversity. This includes diversity of thought, background, industry, geography, etc. Broadening the population of those involved will increase capacity of RESO and provide new voices with a diverse perspective to standardization opportunities. RESO should define priorities and measurement methods to ensure progress of all initiatives.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As CTO of Bright I interact with various MLSs, Brokers, vendors, government agencies and others that benefit from using RESO standards. Through various opportunities (Bright tech and innovation summits, conferences, vendor engagements, etc.) I have the opportunity to interact with users, to advocate for and get real-time feedback from the marketplace on RESO standards.

In my role as CTO of Bright, I have many opportunities to see how RESO can support current and future needs of the marketplace. Currently, we are working with RESO workgroups to enhance showing as well as rental standards. The fact that Bright builds many proprietary products and services allows me to stay abreast of opportunities for improvements to standards, such as enhanced support for teams. Bright also uses modern technologies which will allow for new ideas to be shared and leveraged by RESO when appropriate.

I bring a strong technical background to my role with experience working in many sectors (FinTech, PropTech, Insurance, and Retail). Married with my experience working with other standards bodies such as MISMO provides me with a different perspective that could be valuable to the RESO Board.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• I am ready to dedicate my schedule and time to thorough and energetic service to RESO, should my candidacy move forward.

Head of Data Technology, CINC & RealGeeks

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Standardize the methodology of acquiring and replicating data from the RESO Web API. The acquisition of data from each of the RESO Web API vendors is slightly different, which requires additional coding for “data consumers”.
• Addressing the issue that “data consumers” have when data fields are lost when an MLS migrates to Data Dictionary. This will require a “Standard” on how to deal with data that is not defined in the Data Dictionary.
• Establish MLS certification and standards for IDX display rules, data agreements, and user reports back to the MLS.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I have 20+ years of experience working for various “Vendors” in the real estate technology industry. I have on hand experience working with MLS data and the WEB API, it provides me an understanding of the challenges and the needs of the vendors that consume and use the data.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I would enjoy the opportunity to be able to contribute more time to RESO and I will bring the beer.

President & CEO at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World

Ashish Antal is the Architecture Director at MLSListings. He has an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy mentoring software engineers on best practices, code quality and architectural vision. He works closely with his engineering team and industry partners to innovate, architect and deploy cutting edge technology solutions for real estate professionals. He is also an accomplished programmer with development experience in .net, c#, c++, node, react and SQL Server. I also has a deep understanding of open standards such as HTTP, SAML, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, OData, CSS and HTML . Previously, in his engineering director role, He managed a team of software developers, quality assurance engineers and mentored many new hires at MLSListings.

Mark Bessett is an engineer and architect currently serving as the workgroup chair for the Universal Property Identifier. Mark holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in aerospace engineering. Mark is experienced at solving large, complex engineering software problems primarily in integration, from spacecraft to microcontrollers. Mark has been engaged in the real estate problem space since 2013, currently as Senior Enterprise architect at California Regional Multiple Listing Service.

Brad Bjelke is the CEO of UtahRealEstate.com, the largest multiple listing service in Utah, serving approximately 17,400 subscribers and approximately 94% of the state’s Realtors. He is well known nationally for championing the relationship between the MLS and brokerage community, and he is passionate about fostering close relationships with his brokers to meet the challenges of the ever-evolving real estate industry.

Brad serves as the 2020 Chair of the Board for the Council of Multiple Listing Services, and he serves on NAR’s MLS Technology & Emerging Issues Advisory Board, Multiple Listing Issues & Policies Committee, and the MLS Executive Advisory Board.

Brad is a graduate of Boston College Law School and California Lutheran University.

Jeff’s desire to become more involved in RESO stems from a passion to see better access to data, improved data quality, and enhanced data tools to fuel further modernization of the real estate industry and help practitioners meet evolving consumer demands.

Jeff is most energized by locating disconnects, breaking down barriers in understanding and fostering communication to build better relationships.

In late 2000, Jeff made the leap from the printing and direct mail industry into residential real estate and never looked back. He has been a real estate agent, educator, relocation specialist and investor. He spent eight years in branch management before exploring a new opportunity in the MLS space with MARIS in 2018. He co-created a unique MLS outreach position focusing on brokers, management teams, team leaders and key association stakeholders. This position initially focused on broker business development, trouble-shooting and product education while establishing communication and relationships with marketplace influencers. It has evolved into helping reinforce MLS initiatives and changing industry culture while shepherding marketing, support, compliance and member engagement staff.

Previously, Jeff has served as a Director for the St. Louis Board of REALTORS® and on the MARIS Board of Directors as Chairperson. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Board for the St. Louis REALTORS® Leadership Academy and in the Workshops Workgroup for the Council of Multiple Listing Services. Jeff enjoys travel, boating, hiking and spending time with family. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Angela, and their miniature schnauzer, Leeloo.

John Breault is the Vice President, MLS & Member Services for the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS® (RIAR) and State-Wide Multiple Listing Service and is responsible for directing the MLS in their efforts to advance the products and services of the organization to meet its over 5,800 subscribers’ current and future needs.

In his 34 years in the real estate industry, John has held numerous positions with several real estate organizations including MLS PIN, Bay State MLS, and the Greater Springfield Association of REALTORS.

In addition to his work with State-Wide MLS, Breault is active at the national level. He has served on several Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) section councils and workgroups, taught multiple CMLX (Certified Multiple Listing Executive) designation classes, participated in panels for CMLS Brings It To The Table and the CMLS Legal Day, and obtained the CMLX1 and CMLX2 designations. John is the Vice Chair for the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) Research & Development workgroup and participates with several other RESO workgroups and has been recognized over the past four years for his contributions. Breault also serves on the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships’ HELIX (Home Energy Labelling Information eXchange) Advisory Group and is a member the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) MLS Issues and Policy Committee.

Originally licensed as a REALTOR® in 1998, Sean Carpenter is the former Agent Development Director for the Ohio NRT companies. He jumped back into a sales role with Coldwell Banker serving buyers and sellers throughout Central Ohio. He founded Sean Speaks in 2018 to expand his speaking, consulting, and facilitation opportunities. His most popular sessions focus on creating memorable customer experiences, maximizing social and digital media, as well as business planning, leadership and sales.

Formerly recognized by Inman News as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Real Estate, Sean was named as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential People in Social Media for the real estate industry” by The Swanepoel Report for the third year in a row. Sean recently received the Joseph McKinnon Award from the Columbus Realtors as their 2017 Instructor of the Year.

Sean’s mission is to “teach with passion and enthusiasm instilling confidence and excitement in his students,” and he lives by his philosophy – build relationships, solve problems and have fun.

Chris is a hopeless Bears fan, Hawks fan, coach, as well as his children’s #1 sports fan with his wife Felicia. Chris is a Veteran of the United States ARMY MP Corp and attended Northern Illinois University.

Matt Cohen has been one of the top tech consultants in the real estate industry for 25 years, providing strategic planning, MLS consolidation, recruiting, public speaking, and security audits to MLSs, associations, brokerages, and tech companies.

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Vice President of Industry Relations, HouseCanary

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• RESO continues to do an excellent job of setting standards that, when adopted, improve efficiencies. While advanced MLSs and technology vendors have made the move to the RESO API, many have yet to make the move from RETS. I would like to see RESO set a timeline goal for 100% RESO API adoption.

I would like to see RESO identify a path forward for setting a unique property ID standard for the industry.

I would like to see RESO set a standard address format and naming convention.

Without improvements in these areas, any broker or vendor working across multiple markets will run into the same standardization issues that add expense and complication to data normalization efforts.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Having had experience running an MLS, with national brokerages, and with a national vendor, I can offer the Board insight into the data challenges and opportunities faced by all three across multiple markets. With my experience at HouseCanary, I would also be able to give perspective on how data standards would affect (both positively and negatively) a smaller, technology enabled national brokerage.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• I have had the opportunity to serve on the CMLS Board of Directors, the Broker Public Portal Board of Directors & Executive Committee, and on several local non-profit Boards. It was a privilege to offer my time to them and it would be a privilege to offer my time to RESO.

Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, California Regional MLS (CRMLS)

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Acceleration of timetables.
RESO must accelerate its timetables for gathering feedback, exploring options, and implementing solutions. The model that has served RESO so far does not address the current urgent need to bring standards to market. Even under the most optimistic scenario, in which someone proposes a universally popular initiative or change, it may take months or years to start to roll it out with full RESO approval. As a RESO Board member, I will work to create methods to fast-track critical changes and improve the processes by which RESO grants approvals.

Consideration and involvement of consumer interests.
At a time when the needs and expectations of consumers in the North American housing market are rapidly evolving, RESO must not nor be seen as an insular organization solely focused on the experience of real estate professionals. Changes in consumer needs may, in some cases, outpace the real estate industry’s ability to respond to them. While RESO has done well to create better consumer experiences through the professional institutions it serves, forces outside of RESO’s control have created new options for these consumers. If a consumer’s choice is which agent or brokerage to use, RESO does a good job of serving that consumer. If, however, a consumer’s choice is whether to use an agent/brokerage at all, RESO needs to work to accommodate that consumer through its members.

Increase adoption and use of its UPI standard.
As consumer and professional options for real estate transactions increase, organizing the data along universal standards is critical. Implementing standards for how a RESO member describes a property has long-proven benefits, but if those descriptions apply only to that listing – as opposed to the property itself – real estate practitioners may find themselves in difficult situations. For instance, without broad adoption of the UPI standard, multiple sets of data describing the same property exist. It is only through consistent, cross-market usage of RESO’s UPI standard that the organizations RESO serves can get on the same page.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• My experience in the MLS industry includes collaborative work with multiple companies across North America. From CEO of Cooperative Arkansas Regional MLS to Senior VP of Business Operations at Black Knight, to my current role as Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer with the nation’s largest MLS, CRMLS, I have held many leadership roles and worn many hats at a diverse range of companies that serve this industry. I am also a seasoned industry volunteer, serving on the National Association of REALTORS® MLS Policy Committee, the Council of MLS Board of Directors, and multiple Arkansas REALTORS® Association Committees. Doing so has allowed me to leverage fellow professionals’ expertise, solve problems faster, and drive better outcomes long-term. I’m humbled by these opportunities and am confident my expertise and work ethic will bring positive results for the initiatives RESO supports.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

Josh is the Chief Technology Officer of RESO and has been involved with RETS and RESO since 2001. He has worked for MLS vendors, real estate start-ups, MLSs and brokerages across the product and software development stack since 1999. He studied computer science, mathematics, and bioinformatics at University of California, San Diego and has also worked in the biomedical industry.

Troy Davisson is the Director of Data Engineering with FBS. He’s been wrangling data in this industry for over 20 years and has been a contributor to RESO since the mid 2000s by engaging with many workgroups, implementing various adopted standards and developing tools still widely used by the community today.

Sam DeBord is CEO of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO). He has served in a wide range of industry leadership positions including as President’s Liaison for MLS and Data Management with the National Association of REALTORS®. He sits on the Board of Directors for NAR, Second Century Ventures, and CRMLS. Previously, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in management and technology consulting. DeBord is also a recognized real estate industry writer for REALTOR® Magazine, Inman News, and the Swanepoel Trends Report.

As Executive Vice President of Operations and General Counsel for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, Jessica Edgerton oversees the operational and legal aspects of the company, including its technology and learning and development departments, its preferred vendor relationships, and the company’s compliance and risk management protocols. She previously served as Associate Counsel for the National Association of REALTORS®. Jessica is a regular presenter on risk management topics at national industry events, and hosts the LeadingRE network’s quarterly risk management series, Risky Business. Jessica also serves on the Board of Directors of Moderne Ventures and the Board of Managers for Upstream.

Denee Evans is the CEO of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS), where she emerged as an industry thought leader and ardent champion, moving multiple listing services forward to better serve brokers and agents by considering consumer needs. REAL Trends Game Changer, RISMedia Newsmaker: The Champions of a Better Way 2020, Swanepoel Power 200, Inman Top 101 in Real Estate have recognized her work and effort to bring amazing people together capable of modernizing the MLS to shape the market of tomorrow. She is also an enthusiastic youth sports parent and coach, motivating young female athletes to realize their potential in sports, education, and leadership.

Bill Fowler has 18 years inside the real estate technology community and has found his dream job as Senior Director of Industry Relations at Compass. He’s worn many hats, from MLS software to industry consultant and Director at Zillow. Now he’s managing the key relationships that drive business for one of the most visible and fast-moving brands in real estate.

Vice President, MLS & Member Services for the Rhode Island Association of REALTORS® (RIAR) and State-Wide Multiple Listing Service

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Expansion of API to include local MLS native fields. With new NAR mandates, accommodating the local fields is a must. I understand this can currently be accomplished, but the implementation of an easier method to accomplish this goal will benefit RESO, MLSs, and the real estate community.
• Creation and proliferation of a Unique Licensee Identifier (ULI) to address the pain point across Associations, MLSs, Vendors, and the real estate community related to the duplication of customer data across platforms, sometimes even within the same platform. An industry-wide identifier for licensees will create data accuracy across the industry.
• Contact interoperability. While strides are being made with property data, our industry needs to solve the pain point of managing contacts across multiple platforms. Standardized contact data will allow real estate professionals to move their customer information across the multiple platforms used in their daily business.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• With 34 years of experience in this industry, serving in a variety of roles, I understand the challenges and needs of all the players. I have been, and continue to be involved with RESO, CMLS and serve on NAR’s MLS Issues & Policies Committee. This experience combined with my passion will help me advocate for the changes outlined above. Additionally, working for the only MLS that is owned and operated by a state Association of REALTORS, I bring a unique perspective of both sides of the REALTOR community.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

As the Chief Technology Officer at WolfNet, my primary focus is keeping all of our systems functioning as our clients expect 24/7/365. There are a lot of moving parts with respect to WolfNet’s technology stacks and I enjoy working with our teams to come up with innovative solutions that perform the very best for our clients. Even with over 20 years working in IT, I learn something new every week and we have such fantastic technology teams that keep me feeling more young and invigorated than I have a right to feel.

Outside of work I am an avid alpine skier, rock climber, motorcycle rider and sports fan. I enjoy traveling to the mountains with my lovely wife, Shannon, where we do a lot of hiking, camping and find enjoyment in the great outdoors.

As Chief Technology Officer for MRED, Chris Haran is responsible for driving the strategic vision of a leading MLS organization through technology, and bringing together people, ideas and resources to be innovators.

Prior to taking on the CTO role, Haran worked his way up through various levels of the marketing and operations departments on the real estate brokerage side of the industry. In supporting agents in their quest to adopt new technologies, Haran learned how to break down disruptive concepts into why they mattered to future business and helped to overcome the fear of the new.

In his current role, Haran will use customer demand discovered through focus groups and industry insight to deliver the products and services and develop the strategy to keep MRED at the forefront, including the evolution of the top-rated MLS system, Connect MLS. In addition, MRED will be stepping up their Research and Development efforts, looking into applications for blockchain, voice recognition, artificial intelligence and much more.

Haran earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2005. His most watched shows include Cars, Cars 3, Dinosaur Train and Little Einsteins. Yes, he and his wife have a toddler.

da.David Gumpper created the Gumpper Group as a real estate technology consulting firm and joined the WAV Group in January of 2018 as a Partner and President of Business Intelligence & Technology.
During David’s 24 years as a technologist, he has managed information technology platforms for the University of Dentistry and Medicine of New Jersey, Ricoh Corporation, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals before moving to Florida in 2003. David joined Michael Saunders & Company, Sarasota, Florida, in 2003 as Director of Information Technology to structure a customer-driven technology division. David later was named Chief Technology Officer by the company.
Since 2013 when David obtained his Florida real estate license, he has taken part in various committees and advisory boards with the National Association of Realtors®. Currently, David is a member of the NAR Leading Edge Advisory Board.
David has continued his contribution to the industry when appointed as a member of the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s Marketing Technology Advisory Council in 2012. His contribution to this council lead to his appointment as vice-chairperson in 2015 and then as chairperson in February 2016.
In 2017, David took part as a member of the Real Estate Standards Organizations (RESO) Board of Directors. After a year on the board, David volunteered to chair the RESO Brokers Advisory Group for 2018.
David currently lives in Bradenton, FL with his wife Kelly. David’s one son, Ryan, is a research post-doctorate in chemistry at Unversity of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and his second son, Evan, is continuing his undergraduate studies at the University of South Florida.

Award-winning software architect, a customer service activist, an IT project leader, an accomplished musician (in his own mind), a baseball enthusiast and daddy of two (the most challenging task of all)… currently the CIO of Metro MLS in Milwaukee, WI.

Fascinated with real estate technology and the powerful role it plays in the everyday lives of people, organizations and industries. ​
A technology-focused project leader with one common goal – to scout for areas that better benefit the user experience.

Chris is a devoted workgroup chair for RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). #technologyForTheBenefitOfHumanity.

Past accomplishments include an IT Leadership award from SearchCIO-MidMarket.com (TechTarget) for his work on the Fannie Mae Short Sale Assistance Desk software platform. Expediting short sales for thousands of families via MLS solutions nationwide.
Responsible for designing MLS support operations leading to several “Top Call Centers in America” awards from Benchmark Portal/Purdue University.

Being surrounded by good people in an open environment – is the secret ingredient to a fulfilling and successful occupation.

Rob Larson is the Chief Information Officer of the nation’s largest Multiple Listing Service, CRMLS. His background in technology spans over 30 years and includes AT&T Broadband and Landmark Theaters. Rob is the Workgroup Chair and Editor of the RESO Data Dictionary. He is the Treasurer for Build It Green and on of the Board of Trustees for Carden Arbor View School. Rob was an original architect of CARETS and GreenTheMLS.org, studied Composition and Arranging at the Grove School of Music, is currently a performing bass player and is looking forward to jamming with Chris Lambrou on some U2 tunes or maybe something more progressive, but is really not that picky.

Ali is CEO and Co-Founder of Realtyna.com, a software solutions provider for the real estate industry since 2007.

Realtyna’s focus is on the implementation of enterprise solutions for real estate industry like RETS Integration and recently RESO Web API compatible packages.

The latest exciting project of Realtyna is a Social Network for Real Estate industry called “Realty Feed”. A platform for Virtual Collaboration with the support for RESO Web API Implementation.

Ali manages 40 brilliant young and innovative team members, who are dedicated to bring the best to the Real Estate Tech industry.

At Redfin, TJ manages the Expansion and MLS Compliance team, expanding the Redfin brokerage to new markets both nationally and internationally, as well as working closely with Redfin engineers and MLSs to remain compliant with MLS policies. TJ has been in the real estate industry for 14 years, having begun his career at Northwest Multiple Listing Service in Seattle, Washington, where he worked for 10 years. TJ is passionate about advocating for policy changes that help move the industry further, creating more transparency and a better experience for consumers.

Eric is the National Sales Director for First American Data Tree, as well as, the Southern CA Regional Chair for The Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise (FIBREE.org)

He is a highly accomplished executive with 25 + years of professional experience. Knowledge of market structure and the varied facets of creating and operating a business.

His focus is on Residential & Commercial Real Estate Services and Technology with an emphasis on Blockchain, and it’s pending paradigm shift for our Industry. Additionally, a Member of the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Land Titling Workgroup, Member Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) Distributed Ledger Workgroup, ULID Sub Workgroup, R&D Workgroup, and the Broker Advisory Workgroup.

Skills include: conceptualizing connections, between disparate ideas and concepts, bringing them together to result in real-world innovation. Recognized for creating business solutions with real value for internal and external customers.

Kristen has more than 20 years of experience in real estate technology. Kristen began her career at MRIS where she worked in a development position before moving to Florida to join Regional MLS in business development in 2001. She joined RPR in 2010 as part of Industry Relations. Kristen now runs the Partner Integrations team, working with MLSs and software providers to deliver innovative solutions. Kristen was a key participant in formalizing the RESO organization, holding seats on both the RETS Governance Committee and then the RESO Board of Directors for several years.

Kristen lives in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, the best quirky little seaside town, with her 2 daughters, deaf dog, fluffy bunny and sweet little rats.

Director of IT & MLS, St Augustine & St Johns County Board of REALTORS®

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Ubiquitous usage of the RESO Web API.
• Simplified data access agreements and aggregated data resources.
• Elimination of archaic RETS data servers.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Serving as the MLS Director for an MLS of around 1,200 participants and subscribers, I understand the challenges a smaller sized MLS has in understanding RESO’s goals and making them a priority. My contribution would be in providing key input to the RESO Board of Directors when discussing topics that are important to RESO but may not reach the working MLS staff and decision makers at smaller sized MLSs. Understanding how smaller sized MLS prioritize their resources and make decisions is something key to RESO’s success in bringing smaller MLSs up to speed with their larger counterparts.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• If elected to the RESO Board of Directors, I am willing and able to commit the necessary time to serve. RESO’s value to the real estate industry is more than worth the time its volunteers give to it.

CEO, Metro MLS

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?
We need to continue to define the data dictionary so that all local fields can be incorporated into the standard. Once we can account for all local fields, we can truly embrace the standard through use and adoption of the WEB API. Additionally, we can start to improve efficiency natively into local MLS systems by implementing the dictionary directly in local schemas.

• Additionally, we need to continue to engage and grow our broker participation. To achieve our goals of absolute standardization we must have all stakeholders involved to ensure decisions are made in a meaningful way.
• Finally, we must continue to build on the partnerships we have built with CMLS and NAR. Our role in participating in policy and technical standards are necessary as we continue to build on past success.
• I believe this is the right thing to do on behalf of the MLS industry, brokers, agents, and consumers.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• The RESO Board of Directors represents the needs and will of the industry at large. In this, it’s important to have dedicated leaders from every aspect of the industry, we ensure the standards we seek to champion best serves the industry. I have been blessed to have been able to serve on this board for 4 years. In that time, I have focused on staying in my lane as an MLS Executive. I have ensured that the MLS Executive/Administrator voice and opinion remains heard in those conversations and decisions. I am the current NAR MLS Standards WG Co-Chair, I serve on the NAR MLS Policy Committee, NAR MLS Executive Advisory Committee, as well as the 2020 CMLS Past President. I point this out because in many circumstances I have been able to act as a conduit to those organization to ensure ideas and conversations are shared and supported. I am asking for your vote so that I may serve my third and final term! Thank you.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2 year term?

• Yes. I would be blessed and happy to serve again.

CEO, Intermountain MLS

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• I feel it is important to reach those MLSs (and NAR) that are not RESO certified and work with them to become certified.
• RESO should continue to work on the Universal Property Identifier. UPI needs to introduced to others outside of buying and selling of real property. We should talk to Homebuilders, hardware stores – and more. Cars have VIN numbers and the industry has created a “car fax” so why not have a “house fax” to help the buyer in the decision of a home purchase.
• I feel RESO needs to continue to keep an eye on transport methods and technology is changing.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I see my experience and evolvement in other national groups as a benefit to RESO. I’m Member & Director of CMLS, and NMUG So many issues overlap.
• I’m currently on the Data Dictionary & Internet Tracking Workgroups.
• My depth and breadth of experience is a powerful value add for the RESO Director position.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes — I have a well-established track record of significant, consistent commitment to RESO. Intermountain MLS and I are founding members of RESO. My commitment is and will be a major professional priority. I will not hesitate to make the Director position a commitment and fulfill it.
• My depth and breadth of experience is a powerful value add for the RESO Director position.

Executive Leader, Product Management, CoreLogic

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Universal adoption of existing standards and API – RESO, and the broader real estate industry, has invested a lot of time, energy, and money in promoting the adoption of the existing data dictionary standards and Web API. And while there has been significant progress in this area, adoption is neither widespread nor complete. It is critical RESO finishes what it started and use its influence to realize the full promise of data standards and the benefits that can only come from universal adoption.
• Expansion of standards to address additional industry pain points – While the existing data standards provide tremendous benefit to the industry, other industry pain points critical to the foundation of a truly cohesive industry view remain unaddressed. For example:
– DOM/CDOM – standardization of statuses should facilitate the standardization of these two key industry metrics.
– Broker identification and hierarchy – knowing who has the right to make decisions related to data syndication/distribution is critical to everything that RESO does.
• API Update – Significant technical complexity surrounds Update because most MLSs have adopted the data dictionary by way of a data translation layer. Nonetheless, focus on execution and implementation of Update is key to overall industry cohesion, interoperability, and efficiency.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As executive leader of product management for CoreLogic Real Estate Solutions, I have unique expertise and insight into both the business and technical aspects of the real estate data landscape. The portfolio of products under my purview includes Matrix, Trestle, Clareity, Realist, and other flagship solutions. As a result, I am intimately familiar with all facets of MLS and Public Record data, including data entry, distribution, and usage, as well as the business opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation/modification of related standards. I look forward to sharing these perspectives and being part of the solution to facilitate and accelerate adoption.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes. CoreLogic is fully committed to RESO and continuing its active involvement in the organization. Making time in my schedule to meet this commitment is a high priority for our company, myself, and my team.

Senior Director of Industry Relations, Compass

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Build on the “RESO isn’t just about *data* standards” concept – While data standards remain mission critical, the industry is noticing that RESO is a place where ideas are heard, developed, and potentially become solutions faster than any other outlet. Sam’s behind-the-scenes coalition-building and recent public advocacy for the NOW data policy is an example of this process and result. Therefore, RESO has an opportunity to grow in visibility and influence among a much wider audience in the industry (brokers) by formally adding the standardization of data policy as part of RESO’s ongoing mandate. It’s the broker’s largest problem and few realize the solution is emerging from RESO. Let’s name it. Brand it. Fund it.
• Broker engagement – Building on the above, create a separate lane for broker Industry Relations reps, separate from the vendor/data silos, to gather feedback, draft solutions, then rally for improvements collectively. Show brokers that RESO isn’t only about columns and rows; that their time and money spent will turn into results, and they’ll answer the call. Give them a special room (padded cell?) within the organization. Again, call that out loudly. Brand that alongside the data work. After all, they compliment each other beautifully.
• Adoption/Enforcement – Once broker reps are engaged, create real value for their participation by strengthening RESO’s voice into the individual markets. Work with these brokers’ neworks of leaders at the market level, through NAR and CMLS, to put real, timely action behind the policy standards that emerge from RESO workgroups.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As one of a handful of active broker reps, I see myself as a pioneering voice for broker advocacy within RESO. I believe I have earned a reputation as someone who’s passionate about making the industry a better place for all, not just the brand I represent. I believe that’s a critical asset for RESO leadership. The “United Nations of real estate” needs those with a grander vision, true to the needs of all participants, not just their own, to have the greatest impact at RESO.
• I feel I have also earned a reputation as a thoughtful and empathetic, yet direct and honest communicator. I believe RESO needs more of this kind of veteran, influential leadership; understanding of the challenges we face, but with an urgent directive for cutting through bureaucracy and delays to keep pace with a constantly-moving, innovative marketplace.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2 year term?

• Yes.

Marilyn Wilso Lund is Managing Partner of WAV Group, a strategic consulting firm in real estate that has been helping create positive waves of change for franchises, MLS, Association of REALTORS®, capital markets, and the technology firms that serve them for more than 20 years. Wilson is known for her unique ability to facilitate innovation and business revolutions through her strong facilitation and strategic skills.

Marilyn is the leading researcher in the real estate industry today helping organizations to identify tangible methods to improve product and service quality. She also fields more consumer research than any other firm, helping to bring the voice of reality to help real estate practitioners continue to evolve their business practices.

She brings keen communications, positioning and marketing skills to WAV Group Communications. She is known for translating complicated technology concepts into plain English. She leverages her skills in helping WAV Group Communications clients as well as advertising partners on RE Technology.com

Given the breadth and depth of WAV Group services in research, planning, recruiting, public relations, M&A, vendor selection, compliance, etc. – the firm is not only keenly aware of industry trends, but is able to assist in supporting industry wide change.

Ms. Wilson has been instrumental in driving data policies that make it easier for brokers to compete effectively online. WAV Group has years of participation and leadership in the Council of MLS, The Realty Alliance, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, Broker Public Portal, and the Real Estate Standards Organization.

Wilson has been a keynote and in-demand moderator at industry events: Inman Connect, NAR i Real Estate State Association Conventions, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, Council of MLS, RESO, RIS Media, Luxury Real Estate, Realty Alliance.

Catharine MacIntosh is the Chief Executive Officer of Real Estate Dot Love®, a company with a mission to empower agents through client love. To make a better product and contribute to the real estate industry, MacIntosh became a licensed broker and began volunteering her time in Organized Real Estate. Over the years she’s served on the MLS and Condo Committees at the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), is a member of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) and enjoys participating in a number of RESO workgroups.

As Vice-Chair, of the RESO Cross-Platform Interoperability Workgroup, MacIntosh is pleased to be working with Chris Haran to explore and highlight the important role of the consumer experience within the real estate ecosystem. As a strong believer in the interoperability of systems she is honoured to be working alongside esteemed colleagues, rich in diversity and located across North America and globally, through RESO. She’s proudly Canadian, loves her neighbours to the south, and sharing music playlists.

Caitlin McCrory is the Head of Industry Relations at Redfin, and works to strengthen Redfin’s relationships with multiple listing services, associations and other brokerages around the country. Her goal is to support the MLSs’ mission to share data fairly, advocate for listing brokers to get proper credit for the listing data they share, and suggest ways MLSs and associations can support innovations that benefit agents and customers alike. In addition to a deep knowledge of industry issues, she holds a reputation for building relationships, fostering dialogue, and rolling up her sleeves to get things done.
She came to Redfin from the National Association of Realtors, where she managed the Association’s MLS programs and strengthened NAR’s relationships with Multiple Listing Services, RESO and the CMLS.

Al McElmon is a Senior Leader of Software Engineering for CoreLogic and has been in the industry for nearly 15 years. He has worked on all sides of Real Estate data, producing data in InnoVia, consuming it in GoMLS and eProperty watch, and he now leads the charge in Trestle where he aggregates and distributes Real Estate data for over 100 MLS customers. He loves craft beer and everything nerdy.

MLS Operations Director, Homesnap

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• With the most recent iteration of the RESO Data Dictionary (1.7) and Web API 1.2.0 Core, assisting MLSs with overall implantation and certification as well as ensuring vendors have the support and tools needed to test their systems should be a key RESO priority over the next two years. In addition, RESO should address the issue of “non-RESO” fields and how to make that data available to consumers.
• Continued development of the UPI (Universal Property Identifier), which will aid in continuing to build standards around them.
• Overall increase in membership and adoption of RESO standards. Focus on MLSs and brokers who are not currently part of the RESO family. Getting all stakeholders on board is key to strengthening RESOs standing in the industry and ensuring that its mission and priorities are successful.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• With 10 years of industry experience – 7 years as the Product Manager of a large regional MLS and 3 years as Director of MLS Operations at one of the leading national real estate vendors – I have seen and experienced both the challenges and successes of adopting and operationalizing data standards. Whether you’re an MLS serving your subscribers or a vendor serving clients, it is all about balance. When working in the MLS capacity, adopting standards while maintaining the data elements your membership needs to conduct their business is an interesting but necessary balance that requires compromise. I fully understand the challenges this kind of adoption of data standards brings to any MLS organization. On the other hand, when working with the data as a vendor, it is also an interesting dance. We rely heavily on RESO data standards when building out new features, yet we’re often challenged with digesting data that isn’t set to those standards. Continued work toward standardization for all stakeholders will result in a better experience for consumers and make the job of our REALTORS easier.

• In addition to the experience above, my participation in a number of other national groups would also benefit RESO. These include:
– NMUG (National MLS User Group)
– Black Knight’s Paragon Advisory Board (Chair)
– CMLS, where I hold my CMLX 2 Designation
– RESO Data Dictionary Workgroup

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special task forces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I am willing and able to serve as a director for a 2-year term and can accommodate the meeting schedule, whether on calls or in person. I am also willing to serve on or chair committees and special task forces as needed.

Director of Data Strategy & Operations, RE/MAX, LLC & Seventy3, LLC

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Broker engagement is at the top of my list. I would like to see RESO considered as an invaluable partner across the industry. If I can help amplify the brokers’ voice, we can continue to move the industry forward with agents’ and consumers’ needs at the forefront of our discussions and decisions.
• Brokers’ access to data is a high priority, and we can help create efficiencies in the delivery of timely data, both as a vendor and as a brokerage. Support of the NOW policy is something the industry needs.
• A renewed focus on standards for both transport and payload. Internally, RE/MAX has invested in the Data Dictionary, OUID, and WebAPI.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• RE/MAX, we have adopted RESO’s Data Dictionary and OUID. Through the aggregation and management of more than 500 MLS data feeds in the U.S. and Canada, I can share some outcomes and insights.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I am available and willing to make regular board meetings.

Greg began his Real Estate technology career in 1986 at the Santa Barbara Board of REALTORS and Multiple Listing Service to install and manage an in-house MLS system. After 6-years he moved on to East Bay Regional Data (EBRD) for 7-years to manage operations and technology for a 10,000 member, 6-MLS regional. He then spent 2-years with HomeSeekers.com developing and deploying one of the first Internet-based MLS systems.

Greg has been at RMLS for over 16 years. As Chief Technology Officer, he provides leadership and general oversight of RMLS’ technological goals and activities. He facilitates the technical requirements for systems development, hardware services, network communications, and management information services to accomplish the company’s goals and objectives.

Michael Hayes, Executive Director of Industry Development for Homes.com, entered the MLS industry through WyldFyre Technologies over 20 years ago. His team focuses on building relationships with top MLS organizations and broker franchises throughout North America. When not hard at work finding marketing and data solutions for real estate professionals, Michael may be found enjoying his free time biking or skiing.

Tim Kramer is the API Developer Evangelist at FBS, and is tasked with supporting, educating and increasing adoption of FBS’s API offerings including the Spark Platform API and the RESO Web API.

Tim has been involved in real estate software since 2008, when he founded The Thinkery LLC, developer of popular open source IDX software components. Before founding The Thinkery he was Director of Marketing for AppWorx Corporation, an enterprise software automation vendor.
Tim is active with several RESO workgroups, and enjoys dreaming up new ways to make use of APIs.

With more than 24 years of experience in Property Assessment and Information Technology, Anthony Percaccio is currently the Director of Architecture and Information Systems – Revenue Services at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). In this role, Anthony is responsible for leading the development of all commercial products and services including creating MPAC’s Automated Valuation Model (AVM), which provide real-time property valuation information for all residential properties across Ontario dating back to 2001. Under Anthony’s leadership, MPAC has expanded their AVM coverage across Canada, now offering data on nearly 10 million residential properties.

A double honours graduate of York University in the field of Mathematics and Statistics, Anthony also holds a diploma from the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS). He holds certificates in New Product Development from the Schulich Executive Education Centre, as well as from the Senior Leadership Program of the Rotman School of Management. He also completed the Seneca/University of British Columbia’s Certificate Program in Real Property Assessment, and is a member of the Institute of Municipal Assessors (IMA) and Mortgage Professionals Canada (MPC). Anthony has been published in MPC’s Mortgage Journal including, “Automated Approval Evaluations in Canada’s Mortgage Industry: A review of AVMs” and “The ABCs of Appraisals”.

Anthony continues to play a key role in the Property Assessment and Information Technology industries, and is also a Professor at Seneca College teaching Statistical and Computer Applications in Valuation.

CEO, Real Estate Webmasters

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Universal Property ID: Advance the UPI concept to deliver on consistent listings data that is accessible within the U.S. and globally. This should be a priority because implementing it will A) enable a common property identifier that indicates the property location and unique attributes B) ability to match property data to relevant public data C) raise opportunities to introduce unique listings identifier internationally.
• Data Quality: Develop opportunities for brokerages, technology partners, agents, brokers to report / request data inconsistency changes. A way to crowdsource property listing errors can increase data quality standards faster.
• RESO Adoption by Brokerages, Agents, Brokers: Share case studies of how increased data standards will result in high quality and ease of implementations for their technology partners, which in turn will help raise their brands and businesses. There has been great progress on tech partners and MLS membership, more targeted efforts toward brokerages, agents, and brokers could increase RESO standards adoption in every class of membership.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I am the CEO of Real Estate Webmasters (REW), a technology organization that has been providing real estate platforms with property listings data integration for over 15 years. As a board member, I will actively contribute by sharing my extensive industry experience, advocate for RESO and data standards across a strong and wide network, and share leading data integration best practices with other technologists.
REW is a RESO member and is 100% aligned with the objectives of evolving real estate data standards. REW is already on the journey to bring standardized data into its technology infrastructure. REW is currently partnered with technology & data leaders, and the Canadian government. The partnerships leverage RESO and lead the transformation of making property listings data consistent and reliable in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, the time commitment to participate on the board and committees is a small ask for the return of benefits to all of us in the real estate industry.

President & CEO, Midwest Real Estate Data LLC

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Adoption of Current Standards –
RESO’s focus on removing roadblocks that inhibit adoption is essential. The organization can focus on streamlining certification, creating additional education pieces or other tools to guide MLSs and vendors through the transition process, and improving overall adoption metrics across the industry.
• Internet Tracking Standard –
Big data is part of the technology strategy for MLSs and brokers alike. Big data magnifies decision-making power, which leads to greater efficiencies. Creating greater efficiencies was one of the primary reasons that RESO was chartered in the first place. Through the great work being done by RESO’s Internet Tracking Workgroup, a new industry initiative (which I call IDX 2.0) can be created. Like its version 1 counterpart, IDX 2.0 will leverage the network effect brought to bear by MLSs to create a combined achievement that’s far greater than the sum of its parts.
• Interoperability Standard –
As broker and vendor platforms become more robust and widely used, platform interoperability becomes even more important. Laying the groundwork for technology systems to talk to each other will allow the real estate industry to share data across platforms more easily. Additionally, instead of spending time and money on data entry and management, companies can improve their products for consumers. Investing in more resources to support development of subgroups like the common schema will accelerate interoperability success. Plug and play interoperability is the BHAG (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal) for the real estate industry!

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I have served as an on RESO’s Board of Directors for seven years (four as Board Chair) and have been an MLS CEO for more than a decade. As the first official Charter Member of RESO, MRED has a long history of being an evangelist for the creation and promulgation of RESO standards. MRED’s CTO (Chris Haran) currently serves as the Interoperability Workgroup chair.
In my capacity as the current Board Chair for The MLS Grid, I’ve supported driving the adoption of RESO Web API standards across the industry. The MLS Grid’s technology workgroup has made many contributions that expand the common fields in RESO’s Data Dictionary. The MLS Grid is committed to enabling easier technology innovation in real estate through RESO.
I also serve on the Boards of The Broker Public Portal and CMLS. This gives me a unique ability to bring insight from RESO into the board rooms of these other important organizations, and vice versa.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• I have previously received RESO’s Contributor Hall of Fame recognition because I take the role of RESO Board Member very seriously. I’ve seen RESO’s value firsthand and I’m dedicated to spreading its compelling story across the industry for the betterment of real estate. I would be honored to continue serving on RESO’s Board of Directors.

EVP Real Estate Solutions, Black Knight

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Increase the adoption of all existing standards across the industry. We’ve made great progress over the past few years in enhancing both the data and payload standards. The next phase will be leveraging these across all participants in our industry.
• Develop programs to assist MLSs and Vendors in supporting and implementing new standards such as the WebAPI. A key to our success will be the ability of our MLSs to support the new standards within their installations. More needs to be done to ensure that both vendors and MLS staff have the right education, tools, and support to be successful.
• Extend certification processes to support Clients that consume data, in addition to, Servers such as MLSs that provide the data. Most of the focus over the past few years has been certification testing on the Server side. As the industry matures, we need the same level of compliance on the Client side. This will lead to lower costs and a true plug-and-play environment that all participants want.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• My broad background includes managing products that support MLSs, Brokers and Agents. I understand the unique business challenges of all of these constituents. From a technology perspective, I understand the ramifications of standards on both the server (MLS) and client (vendor). I will leverage this experience with my service on the Board to ensure that our initiatives meet the needs of all industry participants. I believe my understanding of the Real Estate Industry, coupled with my experience managing MLS, Broker and MLS data aggregation systems make me an ideal choice for the board.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes

Dan Ray has been in the software delivery and data management business since delivering his first e-commerce website in 1998, for a nutritional supplement company. (It was in Perl. He still sometimes dreams in regular expressions.) Most of his career since then has been in a development agency context, working for clients in the manufacturing, logistics/transportation, aviation, gaming, apparel, home furnishing, food service, health care, and training/education industries to name a few. Dan entered the real estate world as a Principal, Technical Product Manager for CoreLogic in 2018. Since mid-2019 he has led the Product Management team on Trestle. Dan is proud to represent a cutting edge product like Trestle, is delighted to have such amazing teammates and industry peers, and is grateful for the steady-handed stewardship that RESO provides.

Connie Saldana has twenty-seven years’ experience working with seniors and people with disabilities in Southern Oregon at Rogue Valley Council of Governments (RVCOG), a designated Area Agency on Aging. With the help of group of professionals from a variety of fields and in partnership with AARP Oregon, the organization developed its Lifelong Housing Certification Program. The mission is to encourage the creation of a greater supply of homes that meet the needs of residents of all ages and abilities. Another goal: to develop a system to help interested buyers and renters to find those homes. The program consists of a checklist of accessibility features derived from International Residential Code and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) standards.

RVCOG The terminology for accessible features on the Lifelong Housing Certification Checklist has been adopted by RESO’s Data Dictionary. The Lifelong Housing Certification program has been nationally recognized by AARP and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Connie has a Masters in International Management and is a Certified Aging in Place Specialist through the National Association of Home Builders.

Greg Sax is the Director of Growth Management for RESO, which is a fancy way of saying he helps the organization take its daily vitamins to achieve project goals, including the wrestling of RESO’s Organizational Unique Identifier (OUID) into something that will benefit the real estate industry in exciting new ways. Greg has a rich history of working with a multitude of real estate organizations across the continent as a technology vendor and association staffer in a variety of communications, marketing and management roles. He has spoken at countless events and likes to mention the five marathons he has completed despite a lifelong indulgence of carbs and sugar.

CEO, Triad MLS, Inc.

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• During the CEO transition, it was imperative to continue ensuring that RESO Staff was empowered to reach the strategic goals set forth by the Board of Directors. Jeremy Crawford did a great job getting us to where we were at that point and now Sam DeBord has taken the helm and we’ve hired some additional staff as well. We’ve done a great job so far and as technology and business rules are ever changing, it is important for RESO to continue focusing on getting more MLSs and Vendors to become involved in CREATING these standards! RESO staff is unrivaled in this industry we think they are the best qualified to maintain RESO as a world class standards organization.
• Continue advancing RESO to the next level and beyond to ensure that our priorities are delivered quickly, efficiently, and accurately. This involves continually updating our standards and be very clear on the value proposition to membership as well as being attractive to other organizations that see how efficiently we operate. This includes continued outreach and education on the benefits of standards and the role they play in our industry. We need to ensure that our workgroups are staffed sufficiently and have the people in them that can contribute constructively.
• Continue to increase Broker involvement in RESO. This entire standards concept was originally created to help brokers across the country have more choices in choosing products and services in addition to portability issues and length of implementation time. When the underlying data that powers is adherent to a strict data standard, this process becomes much easier. With the many new brokerage models surfacing, we continue to learn and adapt and we should continue growing that side of the membership that ultimately benefits the most from using data standards. It’s a ever continuing education process to help ALL our respective members understand not only the benefits of implementing and USING data standards but also the Wild, Wild West scenario that was the reason we decided to implement standards in the first place for the Real Estate Industry.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Like many of you, as one of the 89 Charter Members of RESO, I’ve believed in this and supported wholeheartedly since the inception. I’ve served on the RESO Board of Directors since January 2014. In 2015, I joined the Executive Committee as Secretary and since 2016 have served as the Treasure of RESO. During that time, we’ve continued to increase RESO resources and have added staff to accommodate our strategic goals. We continue to explore revenue opportunities and ensure that Membership and Conference Fee schedules are commensurate with membership and conference attendance benefits.
From experience, Treasurer of the RESO organization is most definitely a working board member appointment and I am proud to have contributed to the growth and continued relevance of RESO and would very much appreciate a chance to continue. I feel that continuity can bring benefits to this group and again, I would be proud and honored to continue serving this organization.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Since 2014, yes and thank you!

CTO, Remine

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Help push the evolving standards and the education/adoption of the standards to each of the levels of the organizations working with real estate data
• Define objective milestones that organizations can hit to obtain certification, learn about technology partners that can assist
• Continuously add more public facing communications about standards changes, expose workgroup progress beyond the Atlassian email subscriptions, provide video feeds/quarterly status on what has been met goal wise

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As one of the vendors going through the certification process, my role as CTO at Remine and potential role as a board member is to continue to advocate to partnering organizations, and find ways to connect people into RESO to participate more actively
• As a board member, participate more at RESO events, and help with external messaging and awareness of ease of RESO standard, ways people can support and contribute, and help push progress forward objectively faster
• Find ways from a technical perspective to provide working demos or APIs on the website so folks can interact with the standard more so than just read about the standards. Similar to providing a Swagger interactive interface for folks to “try”.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes

CEO, ShowingTime

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Increase adoption of Web API by addressing existing incompatibilities.
• Extend certification for Clients so we have better clarity of proper operation of their data integration with servers.
• Increase membership by brokers so we have a broader perspective on industry needs.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I’ve been involved with RESO for 20 years and attended almost all the conferences, serving on the board previously as well. I’ve also been involved in numerous RESO committees. ShowingTime now processes feeds from over 350 MLSs and has our product integrated in over 225 MLS systems. So, we have a very good perspective on the needs of requirements in the standards and a vested interest in RESO’s success.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

Chief Operating Officer, MLS Hawaii Inc. (dba Hawaii Information Service)

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Achieving meaningful adoption and implementation of the RESO Web API, and more specifically, two-way data exchanges between MLSs and listing databases and the myriad third-party services that expand and extend real estate applications.
• Focused and expert-driven work on both core and new categories of real estate data to better serve specialists and niche markets. Going beyond ‘Green’ fields to field groups that expand support for digital assistants, or for virtual and augmented reality, or to standardize agent and listing ratings and reviews.
• As a representative of a small, homegrown MLS system, I will advocate for greater representation and support for independent technology vendors, different business models, and even individual developers and entrepreneurs looking to bring innovation to the real estate marketplace.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Our homegrown MLS is already the only public records-based, parcel-based system in production, and has been since its inception. And as the COO, I am spearheading the development of our next-generation platform based on APIs and microservices, utilizing open-source tools and leading-edge search technology, building modules under an agile, rapid-iteration, user-focused model.
Our company is also a successful B2B public records provider, serving the financial, legal, and other complementary markets, which provides for more than half of our annual revenue.
I feel I can contribute to productive, positive discussions and efforts to advance real estate technology as a whole, and to specifically guide MLSs and other legacy institutions to diversify their businesses and thrive – not just survive – in a rapidly changing marketplace.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I am willing to participate in remote meetings as well as to travel when required from Hawaii.

A technology geek with a love of voice-driven technology, Voiceter Pro Co-Founder Ami Berger saw the potential for conversational interactions with personal digital assistants as these devices began to enter the consumer market. In fact, his desire to own an early Amazon Echo resulted in a bargain with his father to build a real estate application. Ultimately, this set the foundation for their new technology company.

Growing up around the family-owned real estate business nurtured the entrepreneurial spirit in Ami while giving him a solid understanding of that
business.

Ami and is father, Miguel, founded Voiceter Pro on a shared vision of an app that would allow consumers to ask Alexa to help find them the home of their dreams. This vision became the Real Estate Skill, which was launched in early December 2016.

Leveraging their deep experience in voice and real estate has resulted in Voiceter Pro being the industry’s leading provider of voice applications on Alexa and Google’s Assistant. Clients include brokerages, multiple listing services and associations.

Ami has written proprietary code that allows consumers to speak with today’s voice-driven AI-devices and be guided through a series of questions to find their next home, their current home’s value and open houses. This consumer interaction also generates an actionable lead for the Voiceter Pro client.

His code also drives an agent-focused application that allows them to connect to their MLS to access real-time business intelligence information. In the association space, the company has focused on content delivery and member engagement applications.

Fluent in several programming languages, Ami holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Cornell University College of Engineering.

When he’s not writing code, the Albany, NY native enjoys playing guitar, camping, exploring new restaurants, and hiking with his dog Bruno.

Art Carter is CEO of California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (CRMLS), the nation’s largest and most recognized subscriber-based MLS.
Carter oversees strategic direction of the Chino Hills, CA based company. With 96,000 users from 34 Associations, 3 Boards of REALTORS®, and 1 MLS, CRMLS connects California real estate professionals to millions of property listings across the state. Carter joined CRMLS as Chief Executive Officer in August of 2005. Before then, he served as CEO of Pacific West Association of REALTORS®.

Carter is a tenacious advocate for brokers and currently leads the initiative for MLS data sharing across California. Under Carter’s leadership, CRMLS has successfully merged with three MLSs since 2008, obtaining over 70,000 new users.
On a national level, Carter represents CRMLS as a member of industry group COVE and the MLS RoundTable, where he helps steer the broader conversation on MLS issues. Carter currently serves as Chair of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) and as Strategic Manager to the Board of Directors for Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED).
In 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 he was named one of the Top Association/MLS Executives in the Swanepoel Power 200. Carter served as President of the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) in 2014, and in 2017 was honored with CMLS’s Peter Shuttleworth MLS Executive Award of Excellence. In 2012, he was inducted into the Dr. Almon R “Bud” Smith, RCE, AE Leadership Society in recognition of his dedicated service and commitment to advancing the REALTOR® organization and the Association Management profession.

CEO, TRIBUS / Solid Earth

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Showing Standards, Adoption of the UPI / ULI, Add / Edit standardization for WebAPI.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As the CEO of a company that’s both a data consumer and a provider of software to MLSs, I have experiences that understand the challenges of each side. My goal is to bring everyone together to get better adoption of standards.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Absolutely. As I have done since joining RESO, I’m happy to step up anywhere that I’m needed. I’m a big believer in the mission of RESO!

Director of Enterprise Services, W+R Studios

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Adoption of the RESO Web API by MLS Organizations and Vendors – there are still unknowns in the implementation of the API related to cost and development time. While the API provides a common search interface, that is really only one part of the equation.
• Focus on the Common Schema workgroup – as mentioned above, a common search interface is only a part of implementing the Web API. There are still questions around data structure and authentication that are prohibiting successful implementation in some cases.
• Data Dictionary – two points on the Data Dictionary: 1. There are still some loose definitions that could be better defined. 2. More MLSs need help in implementing their own native data dictionary feeds.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• All of my priorities are tied to the successful implementation of the Web API. W+R Studios has taken a lead in the industry by stating that we will only accept the Web API for new MLS setups. We continue to work with other development teams to improve processes and make this experience an open resource to others. I work very closely with our lead engineers on this charge and can share our successes and failures to make this process better for others.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I am happy to serve.

Director, MLS Sales, Lone Wolf Technologies

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Increase adoption of Web API, work on standards that make it easier to push data bi-directional, release and promote certification platform to provide data transparency to data consumers.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As part of the team at Lone Wolf Technologies that manages MLS relationships and MLS data, I will continue to be an advocate of the work done by RESO.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

Eric Bryn is a strategic management consultant advising businesses on convergent and digital media strategies, SaaS product development, trademark, and information privacy/security issues. With nearly 15 years experience in the real estate industry, Eric works closely with real estate professionals across the globe, currently with the European Real Estate Network. Additionally, Eric has held executive positions at Baird & Warner and Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. Additionally, he’s directed product development teams at BoomTown, a top predictive CRM, marketing, and lead generation platform. He is also a licensed attorney in Illinois and Adjunct Professor at Loyola University, Chicago, School of Communications where he teaches media law, digital media ethics, digital design, branding, mass communication, and digital marketing courses.

Jeremy Crawford possesses an uncommon combination of talents rarely found in the real estate industry: an experienced technologist, skilled communicator and accomplished business leader. As President & CEO of First Multiple Listing Service, Crawford sits at the helm of one of the real estate industry’s largest MLSs in the nation with over 45,000 MLS subscribers and the only one of its kind in its corporate structure, ownership and revenue model.

Crawford has more than 20 years of information technology experience in real estate, financial services, legal, insurance and education sectors. He knows RESO well. He has served on its Board of Directors, and his leadership role has included taking the reins as its Vice-Chair of the Education and Outreach Workgroup in 2010, which he co-led for two years.

Born and raised in the small town of Johnson City, Tennessee, Crawford proudly embraces his youth as a bona fide Geek. He consistently gravitated towards math and science fields, which lead to his attending high school at University School on the campus of East Tennessee State University. There, he participated in math competitions throughout the state. Crawford was also the catcher for University’s baseball team that competed in Tennessee State’s championship series multiple years in their division.

Crawford embraced multi-tasking early on. He worked his way through college in the computer labs at East Tennessee State University, and credits his mentor Rob Whelan, who oversaw all of the computer labs on campus, for igniting his interest in Computer Science. It became his major at ETSU, as its core curriculum complemented his math and physics coursework. His new passion also led to a secondary job in 1996 while attending ETSU with the Tennessee District Attorney General’s Conference that is responsible for overseeing the state’s 31 judicial districts. Crawford networked all of the judicial districts’ satellite offices across the state of Tennessee and provided courtroom technology support for major cases. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from East Tennessee State University, and while enrolled in graduate school there, he also taught undergraduate information technology courses at ETSU, instructing more than 180 students enrolled in his six classes.

Crawford’s STEM degree would lead to working for SAFECO, one of the largest insurance firms in the U.S., as a Systems Support Administrator. In 1999, he would join BB&T Corporation, one of the nation’s largest financial services corporations, as a Network Manager and Administrator and Bank Officer. At BB&T Crawford managed networking and helpdesk personnel as well as server and network level information systems for a region that comprised more than 40 locations and 450 employees.

His foray into real estate began in the summer of 2001 when he became Director of Network Operations and the 16th employee at MarketLinx Solutions, now known as CoreLogic, one of the largest real estate technology and information service companies in the world.

Under the tutelage of Thad Shows at MarketLinx (now CoreLogic, Crawford would enjoy extensive leadership training that would manifest into a C-level career that began when in 2006, he joined San Diego-based Sandicor, a leading MLS products and services provider, as its Chief Information Officer and was subsequently elected Secretary to the Corporation by the Sandicor Board of Directors, becoming a Corporate Officer. It was there he also served for two years as Vice-Chair of the National Association of REALTORS® Real Estate Standards Organization Education and Outreach Workgroup and won the 2010 San Diego’s Information Technology of the Year Award.

After five years with Sandicor, in 2011 Crawford was named Chief Information Officer for MLSListings Inc., which serves 16,000 real estate professionals and more than 6,000 firms throughout Northern California. At MLSListings he was responsible for all aspects of Enterprise Information Technology, including infrastructure, design, development, implementation, and management. Shortly thereafter, Crawford was promoted to Chief Operations Officer and added to his CIO responsibilities managing customer support, Rules & Regulations, Compliance, Data Licensing, and Software Engineering. He also was elected Secretary to the Corporation, becoming a Corporate Officer in 2013. While COO at MLSListings, Crawford was the lead for the Council of MLS’s Technology Section Sub-Council. He left MLSListings to head up RESO in April 2015 as CEO of one of the most exciting organizations responsible for the creation, promotion and adoption of data standards that is fueling innovation and helping to streamline the real estate transaction and helped grow the organization from 126 to over 850 member organizations. Crawford left RESO in February 2019 to lead First MLS.

A Council of MLS CMLX Level 2 Certified Executive, Crawford also served on the DocuSign Executive Advisory Council, the Interop Advisory Board, and as President of his local homeowner’s association in Corinth Forest, his newest home about 40 miles north of Dallas, Texas. Crawford currently serves on the Real Estate Standards Organization Board as a 2019 Board Advisor. Crawford’s career path can be viewed in detail on his LinkedIn Profile, boasting nearly 7,000 connections!

Crawford attributes his hard-driving work ethic to his dad, who for the last 45 years gets up every morning at 4:30 a.m. to start his day. Described by his peers as charismatic and energetic, Crawford tires to engage every real estate professional he meets into a conversation that leads to talking about FMLS, as he genuinely embraces his organization’s mission to positively change the future of real estate and to provide the highest level of products and services to real estate brokers and agents across the state of Georgia.

His community activities have ranged from remaining an active supporter of his church in Knoxville, Tennessee, to undertaking local fundraising efforts for a variety of causes over the years. He continues to support Sigma Phi Epsilon, Paralyzed Veterans of America and RPAC (the Realtors Political Action Fund).

In his free time, Crawford is likely to be found spending time surrounded by his family: his wife of 12 years and their two young children. Crawford is a foodie who enjoys cooking to relieve stress, often with a glass of Rochioli Pinot Noir in hand, whipping up a meal that will also feed neighbors stopping by for a visit. He remains an avid sports participant in golf, tennis, basketball, football and baseball, and is a tireless fan of Tennessee football.

Executive Vice President, Rapattoni Corporation

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• – The RESO organization should focus on gaining RESO Web API adoption by continuing to promote the benefits of the API over traditional RETS.
– Continue to progress on the API Update standard to allow listing data to be updated/inputted through the RESO Web API
– Work with the Data Dictionary committee to continue its great work to create standard names for every data point that we can make available, not only from MLS data, but any relevant data source. I would also work to continue our progress on the AMS data Dictionary to ensure membership data can be access and used to benefit our industry.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• As a key executive of an MLS vendor, I will have direct influence and decision making abilities to help adopt, implemented and promote the initiatives of the RESO community, which I feel helps all of our shared userbase from brokers, MLS’s, agents and technology partners.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, if voted in, I am committed to all time requirements and meetings to ensure I am contributing and doing my part as a member of the board.

Vice President of Industry Development, Homes.com

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• 1) Addressing the barriers that continue obstructing universal adoption of Web API. As an example, we find at Homes.com, many MLSs have fewer fields mapped and available in their Web API feeds than exist in their RETS feeds. That is one barrier to widespread adoption that needs to be addressed. Parity is essential, improvement is desired.
2) Continue spreading the message and value of Web API throughout the industry, with an emphasis towards organizations who are consuming data feeds.
3) Continue introducing new value, building on the foundation established with DD and Web API. As an example, the Universal Property Identifier will provide tremendous value as it becomes more broadly available. We need to keep finding opportunities like UPI to iterate on the value standards have created.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Widespread adoption throughout the property technology community must occur for the value of RESO to continue expanding. In my role at Homes.com, I have a great perspective on the effort involved in converting data aggregation infrastructure from legacy RETS to Web API. I’m eager to share that perspective as a RESO board member and help develop strategies to encourage widespread adoption.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes, I welcome the opportunity to contribute.

President & CEO, FBS

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Real-time updates for replication, media management standards, and increase utilization of Web API for use cases beyond replication.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Standards work takes time, focus, and collaboration, and I’m committed to providing all three to RESO and the broader standards community if I’m elected. I’ve been a strong advocate for and implementer of RESO standards for over twenty years, and hope to continue that work in the next term if I’m privileged to be elected.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Yes.

Chief Operating Officer/General Manager, Realtors Property Resource, LLC (RPR, LLC)

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Driving standards that meet the evolution of the real estate tech industry that benefit inter-connectivity between systems. Expanded SSO standards that leverage security best practices, especially with vendors who service brokerage firms and franchises, where there is a growing need. Keeping an eye on the need for resources for the Commercial industry, which is seeing a high amount of third party technology investment.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• RPR is one of the largest resources serving the members of the National Association of Realtors. The platform crosses residential and Commercial via both web and mobile. It relies upon a network of stakeholders including MLSs, State and Local Associations and an engaged base of over 10,000 registered brokerage firms and franchises. The knowledge gleaned from servicing those members is available to RESO, including broad participation in work groups by the RPR team, which is dedicated to the RESO mission.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special taskforces.
Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2-year term?

• Ready and able.

Jon Mabe is VP, Engineering of Property Data at Zillow Group. He leads Zillow Group’s engineering teams that work on listing and property related data, reporting and analytics products for data partners, and Bridge Interactive’s suite of products. Jon has 20 years of experience with MLS data having previously worked at multiple IDX vendors, and now at Zillow Group.

Jamie Lee Derrickson is the Executive Vice President and serves as the Chief Product Officer for APC Data Analytics, LLC. As CPO, Jamie is responsible for all product-related matters including product vision and research, identifying and prioritizing product features, innovation and design for product development, validation testing, and overall user experience.

Prior to taking on this role for the company, Jamie spent nearly seven successful years in Real Estate. Early on in her career, she received numerous Realtor of Distinction Awards including “Top Producer” and “Rookie of the Year”. Jamie sold nearly $6M in her first year quickly becoming a top professional in her local industry. Each year after, continuing to excel and surpass prior achievements earning numerous awards along the way.

Jamie was born in Morristown, New Jersey and grew up on Hilton Head Island, SC. She moved to Charleston, SC in 2005 and attended the College of Charleston where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Minor in Spanish Language. Over the years, Jamie realized her passion and talent for helping others, specifically positively influencing others’ lives and businesses by instilling excitement in those around her with what she finds so intriguing. Developing creative tech solutions for real estate has helped to align Jamie’s passion with her career.

Jamie and her two daughters, Molly and Cali, live in Mount Pleasant, SC. In their time off from work and school, they enjoy reading books, watching movies, exercising, volunteering at their local schools and church, taking vacations, and all things outdoors.

Bill Fowler has 17 years inside the real estate technology community and has found his dream job as Senior Director of Industry Relations at Compass. He’s worn many hats, from MLS software to industry consultant and Director at Zillow. Now he’s managing the key relationships that drive business for one of the most visible and fast-moving brands in real estate.

Jason Graham is the Associate Director, Product Development at the Canadian Real Estate Association. Jason’s portfolio of products includes REALTOR.ca, Canada’s most popular and trusted real estate platoform, and REALTOR.ca DDF, a RESO standards based listing distribution system powering more than 17,000 real estate websites across Canada.

Jason has been involved in RESO since 2012, acting as a champion for adoption of RESO standards within Canadian organized real estate.

Pete Anewalt is Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer for ULedger, a Blockchain technology company focused on the needs of enterprises. ULedger’s ground-breaking Blockchain technology is designed and built for enterprise-class data-integrity needs, and allows for creation of an immutable history of data while keeping proprietary data private and secure. Prior to ULedger, Pete has held executive roles at many software and technology companies. Most recently, Pete served as SVP, Professional Services and Customer Success for Balihoo, a marketing automation software company focused on the scaling of local digital marketing campaigns. Pete has a degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Ryan Gumpper, PhD Data Scientist Gumpper Group

Ryan received his PhD in Biochemistry from Georgia State University in November 2018. He is the author of 7 peer reviewed publications and received the Doctoral Gold Award in Chemistry from Georgia State. He is currently spending his time as a Data Science consultant with Slalom consulting and is also a part of the Gumpper Group.

Colin manages the data and infrastructure team for Bridge Interactive in Vancouver BC. For the past five years, Colin has been building scalable, cloud based solutions for Bridge. He is passionate about leading development teams and finding simple solutions to complex problems. Still scarred by his first exposure to real estate data, Colin is determined to create pain free interfaces for developers.

Basilios is the co-founder and CEO of lordea.com which provides MLS services in Europe and South America and offers a multi-media real estate platform that is regionally customized. Basilios previously worked for Xerox Europe and focused on vertical acquisitions and account management, he subsequently led the US division of luxury piano maker Bösendorfer from Austria until their spin-off to Yamaha Co.

He introduced Hailun a Chinese piano brand to the North American market, and supervises one of the largest retail piano and keyboard chains in the Western US. Basilios is fluent in English, German, French, Italian, Albanian, Slovenian, Greek, in addition to base skills in Russian, Chinese, and Spanish. He holds a Master in Business from Karl-Franzens-University in Austria. He published several case studies under Prof. Robert E. Hoskisson (“Strategic Management”, Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson, 1999).

He resides with his family in the Pacific Northwest.

Contact: bas@lordea.com

Craig Foley is the founder of Sustainable Real Estate Consulting Services, a LEED Green Associate and chief sustainability officer for LAER Realty Partners. Craig’s combination of real estate and energy management skills give him a unique perspective about sustainable energy solutions and subject matter expertise on greening the MLS and high-performance home valuation and marketing. As a real estate broker, he has sold several high-performance projects in and around Greater Boston. He is the team leader of REthink39 Group. REthink39 is devoted to lowering the 39% of U.S. energy consumption attributed to the built environment and believes they can be part of a solution with every transaction closed.

As a real estate consultant, he has partnered with a broad range of companies including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Elevate Energy, and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Craig was one of five people in the U.S. to receive the EverGreen Award by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in 2013. He also serves as an advisory board member for the NAR Green Resource Council and is a certified instructor of the NAR Green Designation. His committee work at NAR includes chairing the Sustainability Advisory Group in 2019. He also serves on the Energy Advisory Council for Fannie Mae.

Melissa King is Vice President of MLS Services at Stellar MLS, Florida’s largest MLS. Stellar MLS offers an impressive product lineup to their customers, and that is one of Melissa’s key focus areas. Melissa loves creating partnerships with vendors who are like-minded about moving the concept of MLS forward. Recently, under her direction, Stellar MLS was able to launch Remine Pro to its 60,000 members in less than 35 days. This was due in large part to her leadership overseeing the RESO data dictionary conversion for Stellar in 2018 that provides vendors easier integration for product implementations at the MLS level. Prior to joining Stellar MLS, Melissa spent 10 years at a software company where she gained experience working in support, finance, corporate recruiting, and account management. Today, Melissa leads Project Management, Product Management, and Software Development teams at Stellar, is currently pursuing her mini MBA certification through Rollins College, and serves on the RESO Board of Directors. Melissa is known for her “can-do” attitude approach to solving unique MLS challenges and her tenacity for getting things done right. Outside of work she loves to spend time with her family, read and soak up the Florida sun.

Meg Garabrant is the Director of Marketing & Communications at the NEREN MLS. She is chair of the CMLS Green Section Council, launched the first solar power production (PV) data auto-population into the MLS, and has served on various work groups and task forces around home performance information data initiatives including NAR’s Sustainability Advisory Group. She has served on the Data Dictionary and Payloads Workgroups, and is an advocate for advancing awareness and education on the importance of home performance information as part of the real estate transaction process.

HomeServices of America, IT Directory, Edina Realty Home Services

2019 BOD Nominee – Class D

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Assure we’re meeting one of our core values: Business Driven. How are we helping providers and what are the gaps?  This will propel adoption and utilization.
• Security. Focus on data integrity, privacy, and secure data transfer standards.
• Transport. Continue to evolved Web API and other data integration technologies.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• I’ve been leading IT development teams for more than two decades.  We’ve built our website (edinarealty.com) that integrates 13 MLS’s from 3 providers Paragon, Flex and Core Logic every 15 minutes.  We’ve integrated our website metrics into our CRM.  I’ve worked on establishing standards for all Home Services of America brokerages.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special task forces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2 year term?

• Yes, I’m available to meet the commitments of a board member for the next two years.  I will be actively engaged in helping the organization achieve their strategic goals.

2019 BOD Nominee – Class D

1. What are the three most important priorities or initiatives that RESO should pursue during the next two years?

• Expanding the footprint of broker members and collaboration
• Developing guidelines for uniformity in MLS -> broker relationships
• Creating small thinktank groups out of the Broker Advisory Committee to coordinate efforts to increase collaboration between vendors, brokers and MLSs.

2. How do you see your contributions as a board member being utilized for realizing these priorities?

• Compass sees a rapidly changing landscape of national brokerages that are being impacted by disparate data policies. These national brokerages, while competitors, see RESO as a safe haven for cooperation to serve the broader community. I see my role as an early adopter of this mentality; encouraging and growing this community of like-minded brokerages to become involved to improve a broken landscape under the cooperative RESO umbrella.

3. The Board meets regularly, via conference calls and some in-person. Board members also are called to serve on or chair committees and special task forces. Are you willing and able to meet the time requirements to serve as a director for a 2 year term?

• Absolutely.

Kim Prior is Executive Vice President of FBS. She leads marketing, communication and brand strategies across all product lines (Flexmls, Spark, Spring + FlōPlan) and is head of customer success for FlōPlan. Kim has 20+ years industry experience, 7 with FBS, starting as the industry evangelist for the Spark API. Prior to that, she held senior executive positions at Onboard Informatics in NYC and Lyon Real Estate in Northern California, providing her with comprehensive knowledge of the industry landscape, players, and dynamics from all sides of the table.

Kim is passionate about providing leadership and mentorship that fosters the collaboration, engagement and action necessary to inspire innovation and results for company, customers and industry. She serves as a business mentor for both NAR REach® and Moderne Ventures, helping new founders shape the core strategies that define their future. At FBS, Kim has launched multiple, tiered, product marketing initiatives that engage clients and software subscribers at all points along the customer journey. She is a driving force in articulating the company’s vision, purpose and values, most recently earning FBS recognition by Forbes as a 2019 Small Giant. Known for her uncanny ability to weave together high level strategy with cascading messages and creative, memorable campaigns, Kim is known to her team “the golden thread”.

With dual Bachelor of Science degrees in business administration and marketing communications, Kim resides in Northern California. In her spare time, she enjoys adventures with her son, writing, cooking, artistic expression, aesthetics and when possible, quiet time in hammocks.

Paul has been involved with RETS and RESO since 1999. He is the co-chair of the Web API (formerly Transport) Workgroup.

Falcon Technologies provides development of real estate technologies and has worked on many different projects that deliver standards compliant systems on both the server side and on the client side.

As Chief Architect – Business Transformation Services, Bernie works with CEOs and leads of companies of all sizes from Startups to large Enterprises and shares his vision of how businesses can modernize using the new stack of transformational technology: from smart sensors and IoT at the physical layer, Blockchain as the network, data science with AI and ML replacing traditional algorithms at the process layer and finally at the top using computer vision, augmented reality, virtual reality and conversational intelligence for a graceful and natural user experience. Execute all this on high performance, engineered Oracle cloud.

 Prior to joining Oracle Bernie was with Motorola, leading their Wireless Broadband Division as Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect, creating large complex real-time systems for tier-1 Operators, both US and International. Then led his technology startup in Mobile Contextual Intelligence integrating with over 21 smart home products and platforms. Bernie and his wife also lead a successful real-estate investment brokerage, giving Bernie a personal and hands-on experience in real-estate operations and technology.

Dr. Umesh Harigopal is the Co-founder and CEO of PropMix.io, an AI based real estate data & insights focused on empowering brokers/agents and appraisers. PropMix also provides solutions based on its insights to simplify real estate transactions. Prior to leaving Freddie Mac and starting PropMix, Umesh has held research, consulting, delivery, and entrepreneurial positions in Financial Services on Wall Street, Healthcare, and Telecom. He has extensive experience in advising and investing in real estate and technology startups. His successful businesses include mid-90s community portals, pharmacy claim adjudication, and healthcare billing. Umesh has a Masters and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Alabama with a research focus in Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, and High-Performance Computing.