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Jason Sanchez promoted to CEO of Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS

Jason Sanchez promoted to CEO of GEPAR

“Coming in as the new CEO will be industry veteran Jason Sanchez. Renowned nationwide for his work within the MLS Industry. Jason brings with him over sixteen years of experience within the association. He currently sits on multiple boards and councils. Which include Corelogic, Zillow, CMLS & Project Upstream. Jason hopes to continue his work into making the local association among the most progressive in the nation.”

I can’t believe I missed this news! Congrats Jason!

Austin Board of REALTORS promotes Stan Martin to Director of MLS

Austin Board of REALTORS:

“We are very proud to announce that Stan Martin has been promoted to Director of MLS. Effective immediately, Stan will assume the responsibility for leading efforts to continue to drive strategic relevance and operational excellence of the MLS for ABoR in partnership with its Board of Directors.
Martin is an active leader in the MLS industry, earning the Council of MLS’s CMLX3 Executive Certification and serving on its Finance Section Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors for MLS Grid, participates in the CoreLogic Advisory Group and is actively working with RESO to provide testing platforms for developers and brokers.”

Congrats Stan! Well deserved.

Jeff Turner takes CEO position at immoviewer

immoviewer Announces Appointment of New CEOJeff Turner Named Chief Executive Officer

“We are thrilled to have such a highly regarded industry leader as our new North American CEO,” immoviewer founder, Ralf von Grafenstein said. “Jeff has a unique understanding of where the real estate market is heading and a clear vision for where technology fits into the picture. Jeff’s experience and reputation in the industry is stellar and well known. We are certain he will be able to lead us to the conversations that will move immoviewer forward at a rapid pace in North America.”

Huge congrats to Jeff. This stuff looks shit hot and affordable for most brokers/agents.

Buyside gets stacked

Industry Experts Join Buyside to Support Further Growth and National Expansion

“Charles Williams, Buyside’s Founder and CEO, has announced the expansion of the company’s senior leadership team with the addition of three tenured real estate industry veterans: Alissa Harper, VP, Growth; Dan McKeehan, VP, Operations; and Laura Scott, Chief Success Officer. Buyside is a data science & marketing company helping brokers transform real-time buyer data into leads, listings and profits.”

Here’s the team:

Alissa Harper, VP of Growth, joins Buyside from Market Leader, Trulia, and most recently, Zillow Group where she built and led the company’s Broker Engagement Team…

Dan McKeehan, VP of Operations, comes to Buyside from Dotloop where helped to scale the nationwide deployment of the platform, with large regional and national real estate franchise brands earning impressive user adoption levels with high customer satisfaction…

Laura Scott, Chief Success Officer is a veteran of Northwood Realty Services and Douglas Elliman, where she spent over a decade overseeing daily operations, driving strategy and recruiting effort…

Very impressive. This is about two thing I like the most, keeping talent in the industry and companies making the right investments. Congrats to Charles and the new team.

Larson Skinner promotes Camille Beshara


Larson Skinner PLLC announces promotion of Camille M. Beshara to member of the firm

“According to firm Managing Member Mitchell A. Skinner, “Camille provides perceptive legal advice coupled with
deep industry insight to our clients. It was natural to bring her further into our team.” The firm’s founder and Of
Counsel attorney, Brian N. Larson, echoed the sentiment. “Clients appreciate Camille’s commitment to
responsive, practical, and insightful advice.”

So cool. Congrats Camille!

*I hope I don’t get in trouble from scrapping Camille’s photo from their website. : )

A little bird told me that…

Dave Howe and Rick Trevino named MetroList Vice Presidents


Dave Howe and Rick Trevino Promoted To MetroList Vice Presidents

“MetroList Services, Inc. announced the promotion of Dave Howe to Vice President, MLS Operations and Rick Trevino to Vice President, Information Technology. The announcement was made by Bill Miller, CEO of MetroList.
“Dave and Rick have contributed significantly and have been invaluable assets to MetroList with their combined 50 years in the real estate industry and MLS. They are innovative thinkers who have led their teams to increase the value and benefits to our real estate Subscribers,” said Miller.”

Well deserved and glad to see this happen for both. Bill Miller, MetroList’s new CEO, certainly has a deep bench to work with.

Bob Goldberg is the N.A.R.’s new CEO

NAR Senior Executive Will Be Next CEO

“NAR’s leadership team chose Goldberg after an extensive national search. He has been with NAR since 1995 and will be NAR’s 12th CEO since the association was founded in 1908.

“Bob’s vision, business acumen, and unique ability to successfully leverage NAR’s technology investments will ensure REALTORS® remain at the center of the real estate transaction,” said 2017 NAR President William E. Brown, a REALTOR® from Alamo, California. “With extensive knowledge of the association and real estate industry, Bob brings with him a strong track record for future-based thinking and enacting change, which is why the NAR leadership team is extremely confident in his ability to lead the association and membership to continued future success.””

Called it! Congrats Bob!

Tom Renkert to take CEO position at Ann Arbor Board of REALTORS

Huge congrats to Tom! And it’s an awesome opportunity for someone to join MIBOR.

Brenda Carnegie joins Metro Market Trends, Inc.


Metro Market Trends, Inc. Welcomes Brenda Carnegie

Brenda has served in the real estate industry for over 25 years starting as an MLS Director in Clearwater, Florida. She has held
positions with Interealty (now part of CoreLogic), Realist, and Coldwell Banker Residential. Brenda was responsible for managing
MLS system installations, sales and member support, as well as developing and implementing Broker-based solutions.

Brenda was part of the realtor.com® Industry Relations Team from 2009-2015 as Director of Industry Relations, providing support to Associations/MLSs in the Southeast.

Congrats to RealtyWEB.net and Brenda!

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