Gregg Larson , has 23 years' experience
in the MLS and real estate information industries,
including market research, new product design,
market development, strategic planning, MLS regionalization,
MLS system and vendor selection, transaction management
software, and Internet consulting. Gregg
has worked for organizations such as REDI/Multi-List,
the National Association of Realtors (NAR), DATOR,
and Moore Data Management Services.
In 1996, he co-founded Clareity Consulting, an
internationally recognized Real Estate Information
and Internet consulting firm. Gregg has consulted
for many of the nation’s largest online companies
including AOL, MSN, MapQuest, Classified Ventures/Tribune
Companies, Google, and Homestore.com as well as
many of the nation’s largest Brokerages,
Franchisers, Title Companies, Lenders, Information
Providers, MLSs. In 2004, Gregg founded
Clareity Security LLC, which quickly became the
leading provider of information security technology
and solutions to the real estate industry. He
is highly respected throughout the real estate
industry for his leadership, vision and creativity,
new product design and marketing skills, and successful
technology and Internet strategies.
President & CEO, Clareity Consulting and
Communications, Inc.
email:
web: www.callclareity.com
Robert Morris graduated from Middle
Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science
in Biology and an Associate Degree in Mid-Management
Technology from State Technical Institute at Memphis.
Robert entered the real estate field in 1985 and
has been actively involved in real estate sales and
training for over 19 years. He is currently a broker
and member of the board of directors with Prudential
Rowland Real Estate, Inc. , located in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, where he actively lists and sells real
estate with his team, TeamRobertMorris.
Robert is a international speaker, trainer and consultant
who holds the Internet Professional (e-PRO 500) Accredited
Buyer Representative (ABR) , Accredited Buyer
Representative Manager (ABRM), Certified
Real Estate Brokerage Council (CRB), Certified Residential
Specialist (CRS) , the Graduate Realtor ® Institute
(GRI), and the Professional Management Network (PMN)
formally the Leadership Training Graduate
(LTG) designation for the Women’s
Council or Realtors®.s. He has also been certified
by the Instructor’s Training Institute (ITI).
He has conducted seminars, training workshops and
leadership conferences for countless numbers of Realtors®,
boards, conventions and associations throughout the
continental US, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Puerto Rico,
and the British West Indies.
Robert is a Senior Instructor for the Council
of Residential Specialist (CRS) national several
member active is WCR. REBAC Instructor Facilitator
Course also Robert committees. other well Directors
of Board serves Realtors®, Association National
Institute®, Marketing Founder and President of
Robert Morris Seminars, Inc. , Robert develops,
writes and conducts numerous courses to meet the
needs of Realtors® in the rapidly changing world
of real estate. Robert has taught personalized courses
to thousands of Realtors® across the country
and is committed to helping Realtors® become
more knowledgeable in all facets of the real estate
industry. Robert currently instructs Realtors® in
a variety of areas ranging from computer software,
brokerage management, professional standards, fair
housing, marketing and the implementation of cutting
edge technology. In addition to helping established
agents, Robert instructs candidates for licensure
in the Middle Tennessee region.
His published works include “Teaching Members
about Technology: Your Challenge and Responsibility” in
NAR Today’s Association Executive, Winter 1997
and “The Palm Pilot: Technology for Realtors® on
the move” in WCR’s Tech Talk November/December
1999 issue and others.
Robert Morris Seminars, Inc.
web: www.robertmorris.com
email: info@robertmorris.com
Alex Montalenti is the Co-Founder
of eRealtySolution and SubmitYourListings.com headquartered
in Long Island. eRealty Solution was founded 2004
and specializes in Internet technology and consulting
for real estate companies located throughout the
five boroughs of New York. eRealty Solution, is
a premier provider Industry Advanced Web Site Design,
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing, Online
Marketing Strategy Formulation and Implementation,
Lead Management and Tracking, Custom Application
Development, and General Internet Strategy Consulting.
eRealty Solution’s has developed SubmitYourLisitngs.com
to increase listing exposure on several nationwide
portals and now offers pay per click campaign management
and search engine optimization packages for priority
search engine placement.
Alex has been involved in the creating and developing
of businesses for nearly 8 years and brings over
10 years of marketing, sales, project management,
as well as application design and development experience
to eRealty Solution. As the Director of Sales and
Marketing, Montalenti spends his time involved
with the development, marketing and sales of custom
product development, and more recently, development
of automation technology and workflow systems.
His role in Sales and Customer Relationship Management
at eRealty Solution has put him in a unique position
to understand and address the operational needs
of the company going forward, as well as the business
and technology needs of the clients
eRealtySolution and SubmitYourListings.com
Director of Marketing
Email: alex@erealtysolution.com
web: www.erealtysolution.com
web: www.SubmitYourListings.com
Linda Davis has sold real estate
in Eastern CT for over 30 years and has been
the #1 agent in Ledyard since the 1990's.
She is actively involved in her community and serves
as an elected official in the Town of Ledyard. Linda
has been blogging since February 2006. Her blog "The
Eastern CT Real Estate Blog" , tackles
real estate and land use issues, and is well read
in her community. She also reads and comments on
hundreds of real estate and technology blogs.
The "American Dream Team" at RE/MAX
Realty Group
email:
web: www.easterncthomefinder.com
blog: http://blog.ctrelocation.com For
all the real estate information you need in Eastern,
CT
Dan Green is the founder of Bring the
Blog, a blog-for-you service for busy sales professionals.
In his "other" career, Dan is a top-producing
loan officer at Mobium Mortgage in Chicago and
a perennial nominee for Illinois Loan Officer
of the Year. In 2006, he earned the prestigious "Lending
Champion" award from Chicago Metro Real
Estate magazine. Dan's personal mortgage blog,
The Mortgage Reports, is among the most widely-read
mortgage blogs in the country.
Dan Green
Bring the Blog
email:
web: www.bringtheblog.com
blog: http://blog.bringtheblog.com
David Sonkin is the Founder of Open
House on the Go . After two years of exhaustive
coast-to-coast research on mobile content technologies,
he launched his first venture--the mobile entertainment
guide, BroadwayPhone.com (featured
in The New York Times, June 18, 2007). On the heels
of BroadwayPhone's growing success, he turned his
attention towards the fertile real estate market
. Having spent years watching his own mother (herself
a LIBOR member for nearly two decades) navigate
the shifting waters of residential real estate
trends, he saw a clear opportunity to create a
powerful, practical, and effective marketing tool
for real estate professionals. As CEO of Lake Success
based mobile marketing company mPort3000 ,
David personally presides over Open House
on the Go and what he calls, "evolutionary
tools for your mobile lifestyle".
email:
web: www.OpenHouseOnTheGo.com
Laureen Zarba has been a New York
State real estate continuing education approved
technology instructor with LIBOR and MLS since
April 2001, and has over 20 years of experience
in technical training and curriculum development.
She has worked previously for the NYPD Police Academy,
designing training programs and teaching, as well
as supporting local precinct personnel. She has
taught technology at Suffolk Community College
for 9 years. She has a Master's Degree in Business
from Hofstra University.
Christine Forgione , Owner/Author
of NyHouses4sale.Typepad.com started blogging in
April 2006. Prior to starting her own blog, Christine
watched other bloggers connect and start a social
network. Not only has Christine created a sphere
of influence offline she has connected with so
many other bloggers around the Country. After receiving
calls from buyers or sellers directly because they
read her blog, she quickly realized that consumers
want to be talked to , not talked
at. As a Associate Broker and Office Manager at
Carollo Real Estate she prides herself in being
honest and telling like it is.
Christine Forgione, Assoc. Broker/Office Manager
917-939-1086
email: NYHouses4sale@Gmail.com
blog: www.NYHouses4sale.typepad.com
Company Website: www.CarolloRealEstate.com
Rudolph D. Bachraty III is a
Licensed Real Estate Broker from New York and Co-Founder
of SellsiusRealEstate.com ,
an online real estate classifieds community to
help individuals promote themselves, their businesses
and their listings. As co-author of the Sellsius
Real Estate Blog , we promote new real estate
agents, companies, technologies and bloggers and
discuss all real estate-related topics, news, how-to
tips, video, advice and tech information in an
entertaining way. As Web 2.0 consultants, Sellsius
provides advertising, blogging, marketing and branding
consultations and tips to help agents and brokers
maximize their online presence.
Having spent the last 7 years in the real estate
and home improvement industries, Rudolph is passionate
about improving the consumer experience both online
and offline. This summer, Rudolph and Sellsius
Co-Founder Joseph Ferrara announced Blog
Tour USA . Their goal was to connect the online
and offline worlds and to help spread the word
about how blogging can help both consumers and
real estate professionals. In one month, they traveled
over 10,000 miles through 30+ US cities from New
York City to San Francisco in an RV promoting real
estate blogging, new technologies, companies and
services to the consumers and real estate professionals
on the street. The entire trip was documented with
video and will highlight how people view real estate
and blogging. Their final destination was the first
ever Inman San Francisco Bloggers Connect. Stay
tuned for the real estate documentary.
Rudolph D. Bachraty III
Co-Founder Sellsius°
Sellsius°
425 Madison Avenue, Suite 902
New York, NY 10017
(646) 714-2720 office
212 644 9802 fax
Joseph G. Ferrara, Esq. is a
New York licensed real estate broker and attorney,
having practiced real estate law in Manhattan for
25 years. He is a real estate marketing consultant
and a speaker on real estate blogging, advising
how to take advantage of free internet techniques & tools
to increase business . He is co-Founder of
Sellsius Real Estate, a marketing company helping
real estate professionals better promote themselves. He
co-authors the prestigious Sellsius
Real Estate Blog, one of the most successful
and well-respected real estate blogs on the internet.
Joseph is also a contributing writer to the Inman
News Blog and was recently a speaker at the Inman
News Blogger Connect, held in San Francisco in
August 2007 ( 10 Tips from Top Bloggers).
Joseph and his business partner, Rudolph D. Bachraty
III, made news this summer by traveling cross-country
to promote real estate blogging and new technologies
to real estate professionals and consumers. The
month long trip took them to 30 cities and covered
over 10,000 miles. The trip will be
the subject of an upcoming documentary.
--
Joseph G. Ferrara, Esq.
Sellsius
425 Madison Avenue, 9th floor
New York, NY 10017
646-714-2720
Alejandro is in charge of launching
Trulia’s two new agent products, collaborating
with brokers to grow their home buyer acquisition
strategy through new, exciting marketing innovations
on Trulia.com. Alejandro hails from Stanford
University with degrees in Psychology and Economics
and brings a strong e-commerce background to his
work at Trulia, having previously built online
consumer education tools and business development
programs for top consumer brands while at eBay
and NexTag.com.
Alejandro Foung
Manager, Strategic Partnerships
Trulia, Inc.
email: alejandro@trulia.com
web: www.trulia.com
As co-Founder and Chief Creative Office of WellcomeMat
Phil brings over 10 years of multimedia and branding
expertise to the company. With a passion
for video and the role it continues to play in
mass communications, Phil is WellcomeMat’s
resident evangelist, continually connecting real
estate professionals with videographer communities.
Feeding his video passion, Phil also serves as
the creative and online media director of the New
York Television Festival where he is responsible
for defining and directing creative brand identity
and online media initiatives.
Prior to WellcomeMat was a consultant at HeartBeat
Digital where he helped the company produce and
deliver custom Websites and high-value Web software
for Fortune 500 companies and other industry-leading
organizations. Previously Phil was
a multi-media specialist at I-Frontier, now Avenue
A | Razorfish, an interactive advertising agency
and one of the pioneers in the realm of online
marketing. Phil also served as design engineer
for the Medical Broadcasting Company. He is a graduate
of Penn State University with a BA in Integrative
Arts with an emphasis in multimedia and web design.
Phil also leads the New York Real Estate & Technology
Meetup with his co-founder Christian Sterner.
Phil Thomas Di Giulio | WellcomeMat.com
co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
DIRECT +1 646 623 4840
email: philthomas@wellcomemat.com
web: WellcomeMat.com
blog: http://blog.wellcomemat.com
Jeffrey Root is the Business Development Manager
for Microsoft Virtual Earth Team. He started in
the GIS industry more than 11 years ago as an original
employee of MapQuest Corporation during its launch
in 1996. During his tenure at MapQuest he held
several positions including Director of Finance
while the company conducted an Initial Public Offering
in 1999 and the subsequent sale of the company
to AOL in 2001. Since then he held multiple position
in both Sales and Business Development with Microsoft
and Vicinity Corporation which was acquired by
Microsoft in 2002.
Microsoft Corporation| Virtual Earth Business
Unit
email: jeffroot@microsoft.com
web: http://www.microsoft.com/virtualearth
Bill Dimmler is Director of Network Administration
for MLS and responsible for all networks, the Rapattoni
MIS system; in house support; Tech Field Services
and telecommunications security. He has worked
on network design and security for Fortune 500
companies, banks and defense contractors. He currently
holds certifications from Cisco, Microsoft and
Novell.
email: WDimmler@mlsli.com
web: www.mlstechs.com
Ron France has over 20 years experience in the
information technology and real estate industries
including sales, market research, real estate technology,
training, management, strategic planning, and internet
consulting.
Ron has worked for organizations such as REALTOR.com,
RealtyUSA and Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions.
During his time with Realtor.com Ron was the Eastern
Regional Director as well as consultant to MLS’s
and large real estate firms in the north east.
Ron is also a licensed Real Estate Broker in NYS
and an experienced public speaker having done many
professional speaking engagements through out the
United States.
email: Ron.France@fnres.com
web: www.Cyberhomes.com
David Montalvo has been the president of Internet
marketing firm UnReal Web Marketing, a division
of Active Web Group, since 1997. His SEO expertise
has allowed him to achieve over 15,000 top-10 positions
on the most popular search engines for Fortune
500 companies throughout his career.
In the course of his work at UnReal Web Marketing,
David has successfully launched over 750 full-featured
websites and has been the sole provider of marketing
for over half of those sites. He is an industry
leader in website design, search engine optimization,
pay-per-click management, and website analytics.
Current clients include jetBlue, Good Year, MLS,
Mitutoyo, Cardinal Health, The Finals, One Way
Furniture, Morrell Instruments, and Weber of North
America, as well as Professional Equipment, Construction
Book Express, and RandMH, all divisions of Grainger,
Inc.
David first broke into the industry as graphic
artist and then went on to become a web designer/webmaster.
Soon after that he began studying search engine
algorithms and realized his talent for obtaining
high search engine rankings for websites.
email: dave@unrealstudio.com
web: www.unrealstudio.com
Carmen Stangota is a Regional Sales Manager for
Palm, Inc. responsible for supporting the Verizon
Wireless account in the Northeast Area. Carmen
has over 10 years of experience in the wireless
communications industry. Previously, he had worked
for Verizon Wireless, holding various positions
in the sales and marketing organization. He has
a B.S. in Marketing and Management from Monmouth
University.
Carmen F. Stangota
Regional Sales Manager, Palm, Inc.
email: carmen.stangota@palm.com
web : www.palm.com
Hector Gavilla is the founder of DiamondHomeVideos.com,
an online video company that produces videos for
Real Estate listings. He is also a top producing
Real Estate Agent with Prudential Douglas Elliman.
Prior to working in Real Estate, Hector owned an
Internet web hosting company and worked as a computer
consultant for more than 15 years providing services
to several Fortune 500 companies. He founded Diamond
Home Videos because of a vision that this new marketing
tool will replace the 360 virtual tours currently
being offered today. His technical background combined
with his success in Real Estate sales has helped
many Realtors successfully switch over to the online
video format. His clients include Realtors like ReMax,
Prudential Douglas Elliman, and Coldwell Banker.
email: gavilla@diamondhomevideos.com
web: www.DiamondHomeVideos.com
John Miccio, Business Sales Manager for The N.Y.
Metro Region, has been with Verizon Wireless for
5 years. He brings with him over 8 years in the wireless
service industry. Prior to joining the wireless communication
workforce as a civilian, John spent 4 Years in the
United States Marine Corps. John spent time as a
Field Radio Operator, Microwave Radio Operator, and
Satellite Communications specialist, where his interest
in wireless communication was fueled even further.
He left the service of the U.S. Military with an
Honorable Discharge from the 6th Communication Battalion
in Brooklyn, N.Y. John's highly dedicated team of
Account Executives specialize in supporting Small/Medium
Business with their Wireless Technology needs. Solution
selling is the goal of every Account Executive on
John's team. John, and his team are well versed in
the many Real Estate solutions Verizon Wireless can
offer such as VZ Navigator, Broadband Access Connect,
and VZ E mail.
email: john.miccio@verizonwireless.com
web: www.VerizonWireless.com
Holder of a BS in Technology from SUNY Oswego, and
an MS in Instructional Technology from NYIT, Hal
has been at the forefront of Long Island online real
estate videography since the beginning. Having been
featured in Newsday and the Southampton Press, Hal
has helped get the word out that online video tours
are not only the best way to showcase all of a homes
features, but also serve as a great way to make your
listings stand out above the standard photographic
slide show.
email: Hal@suffolkhometours.com
web: www.welcomehomevideotours.com
Mark Wacker is Director of Corporate Relations for
PropertyShark.com. He is currently responsible
all corporate group sales, customer service, and
real estate training for one of the most in-depth
property information sites on the web today.
Previously, Mark Wacker worked for fourteen years
in New York and Boston as a real estate Broker. Before
his career in real estate, Mark worked as a Preservation
Specialist for the National Park Service where he
assisted in the restoration historic structures throughout
the North Atlantic region.
With over 25 million properties in 20 major markets,
PropertyShark.com enables intelligent real estate
investment, providing data and tools on all aspects
of real property, including comparable sales, property
details, ownership, maps, listings, foreclosures,
mailing lists, and more, directly from the web
email: mark@propertyshark.com
web: www.propertyshark.com