Learn from leaders and experts in the real estate industry.

We have an incredible collection of speakers lined up, including industry experts and top professionals, to discuss key issues affecting the real estate industry and marketplace today.

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Steve Murray

Editor of REAL Trends and President of Murray Consulting Inc. (Keynote)

Steve Murray is the editor of REAL Trends, which is read by more than 24,000 leaders in the residential realty industry every week and has been the leader in industry and housing consumer research for the past 22 years. Murray Consulting has handled over 1,800 client assignments for realty firms over the past 21 years, with over 620 merger and acquisition assignments. Steve has served dozens of state and local Realtor® associations and MLS organizations as well as a variety of firms that service the realty industry. He manages five different executive CEO groups composed of over 90 leading realty firm CEO's from across the country.

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Steve Harney

Founder of Keeping Current Matters™

Steve Harney is a residential real estate expert who specializes in sales and leadership training. He has been in the industry for over 25 years, first as an agent and then developing his own 500 agent real estate firm. Most recently, Steve launched a training firm aimed at helping producers achieve their true potential. He authors a monthly informational presentation for top professionals titled, "Keeping Current Matters," and travels the country as a sought-after public speaker. Steve has received many accolades for his speaking including being rated the number one speaker at the New York State's 2008 Realtor Convention in Atlantic City. The more than 100 events he was involved with in 2009 include speaking at the NAR Convention in San Diego and keynoting The Annual Convention for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World in Scottsdale, REAL Trends "Gathering of Eagles" event in Dallas, and the Illinois Association of Realtors Convention in Chicago.

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Earl Lee

President of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc.

Earl Lee was appointed as president of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc. when the company's Real Estate and Relocation operations were combined. Previously, Earl was president of Prudential Relocation from January 2007 to December 2008, and president of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. from 2000 through 2006. Lee also served the company as executive vice president of operations. Before joining Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., he was senior vice president, principal broker and partner of Prudential Locations LLC located in Hawaii. Lee received his bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In December 2009, Inman News named Lee to its annual Inman 100: Most Influential Leaders list highlighting the real estate industry's most influential people. Lee is also a member of the National Association of REALTORS'® Real Estate Advisory Board and its Executive Committee, and is a board member of Worldwide ERC®, the international association for relocation professionals. He previously served as a national director for the Asian American Real Estate Association, the National Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.

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Rick Haase

General Manager of Prudential Gardner, Realtors

A 28-year veteran of the real estate industry, Rick Haase has held Senior Leadership positions for over 15 years. Rick is a frequent lecturer at programs dealing with leadership training and development, organizational development as well as brokerage management and oversight. He is a graduate of the Gestalt Institute's Organizational Systems Development program and he holds numerous real estate industry designations.

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Sherry Chris

President and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate

Sherry Chris was appointed President and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in October of 2007. She was most recently Chief Operating Officer for Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Overall, Sherry has 30 years of real estate experience, including significant senior management positions in the areas of sales and marketing, new technologies, and franchise management. Well known within the real estate industry, Sherry is a frequent speaker at real estate and technology conferences. She serves on the Zillow broker advisory board and has served on a number of industry and technology related advisory boards, including Trulia and Google Real Estate. She is also a past chairman of The Realty Alliance and has been listed as one of the Inman News 100 "Most Influential" Real Estate leaders every year since 2005.

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Gino Blefari

Founder, President and CEO of Intero Real Estate Services

Gino Blefari began selling real estate in 1984 and for the next 14 years was a top-producing agent selling more than 50 homes per year. As a manager at Contempo Realty in 1988, he quickly set out transforming the Cupertino office from the lowest producing branch into the company's number one office. Soon after, Gino was promoted to chief operating officer and a partner where he oversaw the daily operations of 18 Contempo offices and their respective branch managers. Soon after, he became president of Century 21 Seville Contempo and was credited with increasing the company's profits by 280% in his first year on the job. In 2001, he was promoted to senior vice president of NRT, where he began working on a national level. In addition to his on-the-job mentoring, Gino is a faculty member at De Anza College where he teaches real estate courses and is a former director of the National Association of REALTORS®.

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Ed Krafchow

President and CEO of Prudential CA/NV Realty

Under the leadership of Ed Krafchow and his partner David Cobo, who are close personal friends as well as cohorts, Prudential CA/NV Realty has seen remarkable growth since 1991 when they took over leadership. In 1991, the company's 21 offices housed 565 agents and closed less than $1 billion in sales annually. Since then, the company has grown to over $3 billion in annual sales, with more than 1,700 agents and 40 offices. Ed has been closely involved in the development of the company's proprietary WebTop Intranet, a technology platform that has created more leads and more efficient business processes for his sales associates. Ed was named one of the real estate industry's Most Influential People in 2007 by Inman News. A frequent national speaker on several industry-related topics, he has been identified by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® as one of California's top brokers and recognized as a technological leader by the Employee Relocation Council.

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Thaddeus Wong

Co-Founder of @properties

A highly energetic and creative entrepreneur, Thaddeus Wong has personally overseen the opening of four city brokerage offices and the recruitment of more than 250 talented agents, while also spearheading technology initiatives such as a fully wireless workplace and leading-edge internet marketing. Thad's recruitment, training and technology efforts have resulted in @properties posting one of the highest sales-volume-per-agent rankings in Chicago real estate. Thad takes an active role in all facets of development marketing, working closely with developers, architects, bankers and strategic partners to address project feasibility; product positioning and design; advertising and promotion; and, most importantly, sales. From 2000 to 2002, He earned three consecutive Golden Eagle Awards from the Chicago Association of Realtors as the number-one, highest-producing sales agent among the organization's more than 9,000 members. Throughout his career, Thad has been personally responsible for more than 300 million dollars in real estate sales.

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Helen Edwards

President of Coldwell Banker United, REALTORS (Austin Region)

Helen Edwards is a 20-year veteran of the real estate industry. She served as agent and owner of an independent real estate company during the 1980's. In 1990, Helen joined the Richard Smith organization, which at that time was in the process of acquiring the Austin operation from Coldwell Banker®. In 1991, Helen soon began serving the company in multiple arenas focusing on relocation and branch management. She was director of the award-winning Relocation Department from 1991-2001, and was honored with multiple customer service awards, receiving highest honors for five consecutive years. In 1997, Helen began serving as a branch office vice president, in addition to her relocation responsibilities and was promoted to President and COO of the Austin Region in 2004. Helen serves as the Vice-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Texas Association of REALTORS®, she is a member of the Employee Relocation Council, and continues as a national speaker in the relocation arena.

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Kevin Kaplan

Vice President of Marketing & Technology for Long Companies

Kevin Kaplan is known as an industry innovator that brings forward thinking vision and change to the brokerage community. Kevin has over ten years of real estate experience, including senior leadership positions in marketing, brokerage management, technology and business development. In 2008 Kevin joined Long Companies, which is comprised of Long Realty Company, Long Mortgage Company, Long Title Agency and Long Insurance Group. Long Realty Company, a part of HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, is the leading real estate brokerage company operating in southern Arizona with a network of more than 1,200 licensed real estate associates in more than 33 offices. In addition to leading marketing and technology efforts, Kevin also oversees the company's training strategies and is part of the executive leadership team. Most recently Kevin successfully introduced to the company Long Connects, a groundbreaking social media intranet community connecting its sales associates and employees across the organization. Prior to joining Long Companies, Kevin was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for ForeclosureRadar.com, Senior Vice President for Century 21 M&M and Associates and Director of Marketing for Century 21 Real Estate Corporation.

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Ken Baris

President of Jordan Baris, Inc. Realtors

Ken Baris is among the real estate industry's most prolific and dynamic leaders. Ken has had numerous accomplishments within the last year: He was elected president of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World-New York Metro Group; is a founding and highly active member of the Zillow Broker Advisory Board; was a featured speaker at 2009 Inman Connect-NYC, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World annual conference, RIS Media Top 5 in Real Estate Conference, and NAR Mid-Year Convention. Ken's firm, Jordan Baris, Inc., has been implementing a creative and aggressive strategy to capitalize on the current market. Ken has had a stellar track record since joining the industry in 1985. He was the youngest person ever to earn the CRS designation in 1987. He created and developed Top Presenter, which when launched was named the Best New Software of the Year by NAR.

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Bryon Ellington

Chief Products Officer, Keller Williams Realty

Coming to Keller Williams Realty in 2002 with a background in education, Bryon Ellington has taken pivotal roles in the development of a wide range of educational and technological initiatives. Serving first as a research analyst in the information technology department, he helped to define the technology tools that would most effectively drive associates' businesses forward. He later assumed a leadership role within Keller Williams University, where he channeled his instructional design skills into the creation of many of the university's training programs and authored several classes, including the Internet Lead Generation curriculum. In 2007, Bryon stepped up to the role of director of research, development and implementation, where he helped to create technology and training to serve the evolving needs of associates in an online environment and put Keller Williams Realty at the forefront of technology in the real estate industry.

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Nick Bailey

Regional Vice President, RE/MAX International, Inc.

Nick Bailey, a 14-year veteran in the real estate industry, started with RE/MAX International nearly nine years ago as a Management Consultant and was quickly promoted to Senior Management Consultant, Assistant Regional Director, Regional Director and on to Regional Vice President in July 2004. He has provided leadership to numerous regions during his tenure with the company and has most recently been instrumental in the acquisition of the Florida Region and transitioning the region from privately owned to company operated. Prior to joining RE/MAX International, Nick was involved in residential real estate sales and office management; served as an officer of the Park County Board of Realtors and was voted 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. The RE/MAX network currently operates in over 79 countries with over 6,500 offices serving nearly 93,000 associates.

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Stephanie Pfeffer

Director of Integrated Marketing for Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection®, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®

As the Director of Integrated Marketing for Luxury Portfolio Fine Property Collection®, Stephanie Pfeffer is responsible for all online initiatives for the program and ensuring that the award-winning website, LuxuryPortfolio.com, maintains its industry leader position. Previously, Stephanie served as the Vice President of Marketing for Koenig & Strey, a large Chicagoland real estate brokerage as well as the Director of Communications & Internet for GMAC Real Estate, an international real estate franchise. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Boston University and a Masters in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University.

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Martin J. Rueter

President of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

A successful residential agent, commercial broker, property manager and company owner, Marty Rueter remains one of its most avid authorities and advocates. In 1977, he joined the Century 21® franchise organization, first in the Mid Atlantic States, eventually becoming Senior Vice President and member of the company's executive management team at their then corporate office in Southern California. At Century 21 corporate, he was directly responsible for all training, recruiting, commercial-investment, management, referral and relocation services. A frequent author and guest speaker, Marty is currently President of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., the franchising company of Weichert, Realtors, which is operational in 36 states with nearly 500 offices and close to 17,000 sales associates.

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Krisstina Wise

Principal/Broker of The GoodLife Team

Krisstina is an accomplished business woman in the domain of residential real estate. Her "uncommon" real estate practice is ranked in the top 1% nationwide. Her success comes as a result of advanced adoption of innovative technologies, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a far-reaching commitment to service – all uncommon for the real estate industry. Krisstina's real estate business, The GoodLife Team, is a leader in marketing systems and internet lead generation through social media platforms. The GoodLife Team brand is recognized locally and nationally as a technology-based firm with a rich commitment to take care of the concerns of their clients. In addition to leading her local real estate business, Krisstina is a national real estate speaker and trainer, is known as founder of two real estate technology start-ups and has just completed a business plan of her next company which addresses technology in the future of real estate brokerage.

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Anthony Romeo

President of KWKLY Mobile Solutions

Tony Romeo grew up in Forks, Washington and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy. After serving five years as an Intelligence officer, Tony left the Air Force to start his own business. Tony founded KWKLY in 2007 in the hopes of bringing the easiest mobile solution for both buyers and agents. With the same code on every yard sign and no downloads required for homebuyers, Tony's company has signed some of the nation's largest brokerages including Intero Real Estate and Daniel Gale Sotheby's.

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Glen Jaffee

Vice President of AlignMark Corporation

AlignMark is a leading provider of innovative human resources products and services created to assist organizations in improving human capital effectiveness through sourcing, recruiting, training, performance management, and meeting the personal development needs of employees. Glen Jaffee is currently responsible for the overall direction of the company's business development activities, client management and customer service within the real estate sector. Glen has experience in, and has been published in, the areas of sourcing, testing, electronic selection, assessment centers, managerial development, and performance appraisal. He brings experience to the real estate industry by having worked with a large variety of client organizations such as Wachovia, United Parcel Service, American Automobile Club, Frito-Lay, and many others.

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Bill Leake

President and CEO of Apogee Search

Bill Leake draws on a deep expertise in both business and marketing to help increase revenues for a wide range of clients. He has been involved in driving provable revenues through Internet marketing techniques since the early 1990s when, as part of the management team at Power Computing, he built the first company to sell $1 million of product over the Internet. As CEO and founder of Apogee Search, he has guided the company from inception to its current position as the largest search engine marketing firm in the Southwest, one of the 20 largest in North America and one of the fastest growing companies on the Inc. 500 list. Bill also serves as the president of the Austin Interactive Marketing Association and as the chairman of the SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization) committee. Bill received an MBA with honors from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.A. from Yale University.

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Derek Overbey

Senior Director of Marketing and Social Media for Roost.com

Derek Overbey brings more than 14 years of technology and real estate experience to his role at Roost.com. Prior to his current position, Derek spent more than five years as the Vice President of Marketing at Intero Real Estate Services where he oversaw all the marketing activities for the large regional broker. Derek has a huge passion for social media and blogging and is the primary voice at the Roost blog, as well as other high profile real estate blogs. His social media experience and network have expanded greatly over the last two years and this has helped him elevate the Roost brand as well as his own. He is active and integrated on almost every social media platform including, but not limited to Twitter, Facebook, digg, FriendFeed, Foursquare, StubleUpon, 12seconds, Tokbox, Delicious, Blip.fm and Flickr. Derek holds a BA in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations from California State University at Fullerton.

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Charlotte Lipscomb

Luxury Real Estate Panelist – AvenueOne Properties, Inc.

Charlotte Lipscomb is a native Texan who has been active in Austin residential real estate since 1984, and associated with AvenueOne Properties, Inc. since January, 1988. Her high-end marker focus and many years of success have positioned her as a much respected name in the luxury marketplace, having sold many of Austin's finest properties. Austin's Elite25 was established by third-party real estate service entities (Stewart Title and Chase Bank) to recognize the agents in the Austin marketplace that sold the majority of the luxury properties, strictly documenting and confidentially confirming those sales, and Charlotte has been selected asa member of Austin's Elite25 each and every years since the Elite25's 1994 origination.

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Patty McCarthy

Luxury Real Estate Panelist – William Raveis Real Estate

Patty McCarthy, Sales Vice President/Realtor at William Raveis Real Estate has consistently been the number one producer in Northern Fairfield County in Connecticut for the past 20 years. Her creation of The McCarthy Group, a team of professionals who rank in the top 1% of all realtors in the United States, has earned numerous awards and industry recognition. As a national speaker and invited member of Top 5, Patty is acknowledged as a leader on the cutting edge of real estate.

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Dorie Dillard

Top Agent Panelist – Coldwell Banker United, REALTORS

Dorie Dillard, once a school teacher, still enjoys the learning process — only now she learns what dreams her clients have and what she can do to help them. She is a firm believer in asking the right questions, which has helped her to build an impressive business over the past 20 years and leave a trail of happy clients. Dorie is super organized and prides herself on being available and open to answering questions. With a high degree of professionalism, honesty and a penchant for working hard she's built a strong reputation and is known for having properties that sell. Her results speak for themselves.

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Amanda McMillan

Top Agent Panelist – Prudential Rubloff Properties

The world of real estate is one that is ever changing. To guarantee her place as a leader, Amanda is constantly researching the market, current trends and all aspects of marketing and technology. Her job is to exceed all client expectations, and by positioning herself with a finger on Chicago's pulse, she is able to do so. Success can be measured in many ways. Amanda has achieved the following in her 8 years as a real estate advisor: Top 1% of Chicago Realtors for Closed Volume 2006, 2007, 2008; Top 1% of Chicago Realtors for Closed # of Transactions 2006, 2007, 2008; Top 5 Agents for Prudential Rubloff Properties for Closed Volume 2006, 2007, 2008; Top 5 Agents for Prudential Rubloff Properties for Closed # of Transactions 2006, 2007, 2008.

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Kelly Price

Top Agent Panelist – Kelly Price & Company

Kelly Price is not only the driving force and name on the door of one of Central Florida's most dynamic and recognized real estate companies, she also is one of the area's premier real estate sales professionals - and has been now for many years. Over the past five years (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008), Kelly ranked among the top 50 Realtors in Central Florida and was recognized by Orlando Magazine's Hot 100 for her sales production, setting a perfect example for her sales associates to follow. Kelly launched her impressive real estate career in 1989 with an established Winter Park real estate firm and over the next 12 years was one of the firm's top performers. In 2002 she was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and started Kelly Price & Company, building the company on a solid footing of integrity, loyalty and unwavering enthusiasm, which continues to serve as the company's mantra. Starting with just herself and two other associates, Kelly Price & Company has grown to more than 30 sales agents and over the past six years it has posted more than $500 million in property sales.

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Shane White

Top Agent Panelist – RE/MAX Town & Country

Shane White is the licensed Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Town & Country and the team leader for The Shane T. White Team. After completing his Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Texas A&M in 1997, he worked as a homebuilding superintendent for two large builders in Houston until 2000. He has since found his passion in leading his team in helping people buy and sell real estate in and around his local community of Liberty Hill, just north of Austin, Texas. He has earned the Certified Residential Specialist designation. He has also been recognized as a member of the Aggie 100 in 2008 by Texas A&M as one of the 100 fastest growing Aggie owned or managed companies in the world. His team consistently earns Top Producer Awards for RE/MAX and he was recently interviewed by Howard Brinton of STAR Power Systems to be featured as a STAR on his Star of the Month Club.

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Freddie Baird

EVP, Chief Operating Officer for QuantumDigital, Inc.

After nine years at QuantumDigital, Freddie Baird was named COO in 2007, adding to his title of Executive Vice President. Freddie is responsible for daily operations of the company as well as the management of technology process improvements. In his time at the company, Freddie has achieved several successes, including the implementation of the online direct mail marketing service and the on-demand digital printing solution. Prior to working at QuantumDigital, Freddie worked in the journalism field as a senior writer and editor for the "Texas Bar Journal" and then went on to work in the high-tech industry as an operations manager and technical sales advisor for an Austin-based document management firm.

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Eric Cosway

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer for QuantumDigital, Inc.

Eric Cosway brings more than 22 years of strategic marketing experience to his position as CMO of QuantumDigital. Eric is responsible for overseeing all sales management and marketing communications, corporate positioning and messaging, advertising and promotions, and channel sales and marketing. Prior to joining QuantumDigital in 2007, Eric was a strategy marketing consultant for the advertising agency SicolaMartin, developing marketing and brand strategies for a wide range of high-tech clients. Before joining SicolaMartin, he held several internal marketing positions at high-tech companies, where he developed marketing and positioning strategies. Eric is a member of the Marketing Executives Networking Group, Austin Technology Council and Certified Management Consultants.

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Jamie Klemcke

Director of Marketing for QuantumDigital, Inc.

Jamie brings 11 years of interactive and traditional marketing experience to her position at QuantumDigital. As the marketing director, Jamie is responsible for overseeing all marketing communications including consumer market research, print and online advertising, tradeshows and events, input into web site design, email marketing, educational webinars and video creation. Prior to joining QuantumDigital in 2004, Jamie was a Client Service Manager and Senior Project Manager for imc², an interactive agency in Dallas, Texas. Her brand experience spans across the real estate, ad agency, consumer package goods, franchise marketing, pharmaceutical, financial and hospitality industries. Jamie's team was awarded a silver and bronze award this year by the National Association of Printing Leaders for excellence in lead generation and digital marketing campaigns.