Russ Bergeron

CEO

SoCalMLS

Chief Executive Officer, Russ Bergeron, has been at the helm of Southern California Multiple Listing Service since its formation in 1993. As head of the second largest MLS in the nation, he is known throughout the world for his leadership in bringing technological advances to the multiple listing industry.

Under Russ’ leadership, SoCalMLS has grown from serving 7,000 to 55,000 real estate practitioners and enjoys a nationwide reputation of excellence. He is recognized as a pioneer in the movement to place real estate listings on the Internet for which he won the Inman Innovator Award in 1998.

Prior to joining SoCalMLS, Russ was Director of Data Services at TRW-REDI Property Data in Miami, Florida. There he oversaw the nationwide acquisition of tax data and plat maps from over 1000 jurisdictions that were used to provide public records access in bulk throughout the real estate industry and to Federal, state and local government agencies.

For more than ten years, he was a member of the management team at Planning Research Corporation (now First American MLS Solutions). There he held several key positions including Product Manager, Manager of Systems Design and Development and National Installations Manager for a wide range of MLS-related products.

Russ is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Marywood College where he holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He proudly served his country for four years as a member of the United States Air Force stationed both at home and in Pakistan.

He lives with his wife of 30 years in South Orange County. They have one daughter who, upon completion of graduate school at UC Irvine, joined the MLS service industry.