Speakers

Real Estate Connect provides the highest quality content and speakers to create an unparalleled learning and interactive experience. Speakers include prominent executives, entrepreneurs and innovators from the leading real estate, mortgage, finance and technology companies. In addition, you'll find celebrated and controversial key journalists, authors, influential bloggers, and visionaries who track industry trends.

Speakers this year include:

Sasha Aickin, Engineering Manager, Search Team, Redfin
Clark Alexander, Founder, Alexander Group LLC
Mark Allen, CEO, Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors
Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President & Chief Economist, California Association of REALTORS®
Bob Bemis, CEO,Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service
Kris Berg, Co-owner and Designated Broker, San Diego Castles Realty
Steven Berkowitz, CEO, Move® and REALTOR.com®
Sean Black, VP of Sales, Trulia
Eric Blumberg, Founder/President & CTO, SmarterAgent
Nick Bilton, Designer, User Interface Specialist, Technologist, Journalist, Hardware Hacker, Researcher, The New York Times
Brian Boero, Partner, 1000Watt Consulting
Matt Brezina, Co-Founder, Xobni
Justin Britt, Partner / SEO, Hawaii Life Real Estate Services
Deanna Brown, President, Scripps Networks Digital
Morgan Brown, Writer, Blown Mortgage
Eric M. Bryn, VP of Strategic Development, Intellectual Property Counsel, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
Ricardo Bueno, Social Media Consultant, Ribeezie.com
Joel Burslem, Director of Product Development, Vook.com
Louis Cammarosano, General Manager, HomeGain
Marc Canter, CEO, Broadband Mechanics
Ryan Carrell, Director of Relocation Services, Carpenter Realtors®
Alex Chang, CEO, Roost
Bill Chee, President, Prudential Locations
Sherry Chris, President & CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
Laura Cochran, VP Marketing & Sales, MRIS
Andrew Coleman, Co-Founder, LeadQual
Kathy Condon, President & CEO, MLS PIN
Robert X. Cringely, Co-Founder, Home-Account
Jim Cronin, Owner/Author, Real Estate Tomato
Aman Daro, VP, Integrated Marketing, McGuire Real Estate
Marc Davison, Partner, 1000Watt Consulting
Channing Dawson, Senior Advisor, Scripps Networks Interactive
Liam Dayan, Founder and CEO, LISTINGSCORE
Gahlord DeWald, President/Janitor, ThoughtFaucet
Craig Donato, Co-Founder & CEO, Oodle
Geoff Dougherty, Editor, Chi-Town Daily News
John Erickson, Senior VP SEO, LeadQual
Anthony Farwell, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, ClosingCorp Inc.
Peter Flint, CEO, Trulia
Wendy Forsythe, VP, Broker Services and Product Development, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
Chris Freeman, CTO, WolfNet
Ben Gallbraith, Founder, Ajaxian.com
Dan Gies, MLS® & Technology Council (MTC) Chair, CREA
David Gibbons, Director of Community Relations, Zillow.com
Tom Glassanos, President and CEO, SmartZip, Inc.
Matt Goyer, Director of Online Marketing, Redfin
Rob Hahn, Managing Partner, 7DS Associates
Bob Hale, CEO, Houston Association of Realtors
Steven Harney, CEO, Steven Harney, Inc.
Gregory Cosmo Haun, Chief Programmer, ForeclosureRadar.com
Stan Humphries, Chief Economist, Zillow.com
Bradley Inman, Founder and Publisher of Inman News
Brad Jefferson, CEO, Animoto Productions
Jonathan Kauffman, Principal Broker/Owner, Nest Realty
Margaret Kelly, CEO, RE/MAX International
Glenn Kelman, CEO & President, Redfin
Patrick Kitano, Managing Partner, Domus Consulting Group
Nicolai Kolding, COO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC
Deborah Leone, Principal and Founder, Lions Gate Financial
Matt Lerner, CTO, Walkscore
Kevin Levent, President & CEO, Metro Brokers/GMAC Real Estate
Alfred Lin, Chairman, COO & CFO, Zappos.com
Kyle Lundstedt, Managing Director, LPS Applied Analytics
Ira Luntz, Executive VP, ListingBook.com, President, Real Estate Information Professionals Association
Dustin Luther, Social Media Strategy with 4realz Consulting
Mike Mangino, Owner & President, Elevated Rails
Amanda McMillan, Real Estate Consultant, Prudential Preferred Properties
Adam Metz, Principal, Metz
Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery
Corey Miller, Co-Founder, iThemes Media
Ashfaq Munshi, Founder & CEO, Terabitz
Carter Murdoch, Marketing and Compliance Director, Bank of America
Craig Newmark, customer service rep & founder, craigslist.org
Nicole Nicolay, Director of Social Media, Cyberhomes.com & MyTechOpinion
Reggie Nicolay, Director of Social Media, Cyberhomes.com & MyTechOpinion
Sean O'Tool, Founder & CEO, ForeclosureRadar.com
Steve Ozonian, Executive Chairman of Sorrento Capital, Inc.
Spencer Rascoff, COO, Zillow
Kelly Roark, VP, Interactive Sales and Development, FrontDoor.com/Scripps Networks
Daniel Rothamel, Community Manager, Inman News
Zach Scott, COO, Point2 Technologies
David E. Schubb, Realtor, The Schubb Group
Steve Schultz, Head of Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Real Estate
Jim Secord, President & COO, Kurio
Garron Selliken, Founder, HomeQuest & M Realty LLC,IDX Blogger
Sonia Simone, Senior Editor & Author, CopyBlogger.com & Remarkable Communications
Michael Simonsen, CEO, Altos Research Corp.
Joel Singer, Executive Vice President, California Association of REALTORS®
Eric Stegemann, Strategic Development, Tribus Real Estate
Greg Sterling, Principal, Sterling Market Intelligence
Christian Sterner, Co-Founder, WellcomeMat.com
Jeremy Stoppleman, Co-founder and CEO, Yelp Inc.
Camilla Sullivan, SVP, Marketing, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC
Bill Tancer, General Manager of Global Research and Author, Hitwise
Mark Tepper, Vice President of Business Development & Sales, Homefinder.com
Tom Tognoli, Founder, COO, VP and Managing Officer of Intero Saratoga, Intero
Kevin Tomlinson, Realtor, EWM Realtors
Jeff Turner, President, Real Estate Shows
John Vatistas, Co-Chairman, Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
Galen Ward, Co-Founder & CEO, Estately.com
Mark Warner, CEO, RealEspace® of RateWindow
Ian Watt, Luxury Condo Realtor, Ian Watt Personal Real Estate Corporation
Robert Weichelt, Senior California DREO & REOMAC Certification Trainer for LionsGate Financial Network
Thaddeus Wong, Co-Founder & CEO, @properties
Dan Woolley, Co-Founder, W&R Studios
Michael Wurzer, President & CEO, FBS Data Systems
Peter Yared, CEO, iWidgets