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January 23, 2015

Duke Fan: ‘Our vision is to build the ultimate platform for matching buyers to homes’

Vice president of product, RealScout Time at RealScout: 3 months What he does: Leads a team geared to redefining the online home search experience and the connection between agents and homebuyers. Age: 43 Degree, school: MBA Marketing and Finance, University of Southern California Location: Pleasanton, California Social Media: LinkedIn and…
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January 19, 2015

Jon Druse: ‘The tools Realtors have now are antiquated and clunky at best’

Job title: Senior developer, W&R Studios (maker of Cloud CMA and Cloud Streams) Time at W&R Studios: Two years What he does: I write software that makes Realtors look awesome for their clients. Age: 30 Location: Huntington Beach, California Social media: Twitter, LinkedIn What do you do? At W&R Studios, we…
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January 13, 2015

Liming Zhao: ‘a citizen of technology who wandered into land of real estate’

Liming Zhao Head of engineering, Urban Compass What he does: I explore the state of the art in technology used by our agents and consumers, enhance the process flow and data quality of property information for search and market analysis, and build tools to facilitate communications between agents and consumers.…
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January 7, 2015

Mike Leavy’s dream is ‘a common real estate vocabulary and a shared sense of listing information’

Mike Leavy Product architect at Move Inc. Time at Move Inc.: Four years What he does: I’m a “mobile architect,” which means I interface with other technology groups on how to design our infrastructure and services, and I write a lot of iOS code — primarily in Swift nowadays. Age: Somewhere north…
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