Realogy CTO Discusses Cloud Transformation for Real Estate
Information Week
AUGUST 30, 2021
Bringing a major real estate services company with multiple brands in its portfolio to the cloud required a multifaceted strategy that continues to evolve.
The AI Anywhere Real Estate uses to boost leads and listings
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
But this doesn’t mean AI can do everything, cautions Rudy Wolfs, CTO at Anywhere Real Estate. While no one can deny the potential and promise of AI, we must be aware of the immaturity of this technology today,” he says. “I The goal is to make the real estate experience seamless for buyers, sellers, and agents. “We
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Santiago Uriel será el nuevo CTO de Equifax Iberia
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
En medio de una serie de nuevas incorporaciones a la compañía, Equifax ha anunciado el nombramiento de Santiago Uriel como el nuevo CTO de la compañía para Iberia , donde su principal cometido será el impulso del nuevo modelo operativo de la empresa en cloud.
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Real estate brokerage Compass to acquire Seattle-based home closing startup Modus
GeekWire
OCTOBER 5, 2020
New York-based real estate brokerage and tech company Compass will acquire Modus , a Seattle startup that automates the title and escrow phase of closing on a home. Compass plans to integrate Modus’ software into its tech-fueled platform used by more than 18,000 real estate agents across 165-plus U.S. Modus Photo).
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With deep roots in Seattle, real estate brokerage Compass reportedly eyes IPO
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Compass CEO Robert Reffkin last year after cutting the ribbon on the real estate brokerage’s tech center in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Former Amazon and Microsoft executive Joseph Sirosh serves as chief technology officer and is based in the Seattle region. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop).
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Zillow Group real estate rival Compass files for IPO, shows $3.7B in revenue for 2020
GeekWire
MARCH 2, 2021
Compass CEO Robert Reffkin in 2019 after cutting the ribbon on the real estate brokerage’s tech center in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Real estate brokerage Compass filed for an IPO on Monday. Compass is among a flock of real estate tech companies riding a strong U.S.
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RIP (finally) to the blockchain hype
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 6, 2025
A recent criticism of blockchain comes from Jim Fowler, CTO at insurance carrier Nationwide. While insurance carriers were an early example of potential users , Fowler talks about blockchain as an example of how to avoid getting distracted by shiny, new technologies. Many organizations havent found other uses for blockchain, he says.
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Uber vets raise $12.5M for real estate property management startup Doorstead
GeekWire
APRIL 15, 2021
Doorstead executives, from left to right: William Wu, CTO; Jennifer Bronzo, co-founder and COO; Jason Karas, VP of Growth; Ryan Waliany, co-founder and CEO. New funding: Doorstead , a San Francisco real estate property management startup founded by former Uber employees, raised a $12.5 Doorstead Photo). million to date.
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Doorstead launches real estate property management service in Seattle
GeekWire
JANUARY 12, 2022
Doorstead , a San Francisco-based real estate property management startup founded by former Uber employees, is starting to expand nationally and just launched in the Seattle region. Doorstead helps small real estate investors who own single-family units and need help renting out their space. (Doorstead Image).
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Flyhomes buys tech from real estate startup backed by Sam Altman to fuel AI home search tool
GeekWire
JUNE 11, 2024
(Flyhomes screenshot) Seattle startup Flyhomes is beefing up its real estate search capabilities with the acquisition of technology from ZeroDown , a San Francisco startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that develops AI-fueled software for prospective homebuyers. And it’s betting that AI can help. The company, ranked No.
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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M
GeekWire
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Increasing competition in the commercial real estate sector has forced many companies to adopt tech in order to operate faster, CEO and co-founder Cameron Steele told GeekWire. Prophia Photo).
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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 28, 2023
City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Generative AI and LLMs are changing all that.
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The C-suite is expanding — and IT leaders are stepping up
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 8, 2024
“Technology such as AI is redefining business models, requiring organizations to make the seismic shift from a novice technology organization to a mature and trusted leader,’’ says Raj Sharma, consulting vice chair at EY Americas. “As billion square feet of real estate in 19 countries.
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Celebrating the pioneers of Saudi IT: Winners of the inaugural CIO50 KSA Awards
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
These leaders hold key positions across a spectrum of roles, including Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Chief Data Officer (CDO). Their collective efforts underscore the critical importance of technology in both public and private sectors.
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New CIO appointments in India, 2022
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 22, 2022
He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Real estate buying platform Blox has appointed Amit Goel as its chief technology officer, based in Mumbai.
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How Zillow Group is thinking about AI and the future of real estate
GeekWire
AUGUST 7, 2023
Zillow CTO David Beitel was one of the first executive leaders at the real estate giant. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes they love,” said longtime Zillow CTO David Beitel. “We want to make it easy for people to find homes they love,” said longtime Zillow CTO David Beitel.
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Tech Moves: Google exec departs; Syndio adds engineering leader; JPMorgan CTO leaves F5 board
GeekWire
JUNE 27, 2024
Vered was most recently CTO at engineering insights startup Uplevel. She was most recently chief communications officer at police body camera giant Axon, and previously worked for Tesla in investor relations. — Robert Villaseñor joined Seattle crypto startup Coinme as chief legal and compliance officer. Anna Olson.
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Tech Moves: UiPath CTO lands at Talkdesk; Elastic hires AWS vet; ex-Redfin leaders join LLM startup
GeekWire
APRIL 11, 2024
(Talkdesk Photo) — Munil Shah , a former engineering leader at UiPath who previously spent 23 years at Microsoft, has joined San Francisco startup Talkdesk as chief technology officer. Shah, based in Seattle, was most recently a CTO at UiPath, the robotic process automation software giant. million investment round.
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Tech Moves: F5 adds CTO and HR chief; Adaptive names CFO; Techstars Seattle leaders depart
GeekWire
APRIL 3, 2024
F5 Chief People Officer Lyra Schramm (left) and Chief Technology Officer Kunal Anand. (F5 F5 Photos) — Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 announced two new executive appointments this week: Lyra Schramm , the company’s new chief people officer, and Kunal Anand , chief technology officer.
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Tech Moves: Flexe CTO departs; Impinj names chief innovation officer; and more
GeekWire
JANUARY 3, 2023
— David Glick left his position as chief technology officer of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe. ” Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: Connected RFID chip maker Impinj appointed Cathal Phelan , a member of its board of directors, as chief innovation officer.
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More Good News In Federal IT from GSA (you will never see this on the front page of the Washington Post)
CTOvision
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
General Services Administration (GSA) today announced that it has closed 37 data centers this fiscal year as part of the national Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), allowing the agency to avoid real estate costs and reduce energy consumption. SUPPORTING RESOURCES.
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Hungry for resources, AI redefines the data center calculus
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 2, 2024
Data centers are running at near capacity in many areas of the world, according to the Global Data Center Trends 2024 report from CBRE, a real estate services firm. The demands of AI make for a compelling reason to consider hardware upgrades, adds Rob Clark, president and CTO at AI tool provider Seekr.
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Seattle home-inspection services startup Inspectify raises $5.3M
GeekWire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The startup serves about 250 enterprise clients across real estate brokerages and investors, property managers, construction lenders, insurance carriers, and mortgage services. Jensen is a former Flyhomes exec and a long-time residential real estate home flipper.
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Redfin partners with security giant ADT for program that lets buyers tour homes without an agent
GeekWire
OCTOBER 5, 2021
Tech tools such as video tours have increasingly helped power real estate transactions during the pandemic, decreasing the need for face-to-face interactions. Related: The new realities of real estate: Redfin CEO on tech, climate, housing, and the era of ‘a thousand HQs’. (Redfin Photo). housing market gained nearly $2.5
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Legal-tech startup uses AI to search relevant case history to better predict case outcomes
GeekWire
MAY 8, 2024
Predict.law co-founders, from left: CEO Pat Wilburn, CPO Stan Zaporozhets, and CTO Dave Contreras. Applying AI and machine learning training on precedent case history and the fact patterns associated with those cases, Predict.law uses technology to replace the current process of manually searching for relevant prior cases.
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Tech Moves: Ex-Glassdoor CTO will lead Auth0 engineering; Flyhomes hires CRO; and more
GeekWire
OCTOBER 7, 2021
based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes hired Kayti Sullivan as the company’s first chief revenue officer. Bhawna Singh. Auth0 Photo). Bellevue, Wash.-based Kayti Sullivan. Flyhomes Photo).
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Startup funding news: PairTree, RightBound, LOANtuitive, Crelate raise fresh cash
GeekWire
MARCH 15, 2022
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Justin Friberg is an engineering leader who was previously CTO at Record360, which was acquired in 2019. LOANtuitive , a Seattle startup that runs a commercial real estate debt marketplace, came out of stealth mode this week. PairTree has nine employees.
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Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Joseph Sirosh launches stealthy new generative AI startup
GeekWire
MARCH 14, 2024
He previously was chief technology officer at real estate giant Compass, and was CTO of AI at Microsoft, where he worked for more than five years. .” Sirosh, who left Amazon in November, declined to comment on investment raised or number of employees at the company.
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Rental property investment startup Arrived secures $100M in credit financing to fuel U.S. expansion
GeekWire
DECEMBER 16, 2021
The real estate investment platform announced Thursday that it’s partnering with Certain Lending , a San Francisco-based fintech startup. The idea is to open up access to real estate investing beyond wealthy individuals and institutional investors , and use technology to help identify and manage rental properties.
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Building elite teams to map out the business and customer journey
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 11, 2023
When I started as CTO at Opendoor, one of the key things my leadership team and I did was come up with three pillars of vision for the technology organization,” she says. There’s a larger vision for the entire company, but the role technology plays is first to engineer excellence. Companies that do this will thrive.
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Tech Moves: Zillow exec Racquel Russell joins Bird’s board; new gig for startup vet Rebecca Lovell
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Brown was most recently chief content and technology officer for commercial data and analytics company Dun & Bradstreet. He was previously EVP and global chief technology officer for AOL and CTO for educational service companies Kaplan Test Prep, McGraw-Hill and The Princeton Review.
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How will that remodel help boost your home value? Seattle startup Plunk raises $6.5M to find out
GeekWire
MAY 11, 2021
New funding: Seattle real estate startup Plunk has closed a $6.5 The Seattle startup vets in 2004 helped launch Medio, which initially started as a mobile search service but morphed into a mobile analytics provider that Nokia scooped up and folded into its HERE Technologies arm. million seed round led by Unlock Ventures.
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Seattle startup vets raise $1M and reveal more details about home valuation platform Plunk
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
The Seattle startup vets in 2004 helped launch Medio, which initially started as a mobile search service but morphed into a mobile analytics provider that Nokia scooped up and folded into its HERE Technologies arm. ” Plunk joins a cadre of real estate companies in the Seattle region.
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Rethinking home inspections: Zillow and Flyhomes vets land $8M for Seattle startup Inspectify
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
The news: Inspectify , a 2-year-old Seattle startup tackling the home inspection process, raised $8 million from several VCs, real estate giant Redfin, and execs from startups such as Built Technologies, Side, Sundae, Flyhomes, and Steadily. “It’s such a massive industry,” Jensen said of the real estate sector.
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2015 Predictions: Enterprise Software Heats Up and the Office Landscape Changes Dramatically
CTOvision
DECEMBER 30, 2014
Most of the screen real estate will be for reading, with a huddle of controls in the lower left. Big Data CTO The Future Trends API apps Enterprise' This will likely start getting old, and by the end of 2015, we should see a resurgence of compact mobile devices, such as iPhone Mini. He lives in Oakland, Calif., id=75891. [2]
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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 10, 2024
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
… Read More Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign — Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising campaigns on TV and video streaming. … Read More . … Read More
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Tech Moves: Zillow Group names new COO as longtime execs depart
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Jun Choo, chief operating officer of Zillow Group. Zillow Photo) Seattle real estate tech company Zillow Group promoted Jun Choo to the role of chief operating officer. Choo was previously Zillow’s senior vice president of real estate software. home improvement tech startup.
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Cost still biggest driver for multicloud, study finds
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Enterprises in financial services, insurance, and healthcare were most concerned about where their data is stored, while cost was the biggest factor for those in real estate, manufacturing, energy, and technology. Multicloud management Johnson Controls is further along in its multicloud journey.
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Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode
GeekWire
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Thielke is currently managing director of Hines Asia Pacific, a global real estate investment, development and management firms. The founding team includes: • CEO Peter Horadan, previously EVP of engineering and CTO at tax automation startup Avalara. Goldsmith was most recently CTO at identity verification provider Onfido.
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Seattle startups move into growing science cluster in South Lake Union
GeekWire
AUGUST 2, 2023
acre chunk of real estate slated for transformation into a life sciences campus by Alexandria Real Estate Equities. At the time, lab space was hard to find in the city, said Outpace chief technology officer Scott Boyken. Office vacancy rates in the Seattle hit 19.3% during the second quarter.
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Tech Moves: Burke Museum appoints executive director; Boundless names product VP; and more
GeekWire
MARCH 7, 2022
Lior Ron , the head of Uber Freight, and Karl Alomar , previously chief operating officer at Digital Ocean, have joined the board of directors at real estate property management startup Doorstead.
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Tech Moves: Top Blue Origin engineer joins SpaceX; Axon hires HTC Vive exec; Porch adds to board
GeekWire
AUGUST 17, 2021
Prior to joining Convoy in 2018, Kreiner was CEO of Cal Net Technology Group and a managing partner at Olympic Valley Capital. New Athira execs Mark Worthington, general counsel, and Rachel Lenington, chief technology officer and head of product development strategy. Athira Photos). The Bothell, Wash.-based Lessen Photo).
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Tech Moves: Zillow promotes execs; ZoomInfo CTO resigning; ESS CEO steps down
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Sherman joined Zillow in 2012 and has led the real estate platform’s rental unit since 2017. — Ali Dasdan , chief technology officer of ZoomInfo Technologies , is resigning from his role at the publicly traded company to “pursue a new opportunity,” according to a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Washington’s former chief privacy officer raises $2.2M for startup using AI to predict legal cases
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Theo AI co-founders Alex Alben, center, Patrick Ip, right, and CTO Tiago Luchini. Theo AI Photo) A Seattle tech veteran who was Washington state’s first chief privacy officer is the co-founder of a startup using artificial intelligence to help legal professionals predict the likely outcome of cases.
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