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About Real Estate Standards Organization

Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) is an independent, nonprofit standards body. RESO was formed to develop data standards and processes that create efficiencies for all participants in real estate transactions. Our member organizations include MLSs, brokerages, REALTOR® associations and technology partners serving more than one million real estate professionals.

RESO’s mission is to create and promote the adoption and utilization of standards that drive efficiency throughout the real estate industry. Our vision is a streamlined real estate technology industry.

 

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2023 RESO Board of Directors

 

Chair: Rebecca Jensen, Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC (MRED)
Vice-Chair: Michael Wurzer, FBS – Creators of Flexmls
Secretary: John Breault, State-Wide MLS
Treasurer: Richard Renton, Triad MLS
Class A Directors:
Dave Conroy – National Association of REALTORS®
Alex Lange – National Association of REALTORS®
Class B Directors:
Matt Cohen – CoreLogic
Bob Evans – Move, Inc.
Matt Hendricks – Zillow
Mark Lesswing – Lesswing
Shaun York – Homes.com
Class C Directors:
Shayne Fairley – Stellar MLS
Frank Major – Bright MLS
Greg Moore – RMLS
Marty Reed – CRMLS
Class D Directors:
Caitlin McCrory – Anywhere
Dan Troup – RE/MAX LLC
Vandana Vohra – Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
Class E Director:
Jeff Young – Realtors Property Resource                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Key RESO Staff Contacts

Sam DeBord

Sam DeBord

Chief Executive Officer

919.504.9898
sam@reso.org | Bio Page

Jason Darrough

Jason Darrough

Technical Product Manager

919.289.5163
jason@reso.org

Suzanne Biegenzahn

Suzanne Biegenzahn

Chief Operating Officer

919.504.9894
suzanne@reso.org

Brian Ohnesorgen

Brian Ohnesorgen

Membership Manager

919.504.6235
brian@reso.org

Joshua Darnell

Joshua Darnell

Chief Technology Officer

919.504.6234
josh@reso.org

Claire Northrop

Claire Northrop

Marketing Manager

919.504.9897
claire@reso.org

Greg Sax

Greg Sax

Director of Growth Management

gsax@reso.org | 919.504.6233

Meridith Tugwell

Meridith Tugwell

Project Manager

919.504.9894
meridith@reso.org

About Open Standards

Open standards organizations, like RESO, exist in most industries to ensure technology advancement. A well-known example is W3C, which creates the standards for the World Wide Web. The most powerful technology companies in the world agree to collaborate to build a common web that raises the technology foundations of all competitors.

This is why you can get data, apps, services, and products from many different competing companies on the same smartphone. Web-based products are built on an open standard.

In real estate, RESO’s standards are created to promote that same experience: interoperability between MLS, broker, agent, and consumer technology tools.

RESO Today

RESO’s standards and services have grown significantly over time:

RESO’s core values align with those of open standards organizations across the globe. Our processes and products are collaborative, business-driven, transparent, innovative, open, inclusive, and measurable. | RESO Bylaws

Our History

In 1999, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) joined forces with leaders in technology to explore ways to make access to MLS data easier for real estate brokers, agents, and their technology partners.

In 2002, RESO was officially created as an NAR work group and soon presented its first version of the well-documented Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS).  RETS is a legacy means of data transfer that has been used by the real estate industry for nearly twenty years.

RESO was incorporated in November 2011 as an independent, not-for-profit trade organization.