NAR Names New Executive Director to the Real Estate Standards Organization

Washington, January 12, 2010

National Association of Realtors® member Travis Wright, a 30-year real estate and technology industry veteran, has been appointed to executive director of the Real Estate Standards Organization. RESO oversees the NAR-supported Real Estate Transaction Standard, which defined an approach for exchanging listings with multiple listing services. NAR’s Center for REALTOR® Technology provides staff support for RESO.

“Realtors® are industry innovators, and Travis Wright’s background, experience and achievements are well suited to this position,” said NAR President Vicki Cox Golder, owner of Vicki L. Cox & Associates in Tucson, Ariz. “Technology standards are essential for industry stakeholders throughout the real estate transaction process, and Travis’ leadership and management skills will help RESO achieve its stated objectives of promoting technology standards and helping collect and share real estate data for all industry participants.”

Wright most recently served as the president of Stewart Transaction Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Stewart Title Co., where he was responsible for developing, deploying and maintaining enterprise software platforms. He will be based in Houston and will travel extensively throughout the country advocating the adoption and utilization of technology data standards developed by RESO.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to represent RESO as the executive director and for the chance to work with highly dedicated technologists and passionate association volunteers to support RESO’s vision and mandate,” said Wright. “We know that good standards are the basis for producing good data, and good real estate data is necessary for the decision making process of real estate consumers, practitioners and related third-party service providers.”

For information about the Real Estate Standards Organization, go to www.reso.org.

The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing 1.2 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

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