Speakers
Real Estate Connect NYC 2009, Jan 7, 2009 – Jan 9, 2009 • New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, New York
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.
Keynote Speakers

Featured Speakers

Speakers this year include:
- Pam Alexander, CEO & Managing Director, North American Operations, RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada Inc & Integra Enterprises Corporation
- Ross Anderson, Owner & President, NewYorkLuxury.com
- Andreas Assum, Geschaeftsleitung Online Marketing, ImmobilienScout GmbH
- Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President & Chief Economist, California Association of REALTORS®
- Simon Baker, CEO, Classified Ad Ventures Pty Ltd
- Brian Balduf, Co-Founder & CEO, VHT Inc.
- Ken Baris, President, Jordan Baris Realtors
- Jeffrey Bastress, President, Startpoint Realty
- Curt Beardsley, VP Product Marketing, Realtor.com
- Kris Berg, Co-owner and Designated Broker, San Diego Castles Realty
- Brad Blumberg, Founder & CEO, Smarter Agent
- Brian Boero, Partner, 1000Watt Consulting
- Matt Brezina, Co-Founder, Xobni
- Deanna Brown, President, Scripps Networks Digital
- Morgan Brown, Director of Marketing, TurnHere
- Eric M. Bryn, VP of Strategic Development, Intellectual Property Counsel, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®
- Joel Burslem, VP of Content, Inman News
- Bernard Cadeau, President, ORPI
- James Cahill, Executive Vice President/Chief Information & Technology Officer, Terra Holdings, LLC
- Ginny Cain McMurtrie, Partner, Mediatise.com
- Pierre Calzadilla, Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Trulia
- Louis Cammarosano, General Manager, HomeGain
- Brad Carroll, Founder & CEO, Dakno Real Estate Marketing
- Art Carter, CEO, iMRMLS, Inc.
- Janet Case, CEO, Proxio Inc.
- David Charron, President & CEO, MRIS
- Janet Choynowski, Founder & CEO, Immobel.com
- Sherry Chris, President & CEO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
- Glenn Cohen, Founder & CEO, Expert Real Estate Services
- Joel Cohen, President, IMAPP
- Jim Cronin, Owner/Author, Real Estate Tomato
- Mark Davison, Partner, 1000Watt Consulting
- Channing Dawson, Senior Advisor, Scripps Networks Interactive
- Yuval Degani, President, Dream Town Realty
- Gonzalo del Pozo, Co-Founder & CEO, Globaliza.com
- Gahlord Dewald, Director of Web Strategy, Union Street Media
- Phil Thomas Di Guilio, Co-Founder, WellcomeMat.com
- Andy Etches, Managing Director, BrightSale UK
- Norm Flynn, CEO, International Real Property Foundation
- Bud Fogel, CEO, Midwest Real Estate Data LLC
- Marty Frame, SVP & GM, Cyberhomes
- Ed Freyfogle, Co-Founder, Nestoria
- Mark Ford, Founder & COO, Qwasi
- Wendy Forsythe, VP, Broker Services and Product Development, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
- Anita Gandhi, Director of Client Intelligence, Hitwise
- Hector Gavilla, Founder & President, DiamondHomeVideos.com
- Boris Geheniau, Owner & Director, Fundament All Media
- Jamie Glenn, Vice President, Product Management, Trulia
- Matt Goyer, Director of Online Marketing, Redfin
- Dan Green, Loan Officer, Mobium Mortgage
- Jack Guttentag, Professor of Finance Emeritus, Wharton School, The Mortgage Professor
- Rob Hahn, VP of Marketing, Onboard Infomatics
- Bob Hale, President and CEO, Houston Association of Realtors®
- Jill Harnick, Executive VP, Chief Brand Officer, Prudential Douglas Elliman
- Jim Harrison, President and CEO, MLS Listings
- Doug Heddings, Senior VP, Prudential Douglas Elliman
- Dottie Herman, President & CEO, Prudential Douglas Elliman
- Sami Inkinen, Co-Founder & COO, Trulia
- Bradley Inman, Founder and Publisher, Inman News
- Stephen Jagger, Co-Founder, Ubertor
- L.J. Jennings, Broker/Owner, Pyramid Real Estate & Investments
- Kenneth Jenny, Managing Partner, Mediatise, LLC
- Tara Jones, Co-Owner, Reel Dwellings TV
- Ivailo Jordanov, Co-Founder, ReTraggr.com
- Satbir Khanuja, CEO, Second Space
- Teresa King Kinney, CEO, Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches
- Philip Kiracofe, Chief Technologist, Coldwell Banker Previews International
- Saul Klein, President & CEO, Internet Crusade / CEO, Point2 Technologies
- Nicolai Kolding , COO, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC
- Paul Kontonis, Co-Founder & CEO, ForYourImagation
- Scott Kucirek, Co-Founder & Lead, ZipRealty & CalMLS
- Anders Kyhlstedt, Co-Founder, Booli Search Technologies AB
- Yannick Laclau, Founder & CEO, Enormo.com
- Brian Larson, Attorney at Law, Larson/Sobotka PLLC
- Daniel Lee, Ph.D, CEO, Globrix
- Matthew J. Leone, Marketing Manager, Terra Marketing, Terra Holdings, LLC
- Mark Lesswing, Sr. Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, National Association of REALTORS®
- Jordan Levy, Partner NY, Softbank Capital
- Fred Light, Video Producer, NashuaVideoTours.com
- Terry Loebs, Managing Director, MacroMarkets LLC
- Miriam M. Lowe, VP International Operations, National Association of REALTORS®
- Victor Lund, Partner, WAV Group
- Dustin Luther, Strategist, 4Realz Social Media Strategy
- Drew Meyers, Business Development Specialist, Zillow.com
- Sharon E. Michnay, Director of Corporate Business Development, Halstead Property
- David Michonski, CEO & Chairman, Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
- Jonathan Miller, Co-Founder, Miller Samuel Inc.
- Peter Mitham, Author, Real Estate Investing for Canadians for Dummies
- Michael Montsko, President, Weichert Lead Network
- Ashfaq Munshi, Founder & CEO, Terabitz, Inc.
- Carter Murdoch, Marketing and Compliance Director, Bank of America
- Vikki Neil, VP/GM Online Brands, Scripps Networks Digital
- Craig Newmark, customer service rep & founder, craigslist.org
- Richard Ollier, CIO, Giroptic
- Sean O'Toole, Founder & CEO, ForeclosureRadar.com
- Cameron Paine, CEO, Connecticut MLS, Inc.
- Alex Perriello, President & CEO, Realogy Franchise Group
- Ben Phillips, Vice President of New Products and Research, Managing Director, Realogy Franchise Group
- Rina Plapler, Senior Executive Director, FutureBrand New York
- Stan Ponte, President, Previews Marketing Division, Coldwell Banker Hunt Kennedy
- Michael Price, President, ML Broadcast
- Wendy Purvey, Senior VP, Marketing, Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC
- Matthew Quinlan, Group Product Manager, Enterprise Mapping, Microsoft Corporation
- Spencer Rascoff, COO, Zillow.com
- Richard Rector, President & CEO, Realty Executives International
- John Reinhardt, President & CEO, Fillmore Real Estate
- Ashley Rigg, Director, GlobalEdge.co.uk
- Barry Ritholtz, Chief Market Strategist, Ritholtz Research & CEO; Director of Equity Research, Fusion IQ
- Greg Robertson, Co-Founder, Woolley | Robertson Group
- Alison Rogers , Licensed Salesperson and Author of Diary of a Real Estate Rookie
- Benn Rosales, Founder, AgentGenius
- Noah Rosenblatt, Founder, UrbanDigs.com
- Bernice Ross, CEO, RealEstateCoach.com
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, Founder and editor of Dealbook, The New York Times
- Daniel Rothamel, Realtor & Community Manager, Inman News
- Matthew Shadbolt, Director of Internet Marketing, The Corcoran Group
- Joshua Sharfman, CTO, California Association of REALTORS®
- Rick Sharga, Senior Vice President, RealtyTrac
- Robert Shiller, Co-founder of MacroMarkets LLC, Co-creator of the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, and Professor of Economics, Yale University
- James Shiner, Co-founder and Lead Developer, ZIPVO, LLC
- Michael Simonsen, CEO, Altos Research Corp.
- Joel Singer, Executive Vice President, California Association of REALTORS®
- Michael Smith, Founder & CEO, StreetEasy
- Celeste Starchild, Vice President of Broker Sales, ListHub: ThreeWide Corporation
- Ori Staub, Technology Director, Active Websites, LLC
- Ann L Stickel, Vice President of Affiliated Services, Michael Saunders and Company
- Thijs Stoffer, CEO, ICREA
- Patrick Stone, Chairman, The Stone Group
- Jacky Teplitzky, Managing Director, Prudential Douglas Elliman, New York
- Jay Thompson, Designated Broker, Thompson's Realty
- Scott Thompson, Sr. Vice President, Mortgage Resolution Services, A Fidelity National Financial Company
- John Tuccillo, Ph.D, President, JTA, LLC
- Jeff Turner, President, Real Estate Shows
- John Vatistas, Co-Chairman, Russ Lyon Realty Company
- Gary Vaynerchuk, Founder & Director of Operations, WineLibrary.tv
- Thomas Vogel, Co-Founder, ourbania GbR
- Brendan Walsh, Advertising Director Digital Real Estate, The New York Times Media Group
- Ian Watt, Luxury Condo Realtor, MacDonald Realty
- Benjamin Wayne, Founder & CEO, Fliqz
- Marni Wedin, Producer, RealtyTV
- Larry Whited, Sr., President & Founder, MaxUnet.com
- Regina Wierbowski, Owner & Broker, Regina Wierbowski Real Estate, LLC
- Ginger Wilcox, Broker Associate, Pacific Union
- Becca Wilson, President & CEO, SphereXX.com
- Fred Wilson, Venture Capitalist, Union Square Ventures
- Michael Wurzer, President & CEO, FBS Data Systems
- Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist and Senior VP of Research, National Association of REALTORS®

