Bob Bemis

Consultant – Procuring Cause Advisors (March 2018 to Present)

Author, pundit, commentator, observer – Procuring Cause blog at www.procuring-cause.com
Advisor to industry groups – MLSs, trade associations, brokerages, product vendors and affiliated organizations. <Menu of Services>

VP Business Development – Realtors Property Resource (RPR) subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS^® (October 2015 to February 2018)

Responsible for managing the implementation and rollout of RPR’s Advanced Multi-List Platform™ or AMP™.
Developed the concept of the The Evolving MLS, and published numerous articles about the benefits to be derived from disconnecting the database from the user’s applications.
Press Release: Bemis RPR Announcement

Consultant – Procuring Cause Advisors (July 2013 to October 2015)

VP Partner Relations – Zillow (February 2012 to July 2013)

Built bridges to Zillow’s partners in the industry, including MLSs, Associations of REALTORS, brokers and agents. Fostered a spirit of cooperation that has sometimes been missing in the dialog between licensed practitioners, their support organizations and the rest of the industry.
Named by Inman News as “100 Most Influential Leaders in Real Estate” for 2013

CEO – Arizona Regional MLS, Tempe, AZ (October 2007 to February 2012)

Representative on the NAR’s MLS Issues and Policy Committee; served on Presidential Advisory Group studying IDX use in Social Media
Director on the board of the Council of Multiple Listing Services, a national association of MLSs
Interim president of the MLS Domains Association, an organization seeking to acquire the Dot.MLS top level domain for exclusive use by MLS systems
Named by Inman News as “100 Most Influential Leaders in Real Estate” for 2011

Vice President of Customer Care for MRIS, in Washington DC/Baltimore (2001-2007)

Charged with planning both long and short-term strategies, developing policies, managing sales and customer relationship efforts, and implementing new products and services for Realtor® member agents and brokers

Director of Marketing and Product Management, Interealty Corp. (1997-2001)

a leading provider of information technologies and MLS systems to the real estate industry.

Director of Information Services for the Chicago Association of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (ne: North Side Real Estate Board)

Before Real Estate

For the 20 years prior to real estate, was a production executive in the television industry and count among my accomplishments a regional Emmy® award for excellence in television directing.

Education

Graduate of The Ohio State University, with a BA degree in Communication and minors in Mathematics and English.

CONTACT:
BobBemis@Gmail.com
206-653-7741 (Office)
480-544-3225 (Txt/Cell)

Time Zone: Pacific (Seattle)

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