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How CRE and Blockchain Intersect – August Lunch & Learn
August 14, 2018 @ 11:45 am - 1:15 pm
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CARW August Lunch and Learn program
Mark Lesswing, Chief Technology Officer for the National Assocation of REALTORS® will discuss blockchain applications within commercial real estate. He will share insights on how it could benefit from improvements in database management, information management, and efficiency – such as multiple listing services (MLS).
About the speaker: Mark Lesswing is the Chief Technology Officer for the National Association of REALTORS®. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University, and started programming robots just out of college. In 1988, he began working with object-oriented programming, and in 1992 he launched a consultancy. He has worked for large database vendors such as Sybase (as a startup) and Oracle, and spent a summer in Europe setting up operations for a vendor. For three years prior to joining NAR, Mark was involved in corporate turnarounds. He is a speaker at major trade conferences, and is listed in the International Who’s Who of Information Technology and the National Register of Who’s Who in Executive and Professions. Having grown up in Buffalo, New York, Lesswing also has lived in New York City and San Francisco. Currently he resides in Chicago with his wife, Susannah, and their three children.
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