Andy is the VP of Creative at Liquid Death, one of the fastest growing non-alc beverage brands of all time. The brand’s ground-breaking work has earned it a reputation as one of the innovative marketers of the modern era as well as LinkedIn’s #2 Startup of the Year.
As part of Liquid Death's evil mission to make the world healthier and more sustainable, Andy leads the creative team and in-house production studio. Since 2022, Liquid Death has produced almost all its work in house, with Andy has directed most of it as well. Prior to Liquid Death, Andy spent 12+ years as an award-winning creative director and copywriter at ad agencies across the country.
Brian has been in real estate media, marketing and technology since 1997. Before Co-Founding 1000WATT, Brian served as President of Inman, real estate’s leading trade media company.
Marc’s career began on Madison Ave at Y&R. His career spans 45 years of working with brands across numerous industries. As the Chief Creative at 1000WATT, Marc has challenged the real estate industry’s traditional approaches to marketing and brand development and has reimagined how brands connect, communicate, and create meaningful impact.
Jessica creates compelling brand strategies and messaging that connects. She has a nose for narrative that she developed in her years as a journalist, and a knack for finding the twist that helps brands stand out. Jessica was formerly Managing Editor and VP of Content at Inman, and has also worked in tech PR and content strategy across industries. She works with 1000WATT clients to express their truth clearly and powerfully.
Brandon A.F. Sonnier is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director focusing on brand identity, design strategy, and creative leadership. He creates detailed, imaginative, and holistic solutions to design challenges and brand building. Brandon has been with 1000WATT for 6 years working on identity systems for real estate brands of all sizes.
Diane proudly leads a nearly $5 billion brokerage with close to 1,400 brokers and 24 offices, as well as its family of homeownership services. Under Diane’s leadership, BHHS Chicago has been named No. 1 Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune for two out of the last four years, something Glass feels is a reflection of the company’s strong culture and its people’s dedication to the real estate craft.
Matt Beall began his real estate career in 1998 at a small brokerage in Princeville, Kauai. By 2002, he was Broker-in-Charge at one of Hawaii’s largest firms. He also began acquiring and restoring distressed properties, eventually developing condominiums, estate homes, and private water systems.
Over time, his work expanded to include development, construction, and property management, shifting his perspective from practitioner to principal. As real estate marketing moved online in the early 2000s, he saw a need for better tools and experiences.
In 2008, he co-founded Hawaii Life with a focus on custom search technology, great design, and consumer transparency. HawaiiLife.com quickly became one of the most visited real estate websites in Hawaii. The company now includes 300+ brokers and agents in 20 offices statewide and is a leader in sales volume across the islands.
He currently serves as Chair of the Board at Forbes Global Properties, and sits on the Board of Governors at the Hawaii Community Foundation. He is a past President of the Kauai Board of Realtors and has held leadership roles across five Realtor associations statewide.
Shawn Jardine is a real estate broker, media entrepreneur, and founder of Southwest 55 Plus, a niche real estate brand built entirely through content marketing. Based in Arizona, she brings more than 35 years of experience and specializes in helping adults 55 and better relocate to active-adult communities across the Southwest. Shawn has generated over $100 million in closed sales directly from YouTube alone, separate from her broader career production.After pivoting mid-career, Shawn committed fully to long-form video, audience trust, and brand storytelling. That decision led to the creation of one of the most recognizable retirement relocation platforms in the region. Her YouTube channel and supporting media reach tens of thousands of viewers each month, attracting highly qualified audiences from across the United States who are planning their next chapter.
Known for her candid, no-fluff style, Shawn speaks openly about what actually works in modern real estate and personal branding. Her talks focus on building authority, monetizing attention, and creating scalable, defensible businesses through smart, intentional content strategy.
Prior to founding Courted, Sean was an Associate Partner and the co-lead for McKinsey & Company’s Residential Real Estate Practice in North America, where he advised leading brokerages, online listing portals and software companies. Prior to that, Sean joined Urban Compass (now Compass), when there were 30 employees with the company. He built and led the Expansion function for the company, launching and managing Compass’ first 40 offices outside of New York.
Sean won Inman’s Innovator of the Year Award in 2024 for his contributions to the real estate industry. He was named to T3 Sixty’s Swanepoel SP 200, which highlights the most influential leaders and visionaries shaping the future of the real estate industry. He has also been selected as a HousingWire Rising Star.
Heather is an expert in proptech - having built and scaled teams and companies in everything from property management and brokerage, to mortgage. She is passionate about the problems to be solved and is known for being candid about the ways the industry impedes its own progress at the expense of the consumer.
Heather is a third generation real estate broker (Harmon Real Estate), her first job in proptech was over 30 years ago (LandLord Protection Service), and recently she co-founded a venture backed proptech company (RedDoor) and sold it to Opendoor. Over the last year she has consulted and advised over 100 startups and serves as a partner to two VC’s. She also invests in small business turnarounds and is building her own real estate and angel investment portfolio.
Kevin Van Eck is Principal at Maverix Advisory Group, where he advises proptech companies and real estate leaders on adoption strategy, brokerage alignment, and revenue growth. Drawing on years of in-the-field experience, he helps companies design tech and engagement solutions that actually work for agents and brokers.
Previously, Kevin served as President of Affiliate Strategy at Christie’s International Real Estate and @properties. In those roles, he led initiatives around technology integration, training, and scale, helping brokerages adopt tools that supported real-world operations.
Kevin started his career as an agent, then became a managing broker and agent-performance coach, giving him a 360-degree view of how technology can enhance productivity. His hands-on industry insight informs every aspect of his consulting—from implementation planning to go-to-market strategy.
A recognized voice in real estate and proptech, Kevin has been featured in Inman News, RISMedia, REALTOR® Magazine, and Fox Business News. He speaks frequently on innovation, adoption, and how to build tools that meet the needs of today’s professionals.
Chief Marketing Officer, Austin Board of REALTORS® & Unlock MLSKelea Youngblood is the Chief Marketing Officer behind one of the most forward-leaning MLS and association brands in the country. She leads marketing, communications, events, and innovation strategy for the Austin Board of REALTORS® and Unlock MLS, shaping how one of the nation’s fastest-growing markets shows up, speaks up, and evolves.
A former brokerage owner turned executive operator, Kelea brings a rare blend of practitioner instinct and brand strategy. Around the office, she’s earned a reputation as the “dream catcher”. She’s known for translating industry chaos into clarity…whether navigating post-settlement shifts, rethinking MLS value, or building tools and narratives that actually move agents’ businesses forward.
Kelea doesn’t just market real estate. She challenges how it’s positioned, who it serves, and what comes next. Her work sits at the intersection of data, storytelling, and behavior change, with a bias toward action and a low tolerance for fluff.
Outside of work, she’s a builder of people and pipelines by co-creating education pathways for future professionals and mentoring the next generation of industry leaders. Based in Austin, she balances high-stakes strategy with real life: two kids, a strong marriage, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting.
Seth is the Chief Innovation Officer at eXp Realty. Recognized for blending industry expertise with technology, Seth challenges existing practices to explore how today’s technology can offer better ways to empower agents and improve operations.
With two startup exits to his name, Seth has spent much of his career as a founder. He founded a neighborhood recommendation startup, which was acquired, and later launched Curb Call, a VC-backed proptech that became a finalist for the Inman Innovator Award and Realogy FWD competition before its acquisition. Along the way, Seth served as CTO at multiple companies and built custom solutions for some of real estate's biggest players, establishing himself as a trusted innovator in proptech. His passion for innovation is deeply rooted in his hands-on experience as an agent early in his career.
At eXp, Seth is at the forefront of exploring emerging technologies to drive agent empowerment and shape the future of the industry.Seth brings authenticity and a relatable touch to his work, drawing on his experiences as a family man, an innovator, and a passionate advocate for the transformative power of technology. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife, seven-year-old son, and a very bad goldendoodle.
After graduating from Virginia Tech with a marketing degree, Vanessa Reilly packed everything she owned into a five-speed Nissan Stanza and set her sights on the big city. She dreamed of Madison Avenue glory, glossy ads, corner offices, a name in lights.
Instead, she found herself selling Porsches to “millionaires” with $20k bank accounts. It wasn’t glamorous. But it was a gift in disguise.There, Vanessa learned two things: she was the smartest person in the room, and real selling — true connection — wasn’t about money. It was about stories. About dreams. About moments.
She never belonged on a car lot. Luckily, she got fired.
And with that freedom, she returned to her passion: marketing. Only now, she found her calling in real estate, helping people tell the story of their homes in a way the world couldn’t ignore.
Eighteen years later, Vanessa’s creative marketing approach has earned national recognition, sparked Reddit threads of Gen Zers clutching their pearls, while they quietly add the homes to their “someday” vision boards, and most importantly, helped her clients’ homes go viral again and again, getting them the attention (and the offers) they deserve.
Jack, the dynamic president and CEO of T3 Sixty, brings more than two decades of hands-on real estate experience, blending strategic leadership with deep technology expertise. With a background in electrical and computer engineering, he has leveraged his tech-savvy approach to drive innovation across franchising, brokerage operations, and proptech. At Keller Williams Realty International, Jack led technology development during the company’s expansion from 9,000 to nearly 60,000 agents, shaping its technology strategy. A key contributor to the Swanepoel Trends Report and Real Estate Almanac, Jack remains at the forefront of industry trends, making him a sought-after speaker known for delivering actionable insights on the future of real estate.
Chris Kelly is the President and Chief Executive Officer of HomeServices of America, the nation’s premier provider of residential real estate services, encompassing brokerage, mortgage, title, insurance, and franchising. In this role, Chris sets the strategic vision for the enterprise and leads a team of seasoned practitioners—leaders with real-world real estate experience who understand the evolving needs of agents and consumers alike.
Christina Panos has served as chief marketing officer at Corcoran since 2004, where she has played a key role in shaping the company’s brand and marketing direction. She led a comprehensive redesign of Corcoran’s brand identity, resulting in the “Live Who You Are” campaign, which reflects the company’s focus on authentic, human-centered real estate experiences. This campaign laid the foundation for Corcoran’s growth beyond its original New York City base, helping the brand expand across the United States and internationally.
Known for fostering a culture of authenticity and community, Panos’ approach aligns closely with Corcoran’s commitment to building trust and meaningful relationships in real estate. Her strategic vision and dedication continue to support the company’s ongoing success and global expansion.
Malte Kramer is the Founder and CEO of Luxury Presence, a leading AI platform for real estate professionals. Since founding the business in 2016, he’s grown it to over $75 Million in annual revenue, with a global team of 600 and a client list of more than 15,000.
To date, Luxury Presence has raised $52 million from notable investors, including top VC firm Bessemer Venture Partners, real estate legend Jade Mills, Zillow Co-Founder Spencer Rascoff, real estate coach Tom Ferry, NBA Champion Dirk Nowitzki, and NFL Pro Larry Fitzgerald.
Originally from Germany, Malte moved to the US on a basketball scholarship to Pepperdine University. After graduating as valedictorian, he began his entrepreneurial journey by launching a fundraising app called Givrr and went on to receive an MBA from Stanford University.
Malte was named a HousingWire Rising Star in 2021, the Rising Entrepreneur of the Year in 2022 by dot.LA, a 3x HousingWire Tech Trendsetter. an Inman Power Player, and one of Swanpoel's Most Influential Real Estate Leaders. He’s a dedicated rescue dog dad, the author of Play for Something (a North Star for student-athletes), and finisher of a half Ironman.
Madeline Mordarski is the Chief Marketing Officer for The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties, overseeing marketing strategy for Florida’s largest family of independent real estate brokerages. She partners with executive leadership to accelerate growth, strengthen brand equity, and drive innovation across all business lines. With more than a decade of experience spanning real estate, marketing, and business operations, Madeline is known for bringing clarity and structure to complex challenges. She builds high-performing teams, scales systems that deliver measurable results, and leads transformation initiatives that modernize the agent and client experience.
Madeline has been recognized as an Inman Future Real Estate Leader, RISMedia Futurist, Top Coach by Agent Magazine, and one of OnCon’s Top 50 Marketers. She holds a BA in Strategic Communication from The Ohio State University and an MBA from Regent’s University London.
Bridgett and monotony don’t get along. For years, she followed and mastered the same marketing playbook as everyone else, until it stopped feeling like her.
She walked away from it.
Everything changed for the better: her energy, her creativity, her approach, her tactics. People responded in ways they never had before.
A full-time agent since 2009, Bridgett leads a small but mighty team representing people who seek unique, creative marketing with a focus on the client experience.
Chris Lim is President and Chief Growth Officer of REMAX, driving worldwide growth, elevating network support services, and helping shape the long‑term vision of the global brand. A second-generation real estate professional, Chris joined REMAX in 2025 after having previously served as President of Christie’s International Real Estate, President and Head of Growth at @properties, and Brand President at Realogy Holdings. Chris also founded and served as CEO of Climb Real Estate, which was acquired by a Realogy subsidiary (later Anywhere) in 2016. His more than two decades of real estate leadership has earned him recognition on the Swanepoel Power 200 and as a RISMedia Newsmaker and Innovative Leader by Inman.
David is a British-born Realtor and Co-Founder of Compass Arizona, specializing in luxury homes across Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and Phoenix. With a mix of English humor and sharp market insight from 20 years experience, he makes buying or selling a home both seamless and fun.
He’s part of Compass’s Private Client Network, co-leads the Brits of Compass, and even hosts a podcast—Randomly Useful. When not helping clients, you’ll find him cycling, behind a camera somewhere, or mentoring students in urban development.
Amit Kulkarni is a principal at Alloy Advisors and one of the real estate industry's most accomplished operators. He's led at every level of the real estate ecosystem, starting as a broker at Avery-Hess, scaling Realtor.com from 50M to 110M+ monthly uniques, building Nestfully from concept to 20%+ agent adoption in 12 months, and repositioning Bright MLS as a nationally recognized market authority with over $65M in annual earned media value. His work has earned multiple Webby and Telly Awards and one of the 30 best ads in the world. He doesn't consult from theory. He's built, scaled, and delivered at every level of this industry. Today he works with CEOs, boards, MLSs, associations, portals, and proptech leaders to help them navigate an industry at an inflection point — and make decisions that hold up when the dust settles. At 1000watt, he's here to talk about what the MLS actually needs to become, grounded in what he's seen work and what he's watched fail.
Drew joined Luxury Presence in 2018 as one of the early employees. As Luxury Presence scaled, Drew helped expand the sales team and the direct-to-brokerage business. Today, he serves as the Head of Enterprise Sales, overseeing brokerage accounts and strategic partnerships.
Previously, Drew worked as a sales lead at WeWork in Washington, DC, and also gained experience in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business from the College of William & Mary. Originally from New Jersey, Drew now resides in San Diego with his wife and 18-mo-old daughter.
Bennett Richardson, a seasoned public affairs and media executive, brings two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, policy, and journalism to NAR. In his role as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Richardson leads NAR’s marketing, communications and events department and is responsible for strengthening NAR’s reputation in the real estate industry and cultivating consumer trust in the REALTOR® brand. Richardson also oversees the REALTOR® Relief Foundation, which has awarded more than $50 million to assist victims of natural disasters since its founding in the wake of September 11.
Prior to NAR, Richardson served as General Manager and Global Head of Public Affairs at Semafor, where he led the influential Washington bureau and spearheaded global strategic initiatives. Richardson also served as Director of Policy Marketing at Google, where he led Google’s marketing and content communications to policymakers and key opinion formers in the U.S and around the world.
Chance Brown is the Broker/Owner of CB&A, Realtors, with 700 agents throughout Texas. He was the Houston Association of Realtors’ Realtor of the Year in 2017. In 2024, he was appointed by Gov. Abbott to the Texas Real Estate Commission. His goal is to help lift the industry by helping agents build great businesses.
Matt McGee is a real estate marketing strategist and the founder of SEOSavvyAgent.com. He teaches agents how to build brands people remember, publish high-quality content that gets found, and create client experiences that lead to long-term loyalty. Matt works with agents, teams, and brokerages nationwide on trust-based marketing that attracts leads and converts them into clients. He also serves as Marketing Director for his wife, Cari, a multi-award-winning local Realtor® who's been recognized as the #1 RE/MAX agent in the Tri-Cities and a Top 1% national producer. Matt previously spent 3+ years as Head of Agent Content at HomeLight, where he hosted and produced their weekly podcast featuring guests such as Tom Ferry, 1000WATT's Brian Boero and Jessica Swesey, Glennda Baker, and more.
Richard has built and sold a number of real estate related companies including residential architecture, construction and development. He is currently the lead partner of The Falk Ruvin Gallagher Team. Richard’s Wisconsin based firm typically sells in excess of $150M/yr in real estate. A remarkable 95% of that is from repeat business or is referred from past clients and sphere. Richard is the author of the Attractive Agent and is a sought after mentor on the subject of attracting clients, referrals and teammates. Richard has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Money Magazine and US News & World Report.
John L. Heithaus is a veteran real estate executive and entrepreneur working at the intersection of residential real estate, data, and technology. His work focuses on the infrastructure layer of the industry: MLS systems, listing data flows, brokerage technology, and the strategic implications of artificial intelligence in property marketing, data science, and transaction management.Heithaus serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Ocusell, where he is helping build an AI-driven platform designed to simplify multi-MLS listing management and strengthen data intelligence across brokerages and marketplaces. His perspective is grounded in a simple idea: the future of real estate will not be defined by control of distribution, but by the ability to understand and activate the data generated across the consumer journey.
Outside of proptech, Heithaus is co-owner of Qualified Records, a Grammy-nominated Nashville-based independent label focused on roots, blues, and Americana artists, with an emphasis on authentic musicianship and artist-driven production.He is a graduate of Iona University (AAS, BS) and American Public University (MS, with honors), and has completed executive education at Northwestern and the University of Texas at Austin, with additional graduate study in international business at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
With over 30 years in the organized real estate industry, Greg is a serial entrepreneur who has developed some of the industry’s most widely used SaaS solutions, including Cloud CMA and Cloud Agent Suite. Greg’s understanding of real estate and proptech is rivaled only by his highly creative approach to marketing and branding which has played a huge part in the success of his products.
Greg is the author of the book, The Art of the CMA and publishes Vendor Alley, a blog focused on real estate and technology. He is also the producer of two podcasts: Listing Bits and Industry Relations.
Kevin Kaplan is Chief Executive Officer of Long Companies, overseeing the strategic vision and continued growth of the organization, including Long Realty Company, Prosperity Home Mortgage, Agave Title Agency and HomeServices Insurance.Kevin brings nearly 30 years of real estate industry experience spanning marketing, technology, brand strategy, and brokerage leadership. He joined Long Realty in 2008 as Director of Marketing and has played a key role in the company’s evolution. His responsibilities expanded over time, serving as Vice President of Marketing and Technology, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, and most recently as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Kevin helped drive company growth, strengthen operational performance and elevate the experience delivered to both agents and clients. Earlier in his career, he worked in marketing with national real estate brands and led a brokerage, giving him a broad industry perspective and deep understanding of the business.
Distinguished by his ability to turn complexity into direction, Kevin pairs long-range vision with disciplined execution, builds scalable business platforms, and develops organizations designed to adapt as markets evolve. A trusted voice on modern real estate leadership, he is known for elevating the conversation from tactics to strategy and from incremental improvement to meaningful transformation. A licensed Arizona Real Estate Broker, Kevin believes bold ideas create value only when leaders have the discipline to bring them to life.
Jon Buryk leads marketing and innovation at Kienlen Lattmann Sotheby’s International Realty, where he has rebuilt the firm’s marketing function from the ground up, transforming it from a collection of ad hoc efforts into a structured, system-driven team supporting agents across five offices in Northwestern New Jersey and shaping how the firm presents its services and overall image.With over a decade of experience advising clients and personally representing noteworthy properties, Jon brings a practitioner’s perspective to his work, combining creative direction with operational discipline. He has led the development of proprietary marketing systems, reimagined listing presentation strategies, and driven firmwide adoption of scalable campaigns, resulting in often near-universal agent participation and a more consistent, elevated standard of marketing across the organization.
His work spans brand development, digital infrastructure, and editorial control, from launching the firm’s flagship publication The Blueprint to building real-time market intelligence tools and integrated client-facing campaigns, along with creating physical brand expressions such as the firm’s Art & Home Gallery.
Jon is known for advocating a more deliberate approach to marketing, one focused on clarity, positioning, and execution rather than volume alone. Outside of work, he can be found hunting down parts for his antique Mercedes and pretending to know how to sail.
Kyle Scott is SVP of Partnerships, Brand, and Community at Luxury Presence, where he is building a media-first operating model to drive influence and demand as the company scales beyond $100M in ARR. Previously, he co-founded Sell It with Ryan Serhant, growing it from zero to nearly $10M in annual revenue serving 26,000+ members across 126 countries, and served as General Manager of High Growth Creators at Thinkific. Kyle began his career producing at NBC News across TODAY, Nightly News, and NBC News Specials, an experience that shaped his media-first approach to building durable growth. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern and a BS from Cornell University, and has been recognized by Crain's New York Business as a Notable Leader in Real Estate and by Inman as a Marketing All-Star.
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