Aaron Norris Is Joined By Mark Lesswing and Todd Carpenter of NAR on the Real Estate Radio Show #567

Summary: This week Aaron Norris is joined by two gentlemen from the National Association of Realtors to cover technology topics. Mark Lesswing is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the National Association of Realtors. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and started programming robots just out of college. He’s worked in startups, turnarounds, and such brands as Sybase and Oracle. He has been with the National Association of Realtors for over a decade covering topics ranging from Blockchain technology to robotics. Todd Carpenter is the Managing Director for Data Analytics for the National Association of Realtors. Tod leads the association’s efforts to build analytics tools that help the association make better business and advocacy decisions. Before his position at NAR, he was sr. Manager of Industry Engagement for Trulia and has over 20+ years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industry. Aaron discusses with Mark and Todd the characteristics of Blockchain, the difference between this and Bitcoin, private Blockchain and regular Blockchain, whether our current ecosystem is best serving the community, smart contracts, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast. Play Now http://www.thenorrisgroup.com/