RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Taylor Thoen and Simon Bodymore to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.  Ms. Thoen and Mr. Bodymore replace long-standing directors Cameron Shippit and J. Chris Morgando, although Mr. Shippit will continue to act as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

Ms. Thoen is a dynamic entrepreneur. She’s the CEO and founder of BTV – Business Television, the long running TV show in Canada since 1998. She’s also the CEO and founder of CEO Clips, ninety second video clips of CEO’s pitch to investors distributed on TV and financial sites. Ms. Thoen has many accolades and accomplishments including one of the top female entrepreneurs in Canada, Profit’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies, as well as Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40. Ms. Thoen is also passionate about real estate and co-owner of a firm with over 100 rentals in its portfolio.

We would also like to welcome Mr. Simon Bodymore to our Board. Mr. Bodymore is the Chief Financial Officer of Tasktop Technologies Incorporated, a Vancouver based leading global supplier of integration software for developer tools. Prior to this he was CFO of Wurldtech Security Technology (acquired by GE) as well as CFO of PNI Digital Media. His professional career also included being a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver and Dublin, Ireland.

“On behalf of the entire Board and management, we would like to welcome Ms. Theon and Mr. Bodymore to RESAAS,” said Rob Bakshi, Executive Chairman at RESAAS. “We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Shippit and Mr. Morgando for serving on the Board and helping RESAAS develop a unique and disruptive technology platform for the real estate industry.”

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sascha Williams to the company’s Advisory Board, effective immediately.

Mr. Williams is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, with a particular focus on building recurring revenue businesses. Currently Mr. Williams serves as President & COO of Unbounce, one of Canada’s top performing Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) companies, with 175 employees in Vancouver and Berlin.

Prior to joining Unbounce in 2015, Mr. Williams was a Senior Director and Studio Head at Disney Interactive, where he brought focus to recurring billing subscriptions in Disney’s gaming stable. Prior to Unbounce and Disney, Mr. Williams was Director of Development at BigPark for two years, leading up to its acquisition by Microsoft. Previous to this, Mr. Williams was Franchise Development Director at Electronic Arts (EA Games).

“I am very pleased to be joining the Advisory Board for RESAAS, the preeminent real estate social network and SaaS platform,” said Sascha Williams. “I am really excited to help support RESAAS grow through a focus on metrics, efficient user acquisition, and using data to drive intelligent conversion decisions.”

“We are pleased and excited to welcome Sascha to our Advisory Board,” said Tom Rossiter, CEO at RESAAS.  “Sascha has a vault of experience in leading SaaS-based technology businesses, and to be paired with him as RESAAS continues to grow this year is perfect timing. We’ve said before, 2017 is the year RESAAS finds its SaaS stride, and to work with Sascha on refining and optimizing this will yield great benefit to everyone involved.”

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for licensed real estate professionals, is pleased to announce that it has signed a three year agreement with Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®.

This software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement provides access to RESAAS for all 16,000 member agents within Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS® (MORe). MORe agents will be granted secure access to a private area within RESAAS specifically for members of this association, which provides an elegant way to unite their agent roster, helping their membership communicate more efficiently.

“We are thrilled to bring RESAAS to our market and watch what this new benefit can do for our members,” said Karen Irace, President at Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS®. “As one of the largest local associations, we have a growing membership spanning many counties throughout Illinois, so I’m particularly excited to see how our members use RESAAS amongst themselves to facilitate better communication and more deals.”

Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS® is the 6th largest local real estate association in the United States. The geographical distribution of its membership stretches as far north as Libertyville, IL, and as far south as Tinley Park, IL.

“Serving a real estate market with a large footprint comes with a great deal of challenges, none less than efficiently communicating to an audience spread so far and wide, and so vast,” said Tom Rossiter, CEO at RESAAS. “We are excited to begin working with the team at Mainstreet Organization to put our technology to use throughout the markets they serve, and bringing their members the communication vehicle they deserve to elevate their businesses.”

The Mainstreet Organization of REALTORS® joins other progressive real estate associations already leveraging RESAAS’ technology to empower their members, including the following major markets; San Francisco, CA; San Diego, CA; Miami, FL; Austin, TX; Alameda, CA; Rhode Island, RI; Delta, CA; Oakland/Berkeley, CA; Prescott, AZ; and El Paso, TX.

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce Mainstream Real Estate Group has joined RESAAS as a new BrokerOS customer.

Mainstream Real Estate Group is a boutique residential real estate firm located in the Silicon Valley. The brokerage is shaking up the way real estate is bought and sold, from their paperless practices to their creative strategies.

RESAAS’ BrokerOS solution will provide Mainstream Real Estate Group with an efficient tool to help improve internal communication within their brokerage, ultimately accelerating the growth of the business.

“With the Real Estate landscape evolving into a mobile environment, away from the brick-and-mortar business models, we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to align ourselves with an innovative software provider like RESAAS,” said Matt Mueller, Co-Founder, Mainstream Real Estate Group. “The RESAAS platform will now provide Mainstream agents with additional tools to streamline communication internally, in addition to providing a platform to showcase our local knowledge on a global platform.”

In addition to facilitating group communication on RESAAS, Mainstream agents will be able to utilize the platform to share referrals, buyer needs, pre-market, exclusive and coming soon listings either privately amongst their brokerage or on the wider RESAAS network.

“Giving our agents the right tools to be successful is paramount,” said Chris Zanger, Co-Founder, Mainstream Real Estate Group. “With our RESAAS partnership, we are thrilled that Mainstream will continue to provide our agents with the most up-to-date and innovative market software for their individual successes, and our collaborative culture. RESAAS’ solutions will be extremely beneficial for our agents to continue to be at the forefront of technology and provide unparalleled Real Estate experience for their clients.”

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Wong as the company’s new Director of Finance, effective immediately.

Mr. Wong holds an MBA from Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario, Canada, and is a designated Chartered Professional Account (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Over Mr. Wong’s 20-year career, he has held management positions in both private and public companies as Director of Finance, VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

Most recently Mr. Wong was Vice President of Finance at a technology company with offices in Victoria, BC, Vancouver, BC, and New York, NY, where he led restructuring after a private equity investment to double revenue year-over-year whilst reducing operating costs over 10%. Prior to this position, Mr. Wong held the role of CFO for 7 years at a successful e-commerce company.

Mr. Wong also held a Vice President of Finance position at a publicly traded mining company. Prior to this role, Mr. Wong was Director of Finance at VisionDirect.com, where he constructed a team that supported revenue growth by 10x over a 3-year period, ultimately leading to its acquisition by NASDAQ-listed DrugStore.com in 2003.

“RESAAS is pleased to be expanding the company’s management team once again with the addition of Chris Wong as Director of Finance,” said Tom Rossiter, CEO of RESAAS.  “We are committed to executing on our corporate plan to put in place the best talent available to us as RESAAS’ growth rate increases. Chris’ background in technology-focused finance positions, significant public markets experience and successful track record in financial progression is a key benefit to RESAAS at our current and exciting stage of rapid growth.”

The appointment of Mr. Wong continues the recent pattern of expanding RESAAS’ management team, bringing more expertise and focus to sales operations and financial growth in accordance with the company’s corporate objectives.

RESAAS Services Inc. (CSE: RSS, OTCQX: RSASF), a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Bakshi to the company’s board of directors effective September 1, 2017.

Mr. Bakshi is a seasoned entrepreneur with a proven track record for developing innovative, high-growth and profitable technology companies. Most recently, Mr. Bakshi was President, CEO and Chairman of Apivio Systems Inc., a Canadian technology company that was listed on the TSX Venture Exchange until its acquisition by Nuri Telecom in May 2017. During his time at Apivio, Mr. Bakshi developed and executed a business strategy that increased the company’s annual revenue from $6M to nearly $60M, and transformed the company from a money-losing enterprise into a profitable business before its acquisition by Nuri.

“I’m pleased to join the RESAAS board and assist in management’s execution of its business plan,” stated Mr. Bakshi. “I’m excited about the company’s technology platform and I look forward to being a part of another local success story.”

Prior to leading Apivio to its acquisition, Mr. Bakshi was Co-Founder, President, CEO and Chairman of Silent Witness Enterprises Ltd., a technology company previously listed on the TSX and NASDAQ, where he successfully led the company’s growth strategy until its acquisition by Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) in 2003.

“RESAAS is pleased to be expanding the company’s board of directors once again with the addition of Rob Bakshi,” commented Cory Brandolini, Chairman of RESAAS. “As our company continues to grow in accordance with our strategic plan, it is important to continue to expand our board of directors to include someone like Rob who brings an immense amount of experience in running and advising publicly-traded technology companies in areas such as sales execution, operations, capital markets, and technology innovation.”

The appointment of Mr. Bakshi brings the number of directors of RESAAS to seven, the others being Mr. Brandolini (Chairman), Tom Rossiter (President and CEO), Cameron Shippit (CFO), Pierre Chadi, Adrian Barrett and J. Chris Morgando.

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Young as the company’s Director of Sales, effective immediately.

Mr. Young has spent 16 years in sales with a proven track record selling technology services and building influential relationships with Fortune 500 companies. He is a published writer in TIME Magazine, Fast Company, Business Insider & Entrepreneur Magazine on the topic of human and sales performance.

Prior to joining RESAAS, Graham ran his own consulting and corporate training business that helped organizations improve leadership development, employee engagement and sales performance. He also coached individuals using strategies based in psychology and neuroscience to help manage stress and reach their highest levels of productivity, happiness and peak performance. Previous to that, Graham led business development with a Vancouver based SaaS startup and worked as a Sales Management Consultant with Microsoft at their head office in Redmond, WA. He has appeared on CTV News and spoken to audiences of 500+ people on maximizing human performance in business.

“RESAAS is pleased to be expanding the company’s management team with the addition of Graham Young as the Director of Sales,” said Tom Rossiter, CEO of RESAAS. “As RESAAS continues to mature, having a seasoned software-sales leader driving our repeatable sales channel will bring continued and accelerated growth to our revenue generation initiatives.”

The appointment of Mr. Young continues to bolster RESAAS’s management team, bringing more focus and resource to sales operations in accordance with the company’s corporate objectives.

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for licensed real estate professionals, is pleased to announce that it has signed a new five-year agreement with the Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS® (GEPAR).

This software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreement, which is based on an ongoing monthly payment for the duration of the five years, provides all 2,000 member agents within the Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS® with Association Messenger, a private version of RESAAS designed specifically for smaller associations. Association Messenger provides the foundation to unite a real estate organizations’ agent roster, helping their membership communicate more efficiently and produce more deals. Association Messenger SaaS agreements are typically comprised of monthly fixed and variable pricing components, tied to engagement and usage data.

“The time is right to bring RESAAS to our market,” said Jason Sanchez, Director of MLS & Technology at the Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS®. “It will be an essential part of our members’ communication tools and demonstrates our commitment to continue to bring value to new and existing members of our association and MLS.”

“Our Association Messenger solution provides the fundamentals that agents and brokers demand to conduct business in today’s world,” said Tom Rossiter, CEO at RESAAS. “We are excited to begin working with the wider team at GEPAR and put the power of real-time networking and focused communication in the hands of all the members in and around El Paso, Texas.”

The Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS® joins other progressive real estate associations already leveraging RESAAS’ technology to empower their members, including the following major markets; San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, Austin, Alameda, Rhode Island, Delta, Oakland/Berkeley and Prescott.

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for licensed real estate professionals, is pleased to announce that it has signed a consulting agreement with the Colorado Association of REALTORS®.

The Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) is Colorado state’s largest real estate trade association, and is dedicated to serving more than 24,000 REALTOR® members across the state. These agents are also members of 33 local associations statewide and the National Association of REALTORS®.

“At CAR, our motto is “Knowledge Happens Here”, and we build value to our membership by focusing on what this brings to their businesses and our wider profession.” said Tyrone Adams, CEO at the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. “Our leadership is committed to constantly reviewing the latest trends and solutions in our industry, and RESAAS has shown us they can bring tremendous insight, advice and direction in this area.”

Under the terms of the agreement, RESAAS will provide consulting for the CAR’s Strategic Committee and Think Tank initiatives, as well as CAR’s Business Services division.

“Innovation within the real estate industry is speeding up, and by partnering with many leading brands, organizations and vendors within it, we have a good perspective on what’s working.” said Tom Rossiter, CEO at RESAAS. “We’ve developed nothing but respect for the leadership at CAR, and their forward-looking desire to elevate their associations’ position within the state. We are excited to work closely with them to define the next 3-5 year plan.”

RESAAS Services Inc., a cloud-based social business platform for the real estate services industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre Chadi to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately.

Mr. Chadi spent 19 years with Microsoft Canada in different leadership roles in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa. In his position of Eastern Region director, Mr. Chadi was responsible for enterprise software sales in Eastern Canada.

Mr. Chadi is an accomplished bilingual senior executive with over 30 years of leadership experience in IT enterprise sales and marketing covering hardware, software, business solutions, and SAAS cloud offerings, and over 20 years of active angel investor experience.  He is the former VP of Investments of Anges Québec Capital, where he oversaw an $85M fund and put in place a team of investment professionals to manage a portfolio of 30 early stage investments.

An electrical engineer with a degree from McGill University and an MBA from the University of Ottawa, Mr. Chadi is active in his community and serves as treasurer for Cybercap, a non-profit organization focused on helping young adults reintegrate into the labor market through innovative multimedia programs that enhances their multimedia and IT skills.  He is a welcome addition to the growing RESAAS team.

“RESAAS is pleased to be expanding the company’s board of directors with the addition of Pierre Chadi,” commented Cory Brandolini, Chairman of RESAAS.  “As our company enters into the next phase of development, growth and expansion, it is important to continue to expand our board of directors to include someone like Pierre who brings an immense amount of experience in technology enterprise sales.”

The appointment of Mr. Chadi brings the number of directors of RESAAS to six, the others being Mr. Brandolini (Chairman), Tom Rossiter (President and CEO), Cameron Shippit (CFO), Adrian Barrett and J. Chris Morgando.