As Managing Director for NAR's Center for REALTOR® Technology, Chad Curry investigates emerging technologies, educates members through presentations, webinars, blogs and podcasts, and manages the development of products for use by members. He’s presented to members on the national, state and local levels. Chad is also a Board Member for the Real Estate Standards Organization, where he works to streamline real estate transaction technology.

Currently, Chad is focused on research and development of renewable energy, smart home devices, iBeacons and wearables. Specifically, he is investigating how these trends will impact the real estate industry and benefit members. Chad currently lives in Chicago with his family where he enjoys music, art, soccer and travel.

You can follow Chad and his team using @crtweet on Twitter.  For more in-depth coverage of emerging technologies in real estate and to download white papers and other educational materials visit CRT’s blog, Bits and Bytes at:http://crt.blogs.realtor.org.