Nobu Hata Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, Us

Denver, Co, Us

CEO of Colorado’s largest local REALTOR association with 8,000-plus REALTOR members encompassing a footprint that spans north to Boulder, west into the Rocky Mountains, east to the airport and south to the Colorado Springs border.Day to day oversight of 16 employees changing their ideology to one of member-business-centrism where all services, events, products and engagement is business ROI focused, leading to increased awareness of the association as a business partner with members, broker-owners and industry partners. The result has been decreased consumer service complaints during dues season, accelerated pace of RPAC fair share payments and increased member engagement.Infused government affairs advocacy with consumer awareness (18 million media impressions last year alone) for DMAR members’ essential status and hot button issues like rent control, home wholesaling, landmark status and more with local and state officials which has resulted in a DMAR-first outreach narrative with government officials and special interest groups.Lead several member business-centric initiatives, notably integration of technology services, market trends reports and hybrid events that increased licensee to REALTOR member count by 5% over the first 6 months of my time as CEOPiloting a Reach Lab for the National Association of REALTORS funneling prop and fin-tech companies in the region through the DMAR community to NAR with the goal of surfacing, curating and honing early-stage startups and developing them into regional and national revenue generating companies. As majority shareholder of REcolorado, the largest MLS in the state with 27,000+ subscribers and several data-sharing partners, I advised appointed directors on the board and executive leadership on next-gen technology, member and data policy, merger tactics, ownership structure and emerging trends.Serve on the Arizona Regional MLS as a voting Director on their Board. One of the first out-market CEO's to do so.

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Served as a REALTOR brand ambassador to industry stakeholders which include association staff and executive leadership, state and local member leadership, brokerage owners, technology companies and the 1.3 million members of the National Association of REALTORS averaging hundreds of events and over 10,000 stakeholders engaged each year.Worked with Professional Standards, MLS Policy, Association Policy, Legal and MemberExperience teams to connect their policy and content with real world applications while helping manage the collective budget.Collaborated with the Member Experience Team to hone member-centric policy to ensure it met the standards of the Member Engagement Group to deliver value-added information that raised member professionalism and augment member business.Internal consultant with NAR Events Team on offline events including Midyear Meetings, Broker Summit, Broker Edge, Member Edge, Tech Edge and Annual Convention in an effort to optimize the audience experience with top notch presenters, relevant content and emerging business concepts resulting in consistent top ratings by attendees.Mentor for REACH technology accelerator and Second Century Ventures companies helping them evolve from early stage startups to enterprise powerhouses which has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in combined valuations.Worked with the NAR Advocacy team to develop content distribution tactics and strategy for year ‘round relevance of infrequent legislative wins culminating in annual digital outreach and live broadcasts with 30,000-plus views each of Midyear Meetings Townhall, regulatory win education webinars like the recent reformed HOA law and mid-term election real estate impact coverage.Governance PAG, Strategic Thinking Subcommittee, Federal Tech Policy Committee,Member/Consumer Communications Committee, Professional Development Forum, State and Local Communications Director Group, MLS/Emerging Tech Forum and YPN staff liaison and thought leader.

Chicago, Il, Us

Carried over the success of Digital Engagement to the off-line Member Engagement world consisting of leadership training to meet emerging real estate trends, educational webinars on NAR products and services and event presentations that better-connected association products and services to local member business. Advised the Communications Team and outside creatives on real estate and REALTOR insight to help hone the $50,000,000 NAR Consumer Outreach Campaign into the “That’s Who We R” campaign seen today. Collaborated with the NAR Marketing Team staff to create real estate marketing, social media and communications booklets which continue to be revenue generators within NAR’s ecommerce site. Subject matter expert in multiple real estate classes for the Center for REALTOR Development, recently for the Lead Generation CE class. Coordinated and emceed special events like Member’s Edge and Brokers Edge meant to project the power of the REALTOR brand to members at the local level resulting in 4,000 REALTORS attending the “Edge” events. Served as an external liaison for out-industry companies such as Google and Apple who drew upon my expertise to connect their offerings with real estate brokers and members.Special project liaison with Move/realtor.com executive leadership aligned enterprise vision with local broker and member insight helping launch realtor.com’s agent review system and revamped agent profile pages resulting in a 155% increase in product use.

Chicago, Il, Us

Lead the growth of NAR social media properties through cross-team content strategy and editorial calendars, content creation and collaboration averaging a 160% gain in audience reach and engagement year over year. Engaged with an estimated 200,000 plus REALTORS in the digital space in both public domain and within niche groups for which invites must be earned based on real estate business acumen and thought leadership. Trained team NAR staff on proper use of social media for business while conveying the pitfalls – and urging common sense - of member engagement with personal social media. Developed an association staff and volunteer leadership social media guideline book that has since become an authoritative guideline base of information for other state and local associations.

New York, Ny, Us

MAAR's YoPro group, a Chapter of the National Association of Realtors' YPN Network was constructed to "provide a leading voice for young real estate professionals via networking, education and commitment to our community." As head of Marketing/Communications it is my job to consolidate and organize the public/Agent aspect of our group and spearhead initiatives with other YPN Chapters helping us win the 2009 NAR YPN Chapter of the Year.

Edina, Mn, Us

Consistent top producer averaging seven million dollars in sales volume per year, and exceeding local REALTOR buy/sell list and sale price percentage all while spending significant time on the road instructing fellow REALTORS. Served as a member of the Edina Realty’s corporate technology committee instructing fellow agents on the best use of company technology infrastructure. Volunteer leader at the state and local level with the MLS, Young Professionals and legislative advocacy committees.

In the interest of full disclosure: I put my two cents in, MLS does what it wants.

Minnetonka, Mn, Us

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