Midwest Real Estate Data's Hunger for Innovative Technology Is No Game

LISLE, IL--(Mar 22, 2012) - Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), the Chicagoland multiple listing service, announced that Chris Lambrou, MRED Director of Special Projects, has been named a finalist in two categories of the SearchCIO-Midmarket.com (SearchCIO) 2012 Information Technology Leadership Awards.

SearchCIO is the premier source for midmarket-specific technology resources designed to help IT leaders keep pace with the ever-changing demands of managing IT at fast-growing midsized enterprises. SearchCIO's 2012 IT Leadership Awards recognize the most innovative CIOs. They received almost 500 nominations from across the country, which have been whittled down to 13 finalists. Nominees have been awarded points on a scale of 1 to 10 for cultural innovation, technological advancement, business harmonization, green IT and customer experience. Winners will be announced in April.

Mr. Lambrou has been named a finalist in: (1) Customer Experience/Integration category, which is given to a leader who has made strides in building customer relationships and enhancing the experience of the external customer; and (2) in the Outstanding Midmarket IT Leader of the Year Award, which is given to a professional whose excellent leadership qualities demonstrate achievement on many levels, including several if not all of the award categories, and who made a substantial business impact to a business or industry.

Mr. Lambrou was recognized for his contribution to the customer via real estate technology applications that assist in Fannie Mae short sale situations using MRED's Short Sale Assistance Desk. He has also developed a popular social media app called the Share My Listings widget that provides MRED real estate professionals the ability to easily market themselves and establish relationships on the social web. The Short Sale Assistance Desk has been utilized in over 200 short sale transactions nationally. Over 130,000 consumers have viewed reports generated by the Share My Listings widget.

"Any awards MRED receives are considered team awards by our staff members," said Lambrou. "It is great to see our efforts being recognized by the IT community at SearchCIO. The customer experience is an intricate part of my DNA and what we strive so hard for here at MRED. I'm honored and proud for my teammates and our leadership as we continue to work on the perfect marriage of technology helping people."

"We are very proud of the high quality staff we have at MRED," said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. "Chris's recognition is well deserved and fits with our mission at MRED to provide the best and most innovative technology to our customers."

About MRED

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 8,000 real estate offices and 40,000 real estate professionals, including brokers, agents and appraisers. MRED has expanded well into the "collar" counties surrounding Chicagoland, and its property information encompasses northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana.