Chad Curry

As Managing Director for NAR's Center for REALTOR® Technology & CRTLabs, Chad Curry investigates emerging technologies, educates NAR members and the public through presentations, webinars, blogs and podcasts, and manages the development of products for use by members. Chad's work is focused on research and development of smart home devices, iBeacons and wearables, renewable energies, building sciences and urban agriculture. To support these initiatives, Chad and his team started CRTLabs, focused on testing and developing devices for the home to help improve quality of life.

He is an advisory board member of the Midwest Internet of Things Council and is on the Research Group and Benchmark Committee. Chad is also a Board Member for the Real Estate Standards Organization, where he works to streamline real estate transaction technology. He was recently named to Inman New's 2017 Inman Influencers in Real Estate. He currently lives in Chicago with his family where he enjoys music, art, soccer and travel.

You can follow Chad and CRT using @crtlabs 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 at crtlabs.org.