Real estate is so much more than the exchange of property.

As President of REW, Simon Bray is responsible for overseeing the marketplace development, business growth and acquisition strategy for REW. Bray brings extensive experience in online real estate classifieds with several leadership roles including CEO of leading South African property portal Private Property, overseeing the Dot Property portal group in South East Asia and as CEO of Marketplaces for global aggregation network Lifull Connect.

As General Manager, Allen leads the product strategy for REW. With over 15 years of real estate tech experience, he is responsible for growing the evolution of home search with REW and driving value to both sides of the transaction. Prior to launching REW, Allen held various product roles with Top Producer and Realtor.com, building products and services for some of the largest real estate brands in North America. Allen was also part of the initial team that launched iHouse Web Solutions, the first fully customizable agent website with national IDX coverage.

Michael Wu brings more than two decades of software development experience to REW. Overseeing REW’s development team, Michael provides technical leadership on design, development, quality assurance, and production of all products. Prior to REW, Michael was the Technical Director at Electronic Arts, responsible for creating scalable and agile strategies for rapid and cost-effective deployment world-wide. Outside of work, Michael spends as much time as he can with his family, enjoys gaming, and cycling up Vancouver’s many mountains. He holds a BS in Computer Science from University of British Columbia.

Ian Martin has been in the real estate tech space for 18 years. After working as a licensed agent and starting his own real estate tech company, Ian become REW’s first employee, launching the site in 2011. After four years, Ian went on to consult for startups in both the Realtech and Fintech space. In 2018, Ian returns to REW to manage industry developments and partnerships for Western Canada. Ian’s other vocation is his family, most often as a chauffeur, carting his kids to school, sports and many playdates.

Kevin leads our sales and operations teams across REW. Originally from Vancouver, in 2018 Kevin returned from Toronto where he led the digital sales team for Yellow Pages in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. He brings with him over 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the digital advertising, internet services and SaaS space. He also brings a range of experience having been involved in launching startups to having managed sales teams of over 100 people nationally. Kevin is a graduate of The University of British Columbia and of Simon Fraser University and likes to spend his free time travelling with his wife and daughter.