A dead-serious industry stalwart, Russ Cofano is a leading resource on real estate technology, trade groups and law thanks to over 25 years in the industry. He made headlines in 2015 when he announced his resignation at Move after just a little more than a year at the company, but he returned to the industry in July with eXp World Holdings, the operator of eXp Realty, as its chief strategy officer and general counsel and was later promoted to president. Now he is in charge of growing the agent-owned, cloud-based brokerage by providing collaborative tools and training to connect his remote colleagues.