Who We Are

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Keith Garner
Managing Director of the Center for Realtor® Technology


  • Lived in Chicago and/or the suburbs for most of his life.
  • Graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with a BS in Computer Science (1997)
  • Chair person of the Linux Users' Group (a special interest group of the local student chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)) while at UIUC
  • Worked at STR (Stragetic Technology Resources) in Chicago as a consultant
  • Worked at RIMS (Resource Information Management Systems) in Naperville as a Technical Architect in both their Outsourcing Business/DataCenter and in Development.
  • Worked at The Net Squad, where he was a principle in the startup, as well as a consultant/programmer and the head system administrator and UNIX wrangler
  • Resides in the Chicago area


Ian Smith
Senior Technical Support Analyst


  • Grew up in Illinois
  • Started IT career as Desktop Suppport Specialist for NAR
  • Consulted for TAP Pharmaceuticals as a Technical Support Specialist
  • Worked for ProAlliance Corp. as a Network Administrator/Networking consultant
  • Resides in Chicago


Chris McKeever
Strategic Architect


  • Masters of Engineering in Fire Protection From WPI
  • Worked for Prudential Chicago as Director of Technology
  • Finds himself inundated with Mailing List Traffic
  • Born in the same hospital as Mel Gibson in Peekskill, NY
  • Currently resides in Chicago


Andrew Tillman
Senior Applications Engineer

  • In industry since moving to Chicago in 1998.
  • Worked at Backstop Solutions Group, watched the little startup go from 3 people to 30 people in a little over 3 years.
  • Have worked developing software for several industries including; mobile operators, alternative asset management, banks etc.
  • Born in California, raised mostly in central New York.