{"id":1351,"date":"2018-11-05T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:21:15","slug":"pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneers and Disruptors\u00a0&#8211; A Tribute to David Charron\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>A tribute to one of the most important figures of our times<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What can you say about an industry leader who is nearing the end of a 50-year career, who has earned universal respect among his peers and who few realize played important, yet behind the scenes roles, in how one part of the industry has evolved?<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To some, today\u2019s MLSs remain dinosaurs in technology, but that isn\u2019t close to the truth.&nbsp;In fact, there are far fewer of&nbsp;them today than 30 years ago.&nbsp;The technology they provide their members and participants is far more advanced than they are given credit for.&nbsp;They are organized far better around regional markets than they have ever&nbsp;been before.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51491 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/David_Charron-2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"David Charron\" width=\"262\" height=\"327\"><\/p>\n<p>And through it all, one leader has had his hands in the middle of all it. For instance, in the late 1980s and early 1990s,&nbsp;he was one of the few MLS leaders who fully supported MLS consolidation and rationalization, when it was neither popular nor desired by incumbents.&nbsp;He stuck his neck out to work tirelessly behind the scenes to move&nbsp;the MLS forward\u2014few even knew he was involved.&nbsp; That is&nbsp;the way he liked it. While his public profile has grown over the years, it\u2019s not something he sought.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am speaking of David Charron who recently stepped down from an active role at Bright&nbsp;MLS, which he helped shepherd.&nbsp;Many&nbsp;have heard of&nbsp;him,&nbsp;but few realize that his career started 50 years&nbsp;ago in the home book industry.&nbsp;When I say he\u2019s&nbsp;had a profound&nbsp;effect on regionalization, it\u2019s because,&nbsp;30 years ago,&nbsp;we worked together to pressure fragmented local MLS systems in over 30 major markets to&nbsp;consolidate.&nbsp;He did so not because it was good for him,&nbsp;but because&nbsp;it was good for the industry.&nbsp;In fact, he took risks with his career to back brokerage firms in their efforts to achieve this.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While many know him better than I, we featured David and his life, which included many high moments as well as some deep personal challenges, in&nbsp;<i>LORE magazine<\/i>. In all these 30+ years of working with&nbsp;him, I have never seen him despairing of his life,&nbsp;work or the people&nbsp;with&nbsp;whom&nbsp;he worked. He\u2019s a&nbsp;true gentleman of the old school in his personal demeanor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So,&nbsp;David, here\u2019s to you, to your incredible contributions to this great industry&nbsp;and,&nbsp;just as importantly,&nbsp;your personal grace and dignity in your&nbsp;relationships with all of us. From&nbsp;me&nbsp;to you:&nbsp;thanks for being such a constant friend over&nbsp;the&nbsp;years.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A tribute to one of the most important figures of our times&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15802,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3255],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pioneers and Disruptors\u00a0- A Tribute to David Charron\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pioneers and Disruptors\u00a0- A Tribute to David Charron, one of the most important figures of our times\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pioneers and Disruptors\u00a0- A Tribute to David Charron\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pioneers and Disruptors\u00a0- A Tribute to David Charron, one of the most important figures of our times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RealTrends - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tracey Velt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@traceyveltFL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tracey Velt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/pioneers-and-disruptors-tribute-david-charron\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tracey Velt\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c77c9a1ce6568611329a6cc5a1a64d7d\"},\"headline\":\"Pioneers and Disruptors\u00a0&#8211; 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