Travis Wright

Past

• Founder, President and CEO of Stewart Transaction Solutions at Stewart Title Company
• Principal at Wright Advisors, LLC
• Senior Vice President at HomeTouch Centers, Inc.

• Regional Vice President at Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate / GMAC Home Services
• Vice President Marketing at General Motors / GMAC Global Relocation Services
• Vice President Marketing at Countrywide Financial
• Sector Vice President at Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

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Education

• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
• United States Army Aviation School

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Industry

Real Estate

Travis Wright’s Summary

Corporate generalist with leadership, marketing and revenue building skills.

Travis Wright’s Specialties:

~ Mergers and acquisitons
~ Forming joint ventures
~ Public speaking and formal sales presentations
~ Strategic planning
~ Marketing and positioning
~ Business development, C-level sales and sales management

Travis Wright’s Experience

• Founder, President and CEO of Stewart Transaction Solutions

  Stewart Title Company

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Real Estate industry)

  April 2003 — February 2008 (4 years 11 months)

  Founder, CEO and President of Stewart Transaction Solutions, Inc. (Stewart Title Co.)
  Created this strategic business unit to position Stewart Title as an Internet techology leader in the residential real estate industry. Successfully concluded three technology acquisitons and two title insurance joint ventures. Merged business units into profitable operations. Frequent speaker at industry conferences and regarded as the public speaking personna for Stewart Title.

• Principal

  Wright Advisors, LLC

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Real Estate industry)

  May 2002 — April 2003 (1 year)

  Wright Advisors provided industry research on the evolution of Intenet technologies in residential real estate operations and title inusrance underwriters.

• Senior Vice President

  HomeTouch Centers, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry)

  October 2001 — May 2002 (8 months)

  HomeTouch was an innovative business model for residential real estate brokerage. The firm located it's 'show rooms' in regional malls located in Chicago, Las Vegas and Phoenix. The sales asssocates were employees who served only as buyers' agents. Hometouch was an early proponent of VOW's and online technology tools for consumers.

• Regional Vice President

  Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate / GMAC Home Services

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Real Estate industry)

  August 1998 — October 2000 (2 years 3 months)

  GMAC Financial Services acquired the Better Homes & Gardens real estate franchise network in July, 1998 as part of its 'Home Services' subsidiary. I helped lead the nationwide transition of the BHG network to GMAC Real Estate by negotiating new contract and royalty fee schedules to individual franchisees throughout the United States.

• Vice President Marketing

  General Motors / GMAC Global Relocation Services

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Real Estate industry)

  August 1996 — May 1997 (10 months)

  As a consultant / employee, I worked from GM headquarters in Detroit to create a bundled services program of real estate, mortgage, title and related services to the employees, union members, dealerships and stockholders of the GM family. The program was launched in April, 1997 as the GM Great Moves program.

• Vice President Marketing

  Countrywide Financial

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

  January 1993 — June 1995 (2 years 6 months)

  Developed strategic partnerships with affinity groups to co-brand and co-market Countrywide's mortgage products to the employees, members and customers of trade associations. Call center operations funded in excess of $1B annually.

• Sector Vice President

  Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Real Estate industry)

  August 1987 — September 1992 (5 years 2 months)

  A member of the founding management team of Prudential Insurance Co.'s real estate franchise initiative. Sold the 1st franchise for the network and ran franchise sales and service operations in all three sectors of the company. Participated in the integration of the Merrill Lynch Realty company-owned network into the Prudential franchise network.

Travis Wright’s Education

• Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

  1972 — 1975

• United States Army Aviation School

  Chief Warrant Officer Helicopter Pilot, Aviation, 1966 — 1967

Additional Information

Travis Wright’s Interests:

Professional Development: 1. Program on Negotiation: Harvard Law School 2. eMortgage Course: Mortgage Bankers Association 3. Practical Software Product Management: Pragmatic Marketing, Inc. 4. Effective Software Product Marketing: Pragmatic Marketing, Inc. 5. PSS Professional Selling Skills: Learning International 6. SPIN Selling: Huthwaite International 7. Customer Centric Selling: Michael Bosworth's CCS 8. AMA: Creating the Customer Centric Enterprise

Travis Wright’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch