Rob Barber, former CEO at Environmental Data Resources (EDR), has joined RealtyTrac as CEO.
Barber is a veteran of the real estate information services industry. During his tenure at EDR, he was responsible for doubling the company's share in the engineering market, expanding successfully into multiple high growth adjacent markets, and innovating new platform solutions that deliver both content and workflow value to the property due diligence industry, RealtyTrac says in a release.
He was also a past board member at BuildFax, Landmark Information Group and the content division of the Software and Information Industry Association.
In his new position, Barber will head up the firm's rapidly expanding data file licensing business and will continue to build on the company's double-digit revenue growth cultivated over the last three and a half years.
Barber will start on Aug. 17. Current CEO Jamie Moyle will be moving to chair of the innovation committee of the board of directors, the company reports.