CEO Co-Founder Chris began his real estate career after graduating from Cal Poly, SLO in 1990. He was a salesperson at Contempo Realty from 1990 until the company was acquired in 1997 by NRT/Century 21. He remained a real estate salesperson at Century 21 Seville-Contempo from 1997 until 2000. In July of 2000, he became Branch Manager of Century 21-Seville-Contempo. The company was brand-merged with Coldwell Banker/NRT in 2001 and soon thereafter Chris became Sales Manager of both Coldwell Banker Los Gatos offices managing a team of 200 Realtors closing in excess of $1B in annual sales. In 2002, Chris was promoted to President and COO of Coldwell Banker/NRT Silicon Valley becoming the youngest in this level role nationally. This role included oversight of 17 offices and 1500 agents, producing $8 billion in annual sales volume. Yearning to bring back a local focus on quality real estate in Silicon Valley, Sereno was launched in July of 2006. Sereno is motivated by more of a socially responsible philosophy versus the typical, bottom-line, solely profit driven business objectives. Through their 1% for Good Program, Sereno gave over $70