In this episode of PropTech Pulse, host Jake Hamilton welcomes York Bauer, Chief Industry Relations Officer at Lone Wolf Technologies. With four decades of technology leadership including time at Microsoft during pivotal platform transitions, York brings grounded perspective on what separates meaningful technology from industry hype. The conversation explores genuine platform openness, strategic AI evaluation, data quality requirements, broker dashboard applications, and frameworks for technology decisions that serve business objectives rather than vendor interests.Topics CoveredWhat makes platforms genuinely "open" beyond marketing claimsHow business objectives should drive technology decisionsWhy data quality determines AI effectivenessStrategic applications for broker dashboards beyond operational monitoringThe measurement discipline required for effective managementPartnership strategies for technology vendorsTraining approaches that drive sustained adoptionSeparating substance from hype in technology evaluationKey Quotes"You can't be kind of, sort of, maybe part of the time when I feel like an open platform. You're either open or you're not open.""If you can't measure it, you can't manage it. I know that's a trite ism, but it also happens to be absolutely true.""The best technology is the one you actually use. And the only way that's really going to happen is if you tie it back to the business objectives that you're driving.""Don't do it alone. It's partnerships that allow you to skip to the front of the line, to short circuit the development process.""You can't just focus on how to do something, how to use the tool. You have to teach the agents why they need to use the tool and where and when to implement it.""We tend to downplay or worst case, even ignore data. We either don't look for it at all or it's flashing red lights telling us something which we then ignore because we somehow think we know better."About York BauerYork Bauer serves as Chief Industry Relations Officer at Lone Wolf Technologies, bringing 40+ years of technology leadership experience to advocacy for strategic approaches that serve brokerage businesses. He founded Moxie, competed successfully in the real estate technology space, and learned platform principles at Microsoft during the 1990s. His perspective combines technical depth, including computer science training and early AI language study, with entrepreneurial experience building and scaling software companies. York champions genuine platform openness, measurement-driven management, and technology decisions grounded in clear business objectives rather than impressive demonstrations.Resources MentionedOpen platform architecture principlesBroker dashboard applications for strategyAI evaluation framework for real estateData quality requirements for analyticsTechnology adoption best practicesConnect With York BauerLinkedIn: York BauerLinkedIn: Jake HamiltonWebsite: Lone Wolf TechnologiesPropTech Pulse: From the entrepreneur's desk to the industry front lines and into real-world operations—taking the pulse of real estate technology in just 20 minutes.Subscribe: lwolf.com/podcasthttps://www.lwolf.com/podcast

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