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Black Knight Appoints New EVP Of MLS Solutions Group

Senior Editor
Aug 15, 2023

Lucie Fortier, a real estate technology professional, will oversee the Paragon Connect MLS System.

Florida-based Black Knight Inc., a software, data, and analytics company, announced that real estate industry veteran Lucie Fortier has been named executive vice president of the company’s MLS Solutions group under Black Knight’s Data & Analytics division. In her new role, Fortier will develop strategy and oversee development, sales and client support for this team, which is focused on delivering solutions and support to the real estate market.

Lucie Fortier Black Knight

Fortier has extensive experience in senior leadership roles for large real estate solutions providers, where she was responsible for product strategy and delivery of advanced real estate capabilities, web applications, real estate data, and predictive analytics across the United States and Canada. She has also served as a board member of the Council of Multiple Listing Services and the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), which was formed to develop data standards and processes that create efficiencies for all participants in real estate transactions.

“Lucie’s extensive real estate industry experience, coupled with her technology, data and analytics expertise, make her an ideal fit to lead the Black Knight MLS Solutions group and help take our solutions and service to the next level,” said Ben Graboske, president, Black Knight Data & Analytics. “She has in-depth knowledge of what our MLS clients need – both now and moving forward – and has proven time and time again that she knows how to get things done.”

“I’m honored to join Black Knight’s talented MLS team to manage and enhance the … Paragon Connect app,” Fortier said. “Black Knight and I share a vision for delivering solutions and innovation that support MLSs across North America in their mission to provide their members with … tools and services so that they remain front and center throughout the entire real estate process. Together, we are committed to making Paragon Connect the progressive tool real estate professionals use to respond even more quickly to their buyers' and sellers' needs, win more business, and provide a customer-for-life real estate experience.”

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