NorthstarMLS Chooses Industry Veteran As New CEO


Tim Dain, the former Remine executive, will replace John Mosey who is retiring after 47 years in the real estate industry. Dain’s 1st priority is to “ensure that we maintain a high level of service.”

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Minnesota-based NorthstarMLS has chosen multiple listing service veteran Tim Dain as its new CEO.

Dain’s first day as CEO is Monday, Sept. 19, and his first priority is to “ensure that we maintain a high level of service to our members and partners at NorthstarMLS,” he told Inman via email.

Tim Dain

Dain previously served as vice president and general manager of MLS at real estate tech firm Remine for about a year-and-a-half before leaving the company in May, according to his LinkedIn profile. Remine, which was acquired by four MLSs in October 2021, announced that it had hired a new CEO Frederick Townes in April.

“After the Remine acquisition and the arrival of the new Remine CEO they decided to eliminate my role at the company,” Dain said.

Before his stint at Remine, Dain had been an MLS executive for a decade. He was executive director of Illinois-based SIR/MLS Inc. for nearly six years starting in January 2010, then MLS director at the Austin Board of Realtors for two years.  He was president and CEO of Missouri-based MLS MARIS for three years before joining Remine in November 2020. Prior to becoming an MLS executive, Dain was an agent and a broker-owner, according to a press release.

“Tim has the knowledge, experience and leadership acumen needed to maintain NorthstarMLS’ momentum and direction in serving its Realtor users’ new and evolving needs,” said Brian Rossow, NorthstarMLS’s board chairman, in a…