William M. Raveis Founded Home Link Services, Inc. and serves as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Raveis founded William Raveis Real Estate and Home Services ("WMR") in 1975. He served on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Strategic Planning Group. He served as Systems Analyst, developed the Home-Link concept since 1996 and conceived and installed the first software package, C.A.R.E., two years later in 1998. Mr. Raveis was named as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 1987, and Inc. Magazine identified him as one of the Top 350 Growth Companies in the U.S. He is the recipient of numerous national awards for Excellence in the real estate industry. In addition, he initiated the concept and developed an internet-based real estate operating system called HOMIR in 1997.