Sean Gillis (RE/MAX Grand Prairie) was born and raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta. He has been in real estate for more than a decade and has built his career on referrals and repeat business. Sean was a Titan Club Award winner in 2018 and received the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Career Award in 2017. 

Wade Paterson, host of The RE/MAX Hustle Podcast, shares a quick year-end recap and says a huge "thank you" to listeners of the podcast. If this is your first time listening to an episode, we’d strongly suggest you go and check out one of the previous episodes as well, because this is much shorter and much different than the others. 

Johnny Earle (aka Johnny Cupcakes) is an award-winning entrepreneur and brand hysteria expert who founded the world’s first tee-shirt bakery. Johnny was the keynote speaker at the RE/MAX of Western Canada ACTIVATE conference in Banff this past October, and he is known for helping others develop blueprints for creating brand loyalty and memorable experiences. He is also a self-proclaimed prankster who has been quoted as saying: “I enjoy bringing out the kid in everyone. Not in the sense of getting loads of people pregnant, but, you know, making people feel happy.”

Swish Goswami is a 22-year-old serial entrepreneur, three-time TEDx speaker and UN Youth Ambassador. He is founder and CEO of Trufan, an audience management platform that helps brands and influencers grow their social community, distribute viral content and sell directly to their top fans. Trufan has raised more than $1 million to date and is backed by several NBA players, media executives and Canadian venture firms. Swish has been published in more than 100 national and international publications and has been recognized as Startup Canada’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year and won the United Nation’s Outstanding Youth Leadership Award.

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is a Quentin Tarantino movie that was released this year, but it might also be the perfect title to describe Michele Cummins' (RE/MAX Little Oak Realty, Mission, B.C.) upbringing. Her parents were the quintessential Hollywood couple and her grandfather helped pioneer MGM Studios during a career that spanned over five decades. Michele is an actress, but that has taken a backseat to her incredibly successful RE/MAX career. In 2017, Michele received the Diamond Club Award and she has continues to be one of our top individual residential producers in Western Canada. In her spare time, Michele enjoys driving her Knight Rider replica car.

Keith Roy (RE/MAX Select Realty, Vancouver B.C.) and his team have been selling homes for more than a decade and have landed a spot in the Team Diamond Club category in recent years. Keith is a frequent face in the Vancouver media on matters relating to the local and national real estate market, and he is no stranger to podcasting as he hosted more than 70 episodes of The UnReal Estate Show. On top of the countless industry awards Keith has received, he was also awarded with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for community service. In his spare time, he collects Monopoly Boards and enjoys boating, skiing and traveling with his soul mate, Stephanie.

Jane Johnston (RE/MAX Camosun, Victoria, B.C.) grew up in a very close-knit community in downtown Toronto; her real estate team — the Briar Hill Group — is named after one of the streets in the neighbourhood she grew up in. This is one example of the fact community comes first for Jane. Since she began her real estate career in 2006, Jane has earned several real estate awards, including consistent Chairman's Club Awards, RE/MAX Hall of Fame, the MLS Special Gold Medal Award and the MLS President's Award. She also hosts the Vancouver Island Time podcast and enjoys rowing and speed skating.

Adam Contos is the CEO of RE/MAX. Following a successful career in law enforcement, Adam came to the RE/MAX organization in 2003 as an independent contractor presenting a safety training program he created specifically for real estate professionals. In 2004, he joined RE/MAX full-time as a Senior Franchise Development Consultant for the RE/MAX Mountain States Region. He was named Region Vice President the following year. Today, Adam is responsible for providing strategic direction on all aspects of major RE/MAX corporate decisions, operations and resources of the company.

Elton Ash (Regional Executive Vice President, RE/MAX of Western Canada) makes his second appearance on The RE/MAX Hustle Podcast to chat about findings from the recently-released 2019 RE/MAX Cannabis Survey.

Michael Thorne (RE/MAX Lifestyles Realty, Langley, BC) has had a lifelong relationship with real estate. Both of his parents were agents and he started working at a real estate office when he was 15 years old before obtaining his license at the age of 19. Throughout his entire career, Michael has been incredibly innovative. In 2018, BombBomb named Michael the most influential community content creator in real estate, while Inman credited him as a finalist for their real estate innovator award.