About

Established in October 2002 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, Intero Real Estate Services Inc, has quickly become one of the premier real estate brands in the country. Guided by principles of trust, respect, and integrity, Intero's founders embarked on a mission to change the face of real estate.

Intero is Italian for "entire" or "whole." It was the namesake of the founder's philosophy of empowering people-clients, agents and employees-to achieve their goals in all areas of their life. Their vision was to create a different kind of real estate company - a company that focused on more than corporate profits and selling houses, one that offered training, education and alternative support for its people, such as life coaching and health and fitness programs to help them grow into better individuals personally and professionally.

Agents and clients embraced Intero's revolutionary concept. Within weeks of our launch Intero yard signs popped up everywhere. By 2004, Intero challenged the Bay Area's most powerful brokerages for top ranking as Silicon Valley's best real estate firm. By 2007, Intero grew to 40+ offices, and 1,800 agents. Today, Intero has offices in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Mexico.

We've been honored with numerous awards including being named the fastest growing real estate company in the nation, out of 80,000 brokerages REALTORĀ® Magazine (2005), as well as the number one residential real estate brokerage in Silicon Valley Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, (2005). President & CEO Gino Blefari, and Chairman Bob Moles were also given the "RISMedia National Home Ownership Award" at the 2007 NAR Conference & Expo for "outstanding achievements among residential real estate's most influential and charismatic leaders."

Intero's web site, created in partnership with Palo Alto based Terabitz, was ranked number four in "The Top Ten Real Estate Brokerage Websites in America" report, a detailed examination of the corporate websites maintained by the 500 largest brokerage companies in the country conducted by 1000 Watt Consulting and Real Trends.

Innovation fuels our spirit and can be visually experienced inside our new Eco Friendly, concept space called AndareSM. Click to learn more about Andare.

Today, Intero's founders credit the company's extraordinary success to the continual forward thought, to always investing in the future, and to never stop looking for innovative opportunities that make it possible for Intero to grow.

Bob Moles

Bob Moles: Founder and Chairman
During Bob's tenure, Intero has grown into one of the Top 25 real estate companies nationally with more than $5 billion in sales volume.
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Gino Blefari

Gino Blefari: Founder, President and CEO
Gino Blefari has more than 25 years of experience in real estate sales, development and management, from branch offices to regional and national operations.
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C Javier Parraga

C. Javier Parraga: President, Intero International Franchise Services
C. Javier Parraga has more than 20 years of leadership experience working within top- tier organizations.
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Albert Mendoza

Albert V. Mendoza: Managing Director, Intero Asia Pacific
Al Mendoza has more than 10 years of accomplishments in franchise development.
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Tom Tognoli

Tom Tognoli: Founder and COO
Tom has over 20 years of real estate experience. As part of Intero's senior management team, Tom has helped shape Intero into one of the premier real estate companies in the nation.
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John Thompson

John Thompson: Founder & VP
John was born and raised in Silicon Valley, and has over 15 years experience in residential real estate and managing branch operations.
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Rafael Noriega

Rafael Noriega: Executive Director, Intero Europe, Middle East and Africa
Rafael has 17 years of experience in international real estate sales and negotiations and throughout the international real estate industry for his keen understanding of European, Middle Eastern and African markets.
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