Social Media Expert Joins Environmental Data Resources

RISMEDIA, August 14, 2008-Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR) announced the appointment of Mark Wallace as vice president of social media, where he will oversee the continued expansion of EDR’s online property due diligence community, commonground.An online community veteran, Wallace was previously vice president of sales at the business social networking firm Shared Insights, which was later acquired to form Mzinga. His expertise in delivering social media strategy and services has benefited an elite list of clients as they harnessed the power of community.

In 2006, Wallace was a founding member of the team that produced the first business book written by a community using wiki technology. The book, “We Are Smarter Than Me,” was named the #6 best business book of 2007 by the editors of Amazon.com.

In 2007, he and his team founded and later sold the Community 2.0 Conference, the premiere online social networking symposium, to the Institute for International Research. Hundreds of executives nationwide attend this annual event to learn how social networking is revolutionizing the future of business.

“Mark’s extensive background in social media aligns with EDR’s ongoing commitment to make commonground a high-value resource for property due diligence professionals around the world,” said EDR CEO Rob Barber. “The response to commonground within the industry has been overwhelmingly positive, and we look forward to Mark facilitating even greater growth and resources for community members.”

According to the company, launched in April 2008 with over 1,500 members in 10 countries, commonground has quickly become the online arena where professionals and thought-leaders gather to network and discuss issues concerning real estate due diligence.

For more information, visit http://commonground.edrnet.com/.