Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization, today announced the appointment of David Birnbaum as vice president of its learning department. A seasoned industry executive, Birnbaum is now responsible for managing the learning and training platform for the CENTURY 21® System, which spans 7,100 offices and nearly 102,000 sales professionals worldwide

Birnbaum has over a decade of experience as a learning executive and most recently led the Coldwell Banker and Coldwell Banker Commercial learning department. He has an extensive background in overseeing the strategic and tactical execution of business-focused learning solutions. He has developed both in-house and outsourced models to effectively deliver training to real estate brokers, managers and agents.

“David has a proven track record of managing a learning team that has developed and delivered a high-quality learning platform,” said Greg Sexton, Chief Operating Officer of Century 21 Real Estate LLC. “His leadership skills and his deep knowledge of the learning and training industry make him ideally suited for this role at CENTURY 21.”

Birnbaum has many distinguished achievements during his career. Most recently he led Coldwell Banker to a No. 3 ranking in the Training magazine Top 125. Additional accomplishments and awards include:

• 2012 Bersin Learning Silver Award “Best Learning Measurement Approach”
• 2012 Bersin Learning Silver Award “Best Use of Social and Collaborative Learning”
• 2011 Realogy Diversity Employee of the Year Award
• 2011 Chief Learning Officer Magazine Bronze Award “Innovation”
• 2010 Bersin Learning Leader Award “Operational Training and Development Excellence”
• 2010 Brandon Hall Gold Award, “Best use of Blended Learning”
• 2008 Coldwell Banker Commercial Employee of the Year