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SecuraCore Brings Smart Homes to Life
SecuraCore was brought to life by founder and owner Matt Schaberg, with the idea to take something that is oftentimes overcomplicated (and over budget) and streamline it for his clients. SecuraCore is Central Oregon’s solution to bring smart homes and commercial businesses to life with automation
and security.
SecuraCore was founded in 2020, after Schaberg had gained about 20 years of industry experience within security and custom home integration. “My view on how I would run my business came from those two industries,” said Schaberg. “Security was a rather cut-and-dry process that almost felt more copy and paste, while custom home integration was the opposite. I often saw clients left with complex designs that needed extensive training and follow up.”
At the end of the day, Schaberg wanted to create a business that could combine his expertise, and provide clients with a more streamlined solution that provided a high value and fewer complications. This is the birth of SecuraCore.
Now, Schaberg offers both residential and commercial clients options that are realistic, effective, modern and affordable. With rapidly evolving technology with every passing day, it is important to stay up to date on all the latest advancements. Their industry knowledge makes integrating
your home or business much easier, while their priority on the user experience helps create final systems that are simple, streamlined and do not require copious amounts of calls to IT just to open your blinds or adjust the thermostat.
A main difference that Schaberg has brought to his business that creates all these amazing results for clients is the way he approaches a new job. By using industry leading manufacturers like Sonos, Lutron and others, he starts with a strong and well established base that he builds the rest of the system off of. This leads to fewer complications down the road, an easier user experience and more value for the client. From this starting base, SecuraCore can customize and personalize the system to your exact wants and needs.
“What came out is a significant saving for clients, and a much more user friendly solution,” Schaberg said. “From our side, it’s a much more consistent and streamlined approach. We’ve been in business for four years with so many good reviews, I believe we’ve hit a target area of the market that has responded very well to our services.”
In terms of their commercial resume, a local project SecuraCore completed was the new Subaru of Bend’s office building. A common theme Schaberg has discovered is that many commercial project owners also want the same system in their residential home, so that they can maintain convenience and not have to learn two different systems.
So what is it about SecuraCore that sets them apart from competitors? Aside from the dual-pronged approach of offering commercial and residential services, SecuraCore starts with advanced systems that allow any customer to become knowledgeable about their project and what they need for it.
“We invest a lot in tech that helps us better present what we do to clients. It starts with creating our best shot at a system, based on clients’ needs, put on their floor plan, which we can visualize to the client through our software. We’ll place our devices across this floor plan so they can see exactly where it will be and how it will work. This allows us to run our system by the client so they can decide how it looks, how they like it, and any changes they may need,” said Schaberg.
Through the use of this software and others, SecuraCore allows complete transparency to each and every client for any project. Even down to understanding how much money an individual piece of equipment costs in any particular room; in this way, the client gets the transparency of an itemized receipt. The question and confusion of, “what am I paying for?” can be a thing of the past with this system in place.
Being in business in Bend for close to five years, Schaberg has learned some lessons about the community and the industry. “Bend’s a very relationship driven community,” he said. “I’ve learned that in order to be successful, you need to develop positive relationships with builders, architects and designers. I’ve also learned that trying to customize everything can create issues down the road. It’s good to start with a solid platform as a base, so you end up with a final, personalized system that still contains consistency for both us and the client.”
Continuing, he said, “With channel partners or tech partners, I found that Bend is very collaborative. This delivers a better finished project for the client. Comprehensive planning is easier when professionals collaborate, and our software lends itself to that.”
