Centriq App Part 2 With James Sheppard #637

Aaron Norris is joined again this week by James Sheppard.  James is the co-founder and CEO of Centriq. The goal of Centriq is to simplify life for homeowners. One of the reasons Aaron contacted him a few years ago when he was on their YouTube channel was he did not think it was cool just for homeowners, but also from the real estate investor perspective. He is a two-time entrepreneur who has brought ideas to life in both the physical and digital world. In building Centriq, he is drawing from his experience in commercial real estate development, building large mixed-use projects in Vancouver, Canada as well as an infrastructure management business where he helped large utilities where cities optimize the performance of their physical investments. Prior to Centriq, James was VP of Strategy Innovation at Sales Force. His system reminds Aaron of a customer relations management system for your house.

Today, they continue their video presentation, which you can check out on YouTube, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Last week they ended by talking about recalled devices, and today James began by showing an example. Together, they discuss more about the app, devices that were recalled and why, what other companies like Lowes are doing with technology, how long it will be free and the cost of the professional version, what their goal is when it comes to the amount of time users utilize the app for their utilities, where service providers will come into play in the future, and much, much more.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Centriq App With James Sheppard #636

Aaron Norris is joined this week by James Sheppard.  Today will be a little bit different as at the beginning of the year the Norris Group went completely digital.  They are not just doing a radio show since most of their listeners are completely online all across the country.  Today they will be adding a video piece.  While they will try to explain everything going on, you will want to go over to YouTube, Facebook, or LinekedIn and check out the video.

James is CEO and co-founder of Centriq where he’s on a mission to simplify the life of homeowners. He is a two-time entrepreneur who has brought ideas to life in both the physical and digital worlds. In building Centriq, James is drawing from his experience in commercial real estate development, building large mixed-use projects in Vancouver, Canada, as well as in the infrastructure asset management business where he helped large utilities and cities optimize the performance of their physical investments. With Centriq, he's making those best practices accessible for residential property owners.

James and Aaron will discuss Centriq's app and how they make the process for replacing parts easier for homeowners, the main goal of Centriq and how he first came up with the idea, how their recall list works and if the person is immediately notified, what they are doing for the builder community, the consumer experience and where they are going from here, and much more on the real estate radio show.

The Norris Group originates and services loans in California and Florida under California DRE License 01219911, Florida Mortgage Lender License 1577, and NMLS License 1623669.  For more information on hard money lending, go www.thenorrisgroup.com and click the Hard Money tab.


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Shubber Ali of Centriq Technology Joins Bruce Norris on the Real Estate Radio Show #531

Aaron Norris is filling in for Bruce this week, and he is joined by Shubber Ali. He is co-founder and CEO of Centriq, a software platform designed to connect homeowners with everything they need to know about the home in an easy-to-use app. Previously he was vice president of strategic innovation for salesforce.com. This was Forbes most innovative company for the past four years. He held C-level executives at Fortune 100 companies to develop and execute on transformational business process innovation initiatives across retail, banking, and manufacturing. He is a regularly featured speaker on Process and Disruptive Innovation, and he has published numerous articles on topics ranging from innovation to management of core competencies in corporations. He serves as a consultant to the World Bank on digital infrastructure in developing markets. Recently he was a new member of the digital infrastructure working group for the World Economic Forum. Shubber has a very impressive resume, and there is actually more on the website.

This segment primarily focuses on the new app they created at Centriq, including how you can have it for your own use, what it is and how it works for appliances, how it makes things easier for tenants, renters, and homeowners, Aaron's first-hand experience with it, how this app could work for real estate, what Shubber sees in the future for it, and much more on this week's Norris Group real estate radio show and podcast.

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