Jerry Freeman, IIDA

Jerry Freeman, IIDA has over 30 years of experience in the design and construction industry. Jerry began their career in 1987 as a Project Architect & Designer at Gensler, where they designed law firms and retail spaces and won the Gensler in house design competition and Pionite Plastic Laminate design competition. In 1991, they moved to Lehman Smith McLeish as a Project Architect, where they worked on law firms across the US and the US Olympics Training Facility. In 1992, they joined Core as a Project Manager and Designer and designed law firms across the US and worked on the design and construction of Dean & Deluca retail stores. In 1995, they became a Territory Manager at Invision Carpet Systems, where they helped launch a new carpet mill and led sales in Chicago and worked on product development. In 1998, they joined Constantine Commercial Carpet as a Team Leader, where they were hired to start a sales force for a new carpet manufacturer and focused on high end high design projects. In 2004, they moved to Lees part of The Mohawk Group as a Team Leader in Chicago. In 2009, they became the CEO at PaletteApp. In 2016, they joined Pro Material Solutions, Inc. as President, where they helped subcontractors and general contractors with the submittal process. In 2017, they became President at Specifix, Inc., where they gave design, construction and retail professionals the power to accurately and confidently visualize a product in real, physical spaces. Jerry also became President at Spec-Intel the same year, where they optimized the sourcing, selection and management of building product data, increased margins, reduced errors, increased efficiency, and automated the manual tasks to locate, manage, and convert product data and documents for take-off’s and all submittals, from a cloud-based, menu-driven platform.

Jerry Freeman, IIDA, has a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in Architecture - Environmental Design from the University of Oklahoma, which they completed in 1987. Jerry also studied Low Income Urban Housing at the Architectural Association in London in 1985.