Team Page

Principals

James C. Freeling, P.E.

Principal Engineer

Mr. Freeling formed BEE Consulting, LLC (BEE) in 1999, as a consultancy that specializes in building envelope designs and inspections. In the last 20 years through BEE, Mr. Freeling has provided building envelope design and inspections using...

Catherine Longacre

Co-Owner

Ms. Longacre currently serves as the Co-Owner of BEE Consulting, LLC working primarily in Business Development. Ms. Longacre also currently serves as the artist for Longacre Fine Art in Mukilteo where her paintings and sculptures have won national awards...

Chad Smith, P.E.

Principal Engineer & Operations Manager

Mr. Smith joined BEE Consulting, LLC in November of 2007 and currently serves as a Principal Engineer and Operations Manager. As a Principal Engineer, Mr. Smith’s responsibilities include consulting on multiple projects that include building envelope...

Telman Gasanov

Principal & Energy Department Manager

Mr. Gasanov joined BEE Consulting, LLC as an AutoCAD Drafter in 2012. In 2016, Mr. Gasanov moved into the role of Energy Department Manager and since then has grown the department into a staff of six to meet the growing demand for help...

Nate Van Voorst

Principal & Testing Department Manager

Mr. Van Voorst joined BEE Consulting, LLC in July 2015 and currently serves as the Testing Department Manager. In his role, Mr. Van Voorst’s responsibilities include overseeing all Air Barrier and Window Testing projects, field project coordination,...

Team Members

Stephen Polledri

Design Drafting Manager

Mr. Polledri joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2015 after relocating from New Jersey to Washington. He is involved in numerous projects that include waterproofing design concepts and architectural detail analysis. Mr. Polledri moved up to a Sr....

Year Thao

Field Services Manager

Mr. Thao joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in January of 2012 as a field services consultant. His field experience, attention to detail and product knowledge is a strong asset to the envelope inspection role. He now serves as the Field...

Ekaterina Bautista

Energy Consultant Project Manager

Ms. Bautista joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2018 as an Energy Consulting Associate which consisted of building energy envelope analysis, and compliance of the building energy envelope with the Energy Code. Ms. Bautista has a keen willingness...

Chad Brickner, RRC, RWC, CDT

Senior Project Manager/Building Materials Specialist

Mr. Brickner joined BEE Consulting, LLC in January of 2016 as a Project Manager and Business Development Manager. In these roles, Mr. Brickner’s responsibilities include building envelope project management and field consulting, conducting forensic...

David Chapman

Senior Project Inspector

Mr. Chapman joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in August of 2016 as a Testing Technician for BEE’s Testing Department. Quickly learning the ropes, Mr. Chapman was promoted to a Project Inspector in January 2017 and then to Senior Project Inspector...

Denin Dazey

Project Manager

Mr. Dazey joined BEE Consulting, LLC in November of 2014 and served as the Design Drafting Manager for several years. In this role, Mr. Dazey’s responsibilities included leading and supporting a team of design drafters, in addition to...

Jose Diaz

Accountant

Mr. Diaz joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in April of 2021 as an Accountant. As the company accountant, Mr. Diaz processes payroll, vendor invoices for payment, and deposits client payments. He also prepares monthly/quarterly...

Torin Garner

Testing Technician

Mr. Garner joined BEE Consulting, LLC in May 2017 and currently serves as a Testing Technician. In his role, Mr. Garner’s responsibilities include completing Air Barrier and Window Testing projects, field project coordination, and project...

Alekper Gasanov

Energy Department Associate

Mr. Gasanov joined BEE Consulting, LLC in July 2016 as the Energy Department Associate. Assisting BEE’s growing Energy Department, a central aspect of his position includes designing air barrier diagrams, details and calculations.

David Hudson

Project Inspector

Mr. Hudson joined BEE Consulting, LLC in October of 2020 as a Project Inspector in our Portland, Oregon office. He serves as a field inspector in regards to the details of building envelope waterproofing, providing quality assurance inspections...

Kip Johnson

Project Inspector

Mr. Johnson joined the team at BEE Consulting, LLC in April of 2016 as a Project Inspector. He serves as a project field inspector in regards to building envelope waterproofing. This includes making sure the project meets all the waterproofing details...

Eric Jones

Drafter

Mr. Jones joined BEE Consulting, LLC in June of 2015 and currently serves as a Drafter. In this role, Mr. Jones’ responsibilities include creating detail drawings and preliminary designs of building envelope details for multiple projects that include...

Leanne Lettice

Office Manager

Ms. Lettice joined the BEE Consulting team in March of 2006. Among her duties as the Office Manager of BEE, Ms. Lettice is responsible for payroll and benefits administration, AR/AP, human resources, employee relations and serves as the records...

Dave Luxmore

Simulator in Responsible Charge (SIRC)

Mr. Luxmore joined BEE Consulting, LLC in December 2018 and currently serves as our Fenestration Specialist. In his role, he is responsible for conducting all simulations and providing the conclusive report to the client. Mr. Luxmore is also...

Patrick McMahon, EIT