The Home Remodeling and Custom Building Professionals of Ispiri

Jason Fabio, Principal, Certified Remodeler
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With a grandfather and several uncles that owned their own construction companies, Jason grew up in a remodeling family. Throughout high school and college, he gained valuable hands-on experiences in the industry.

After college, he took a break from construction to pursue a fascination with aviation. He spent the next 13 years flying private and commercial airplanes. After September 11, he decided to retire as a pilot from Northwest Airlines and return to his first love of construction, remodeling and helping people.

Bjorn Freudenthal, VP of Marketing, Design
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Bjorn Freudenthal grew up in Helsinki, Finland and brings a global perspective to his work. He got his start in the building industry as a laborer while in college in the early 1990s digging out crawlspaces by hand. Construction became his calling and he has made his career in the U.S. remodeling industry since 1999. He holds a CAPS (Certified Aging in Place Specialist) certification from the National Association of Home Builders. Before joining Ispiri, Bjorn helped a remodeling company become the Remodeler of the Year 2008, and two companies achieve TOP 500 status. Bjorn has also been part of Twin Cities remodeling projects that have many design awards, and has helped clients design and build tear down homes in Edina and Minneapolis. Bjorn is passionate about his work and gives back to the industry through volunteer leadership positions with NARI on both on a local and national level.

Rich Troxel, Director of Operations
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Rich started in the remodeling industry working for a local family owned remodeling company. That is where he learned the ropes of the industry and learned that having a relationship with your client is crucial in order to be successful. 12 years later Rich then had the opportunity to work for a National Home Builder for 10 years, there he started as an Assistant Construction Manager and made his way to the top and became a Production Manager. Rich believes that it is all the little details and craftsmanship in a home that creates the big project. Rich is a problem solver and keeps projects on time and on schedule.

All of this experience has landed Rich at Ispiri as a Production Manager and Service and Warranty Manager.

Mike Gleason, Chief Designer
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From high-end to budget-conscious, private to public and everything in-between, Mike has been creating beautifully designed and crafted projects throughout the Twin Cities for well over 20 years. Though traditional in design, his work exhibits a distinctly modern feel with open, airy floor plans, engaging sight lines between rooms and plenty of natural light.

Mike is known as a problem solver and enjoys getting his hands dirty with projects in his own home, and finds great joy in seeing the designs come to fruition.

Tom Fagan, Project Manager
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After nearly twenty years in the field, both as a skilled framing carpenter and as a trim carpenter, Tom has played a vital role in projects of all shapes and sizes. He has always enjoyed taking a project from the drawings on paper through construction.

Joseph Robbins, Senior Design Consultant
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With well over twenty years of direct experience in the remodeling industry, as well as a B.F.A. in Fine Art and a Minor in Art History, Joseph brings a great amount of creativity and diversity into Ispiri’s designs. Any successful project requires trust from the very beginning, and Joseph strives to both honor and build on that from the first appointment. Coupled with the overall sophistication, experience and integrity of Ispiri, anything is possible…

Sara Martin, Design Consultant
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Sara brings more than 8 years of experience to Ispiri, specializing in creative and timeless design for projects large and small throughout the home. Sara has a degree in Interior Design from the prestigious Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in San Francisco, and is able to combine her education and design experience to allow her to not only focus on each project's design and layout, but on the entirety of the project including materials, colors, surfaces, and other project components as well.

Jamie Anderson, Design Consultant
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Jamie spent his first years out of school working hand in hand with local residential, commercial and retail architects. His next move was into the residential home building industry, where he worked with a national builder and several local home builders as a design and project manager.

These experiences led him to Ispiri and the role of Design Consultant, in which he currently excels. His construction background, coupled with a strong sense of functional and practical design, make this the perfect fit for him.

Lisa Keller, Interior Designer
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Lisa has been fascinated with design since she was child and spent many hours rearranging the furniture in her bedroom. Her continuing love for design led her to the University of Minnesota where she obtained her Bachelors of Science degree in Interior Design. Lisa has had the privilege of experiencing many avenues of interior design. She has worked with two very successful interior design firms in the Twin Cities. She also gained valuable experience working with a design build remodel firm where her appreciation and love for remodeling grew. Later, Lisa decided to begin her own successful interior design business after taking on projects for friends and neighbors which lead to many referrals.

Becca Hall, Interior Designer
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Becca’s fascination with interior design developed at an early age. With a strong appreciation for art and eye for color she was drawn towards the design field. Becca has worked in the design industry for over 7 years, and holds a degree in interior design. She brings valuable experience working with builders and architects on both new construction and remodeling renovations. She excels at making sure the selections that are chosen for a project not only look beautiful, but also flow with the entire home.

Daisy Firebaugh, Interior Designer
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Prior to joining Ispiri, Daisy owned and managed a full-service residential interior design company for nine years. She collaborated with home builders and remodelers to create healthy, beautiful design solutions for clients based on their goals, needs and lifestyles. She has orchestrated a wide spectrum of projects ranging from small aesthetic updates to major remodels and new construction. Daisy was featured in the ASID Kitchen Design Tour for 2007. Daisy is a native of New York City, fluent in Spanish, with degrees in Psychology and Interior Design. Daisy has a clear understanding of how to enable beauty and function to coexist. She resides in Woodbury with her husband, Todd and two sons, Pierce and Jared.