J.P. Freeman provides consulting and technology services to manufacturers, integrators, users, investors, and many other organizations in the security and automation industries. Joe Freeman had been COO of Wells Fargo Protective Systems, General Manager of General Electric's Housewares Division, and Director of Marketing at Remington all of which recruited him for his ability to turn around weak businesses and develop new ones. Joe started J.P. Freeman in 1983 when one of his children became seriously ill.
The company's skills in business analysis, strategy evaluations, product assessments, and creative approaches to growth in serving over 700 organizations including 3 national governments are well documented. Its market reports on product areas such as video surveillance and access control are in worldwide use. Two entities comprise J.P. Freeman. J.P. Freeman Co., Inc. provides management services and J.P. Freeman Laboratories, LLC provides product evaluations to assess marketability. Both companies are privately held, and their services are fully independent.
J.P. Freeman's industry reports have received industry awards for their analytical insights and breadth, bear endorsements from 8 trade associations, and are relied upon by numerous organizations as prime planning source documents. J.P. Freeman Co.'s private consulting programs have produced exceptional successes in client planning innovations in home security, access control, video surveillance, and new technologies while J.P. Freeman Labs has contributed to the marketability of many new products with its technical assessments.
Joe has received several trade association awards as a corporate citizen for development of a management conference, a strategic plan for an entire industry, and development of a new trade show. He has been recognized in the press as one of the security industry's 25 most creative individuals and serves as advisor to the Open Security Exchange, a trade group addressing the issue of Convergence.
Prior to starting J.P. Freeman, Joe rose through marketing and management assignments as Product Manager, Marketing Manager, General Sales Manager, VP Marketing, General Manager, and COO with Fortune 500 companies. He is married with 4 children, holds B.S., M.B.A., and Sc.D. (doctor of science) degrees, has taught marketing at 3 colleges, and is a U.S. Army veteran. His Sc.D. dissertation on Industrial Policy was instrumental in revising the economic development policy of the state of CT. With his wife he developed a needed CT community health program, he is a monthly columnist in the security press, and a featured speaker at major security trade shows and corporate meetings.
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