Brad Smith, Founder / Retired

Brad worked in the commercial construction industry for 45 years, building lasting relationships with a vast number of Customers and Subcontractors.  He was President of Construction at Kerricook from 2005 until retiring in 2023.  He has always conducted himself in business with the highest integrity, and those values are being continued by the current management team.  His philosophy is based on scripture: “A good name is more desirable than great riches”.

Ann Smith, Owner / Ceo

Ann is the owner and qualifying party for all Kerricook’s state licenses.  She is knowledgeable in all aspects of commercial construction and business management.  She started the business in 2005, establishing each area of the business to operate with efficiency, integrity, and reliability in mind.  She’s proud that Kerricook has maintained long standing relationships with Customers, Subcontractors, Vendors, and Employees.

ann@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 216-244-5500 (Cell)
Tim Thomason, President of Construction

Tim is head of Kerricook’s new store construction program. He is lead estimator for new store projects, and oversees project management on all new store projects. Tim provides budgeting support to Customers, as well as site surveys, design build services, and value engineering.  Tim made the continuity of service beyond Brad’s retirement not only possible, but seamless.  If you’re a new Customer looking to do business with Kerricook on a new store project, call to discuss your project with Tim.

timt@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office)

Frank Gifford, President of Remodels

Frank was Kerricook’s first employee.   Frank is the Director of Kerricook’s Remodel program. He also manages all ADA work and Special Projects. Frank is highly respected by Customers and his fellow employees. Frank assists with new store estimating and project management. Frank is dedicated to perfection in all he does, professionally and personally.  If you’re looking to build a relationship with Kerricook on commercial remodel projects, contact Frank to discuss the specifics.

frank@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 440-309-6648 (Cell)
Scott Hixson, Remodel Project Manager

Scott has been with Kerricook since 2013. During that time, he has steadily progressed from Laborer to Remodel Project Manager. Scott provides project management for all Kerricook’s Remodels, and acts as lead support person to Frank Gifford in execution of the Remodel program. Scott ensures remodel projects reflect the quality and professionalism Kerricook is known for.

scott@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 330-410-3410 (Cell)

Jackie Thomason, COO

Jackie manages all aspects of Human Resources and Scheduling including hiring, expense tracking, benefits, and attendance tracking. She performs all accounting functions including licensing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, banking, taxes, and payroll. Jackie is contract administrator and key administrative support person for all projects.  Jackie will take over all management responsibilities, when Ann Smith retires.  She has made that retirement possible.

jackie@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 330-415-5026 (Cell)
David Ralph, Estimator/Project Manager

David has a bachelor’s degree in Construction Sciences. He wears many hats at Kerricook, including information technology, purchasing, estimating and project management.  He contributes intelligent innovative ideas on a daily basis, along with plenty of comedic relief.  David has vastly improved the security of electronic communications and data storage at Kerricook.  David’s experience level increases so quickly, this commentary will likely need to be updated before it gets published. 

david@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 440-865-7023 (Cell)
Kelsey Sapp, Remodel Admin

Kelsey provides administrative support for Kerricook’s remodel program.  She handles distribution of remodel support documents, scheduling, travel arrangements, rental equipment, and remodel invoicing.  Kelsey provides support for the execution of special projects.  Kelsey also supports all other personnel in the office by answering phones, document control, etc.  Kelsey has quickly become a key administrative person at Kerricook, and the company looks forward to the development of her position.

kelsey@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 216-633-8306 (Cell)
Kacey Porter, Bids Manager

Kacey manages Kerricook’s bid processes, and also helps man the phones.  She gathers all bid documents as they come in and distributes them to the appropriate people.  She handles RFI’s and their responses.  She monitors drawing revisions and distributes updated drawings to those who need them.  She locates and contacts Subcontractors interested in bidding Kerricook’s bid projects.  She maintains bid schedules and keeps everyone up to date on changes.  If you’re a Subcontractor who would like to bid Kerricook’s projects, contact Kacey.  She’ll hook you up!

kacey@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 704-789-3480 (Cell)
Mollie Ralph, Administrative Assistant

Mollie provides support to everyone in the office at Kerricook, and employees in the field.  She maintains all Subcontractor insurance documents.  She issues contracts.  She enters the company’s credit card purchases.  She helps with the very important job of answering phones.  Mollie assists with entering bills and accounts payable.  She helps with data entry of employee time sheets and expense tracking.  Mollie is always willing to run errands, drive trailers full of equipment to far away places, and do pretty much anything that’s needed.  Every office needs a Mollie.

mollie@kerricook.com – 440-647-4200 (Office) – 440-865-5689 (Cell)

If you’ve read all this, you’ve probably figured out that Kerricook Construction considers answering the phones an important activity. A real person will always answer the phone when you call.  You’ll never have to listen to menu options, “as they’ve recently changed”, and press numbers to reach a person.