Our People

As founder and President of SET Consulting, Jared plays an active role in each client engagement while also driving the strategic vision. Prior to founding SET, Jared developed expertise in software development, web development, and technology training at the Federal Trade Commission and numerous technology startups (ShareOne, Artisoft, Mango Software, the Info Group, and Galaxy Internet Services). He is very active in the DC and Baltimore technology communities with organizations such as the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Greater Baltimore Technology Council, Washington Trainers Forum, and Refresh DC. In 2009 he founded Bootstrap Maryland to stimulate entrepreneurship in the region, and co-founded Ignite DC, which brings together the technology, artist, and other communities together to share ideas.

Jared is a highly sought-after speaker for national legal, business, and technology events. In October of 2007 he received a Small Giant award at the annual Greater Baltimore TechNite for his passionate leadership. Jared earned a software engineering degree at age 17 from Framingham State College and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with Honors from University of Maryland. When he’s not hard at work, you’ll find him swing dancing or participating in several book clubs.

Keith Ludlow joined SET Consulting in March of 2006 and brought with him an incredible talent for visualizing highly-detailed data. Prior to joining SET, Keith worked for Dean & Company for ten years, where he was tasked with numerous strategic and information design projects under the tight deadlines of their many publicly-traded clients. He has a unique ability to present data in a way that is not only elegant, but usable and editable by Microsoft Office users. At SET Consulting, Keith oversees the design of all proposals, reports, financial data, presentations, and other client work. Keith received a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Graphic Design from Liberty University.

David Green joined SET Consulting in March of 2003 as a software development intern. Since then, David has participated in numerous document automation and software development projects. His expertise ranges from Visual Basic for Office Applications and .NET Windows development to web standards compliant CSS and PHP. He is an expert at finding the absolute fastest ways to work with the many large documents, sites, and spreadsheets that SET regularly produces—expertise that is frequently incorporated into SET’s efficiency training. David completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from University of Maryland University College in fall of 2008.

Wayne joined SET Consulting in May 2008, and now serves as the lead Web Developer for AwayFind, specializing in server-side programming and system administration. Prior to joining SET, Wayne worked as a web developer with Ichabod Media. Before that he led a team that managed a massive multiplayer game development engine. Wayne received his Collegial Studies Diploma in Pure and Applied Sciences from Champlain College, and is currently pursuing a degree in Software Engineering at Carleton University.

Bill Buker joined SET Consulting in September of 2007 and brought with him a passion for data manipulation and information modeling. Prior to joining SET, he developed applications and reporting tools within the security, mental health, financial, and government sectors. At SET Consulting, Bill coordinates many of the Excel development projects utilizing both Visual Basic for Office applications and VB.NET.

Eric Chai joined SET Consulting in June of 2008. Eric handles the bookkeeping, reporting, and billing for SET Consulting.