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.

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.  Since starting SET Consulting, Jared regularly attends educational courses and conferences—most recently, he completed the Board of Trade’s prestigious Small Business Academy in November of 2007.  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 will finish his Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from University of Maryland University College in spring of 2008.

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.

Donna Sandifer joined SET Consulting in October of 2007 with an extensive instructional system design, training and technical writing background. Prior to joining SET, Donna worked for over 20 years in the training and analysis arena. She has participated in a number of software and soft skills implementation projects for government, corporate and legal organizations. She is particularly adept at interpreting the needs of the user to design, develop, and deliver real time training programs. At SET Consulting, Donna applies these skills to instructional design, documentation production and training delivery. Donna received degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Akron and Law and Government from George Mason University, as well as a paralegal certificate from Old Dominion University.

Kate Dixon joined SET Consulting in June of 2006.  Kate adds expert editing and communication work to SET Consulting’s numerous document production and automation projects.  She has worked in development and communications for not-for-profit organizations in the Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC areas.  She now divides her time between SET Consulting and the National Women’s Law Center, where she works as a grant writer and editor.  Kate received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Master of Arts in English from Boston College.

Kevin Chai joined SET Consulting in February of 2007. Kevin handles the bookkeeping, reporting, and billing for SET Consulting.

Ashley Baratz joined SET Consulting in September of 2007. Ashley performs market research and coordinates the outreach to many prospects.