Jared is a software engineer and entrepreneur.

As an engineer, Jared has architected, designed and developed everything from desktop and mobile applications down to embedded systems and up to cloud-based services. He is also an expert at identity management and security, critical to applications at every layer. His combination of expertise and experience is uniquely suited to the challenges of taking technology from idea to execution.

Jared has worked alongside founding teams to define and deliver products which are critical to Fortune 500 enterprises and small businesses, enjoyed by consumers, and depended on by developers. Along the way, he's helped grow multiple companies from a handful of people to hundreds of employees, financial stability, and successful acquisitions.

Additionally, Jared is an active contributor to the open source software movement. He is the lead developer of Passport.js, the popular authentication framework for Node.js. Downloaded over 1.2 million times per month, it powers authentication for innumerable applications on the Internet. He has a portfolio of over 300 repositories freely available on GitHub.