Jared Goralnick

“I reported to Jared for 2+ years while he led the Recruiter product team at LinkedIn and would highly recommend him as a product leader and manager. Jared leads with empathy and puts the customer and his team at the center of every decision he makes. As a product leader, he managed to inspire large teams of engineers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional partners behind bold visions--launching a new mobile experience, taking on the largest enterprise launch in LinkedIn's history, etc.--while managing to sweat the details that make for truly exceptional customer experiences and inspiring others to do the same. As a manager, Jared was deeply committed to creating an environment where everyone on the team produced their best work. He set a strong team culture, worked tirelessly to create a deeper understanding of our customers and business, and struck the balance between providing guidance while leaving enough room for each member of his team to run on their own. For these reasons, and so many more, I would welcome the chance to work on Jared's team again!”

“Jared and I are partners in crime for LinkedIn Recruiter. We worked very closely together for 2.5 years to build best product experience for our customers. I would recommend Jared as a product leader to anyone and any company. He's a very passionate person. you can always see the sparkle in his eyes when he's talking about his product vision and roadmap. He's also full of compassion when working with everyone around him. One thing I really admire him is that he has a way to make complicate things easier. He's able to reason about things and dissect complicate problems into different components to provide clarity. He's a great person to have to move things forward. Over 2.5 years period, he and I built a lot of trust between product and engineering. We lean on each other but yet often challenge each other for a better product. I throughly enjoyed my working experience with Jared. ”

“Jared and I were peers at LinkedIn, and worked very closely between our products, which were overlapping in many aspects. I recommend Jared extremely highly. He had a true focus and passion for getting workflows exactly right, and was a tireless advocate for users. He was especially good at mobile and had a real knack for figuring out what would resonate with users before they asked. One of my favorite things about Jared was his ability to tackle difficult topics/features where different teams might not start the process eye to eye. He is the exact sort of person you want to spend time in a conference room with a whiteboard and a bunch of markers if you want the right product to get built! Basically, if Jared is involved it is gonna be smooth, beautiful and it is gonna WORK!”

“Jared helped me out in several executive escalations from our largest and most demanding Enterprise customers. Deployment at these customer had become blocked and the situation was increasing in volatility with visibility up to the CIO. Jared stepped in and quickly got us on a path to resolution. Jared was able to get clarity on the technical problem, determine the right set of next steps to identify the correct solution approach and finally drive the approach to validation by, and release to, the customer. Finally, Jared connected direct with the customer team, explaining our approach and rationale, gaining approval to proceed. Ultimate result - satisfied customers moving ahead to productive consumption of our services. Dealing with complex customer scenarios like this requires the right mix of technical and customer centric skills that is hard to find; Jared has both in spades.”

“I worked with Jared at Skype and found him to be resourceful and full of good ideas. Jared brought outside knowledge to the group, and found ways to get his ideas implemented. While unassuming, Jared is someone who executes and gets things done. Now if only he'd move to New York.......”

“It's been a real pleasure collaborating with Jared in delivering value to our SfB customers. He's super customer focused, and has a way of cutting through political obstacles to achieve clear quantifiable results. I've been very impressed with Jared's ability to generate vision for the product, and then to articulate and sell management on this vision. I've also been super impressed with Jared's communications skills, his ability to turn difficult conversations into productive channels to achieve a positive outcome. I've also very much valued his ability to compromise when our opinions didn't align, and to take the time to understand and appreciate the opposite point of view. Would work with Jared again in a heartbeat. ”

“I've had the opportunity to work with Jared in multiple capacities since he joined the board of the Information Overload Research Organization, which I am a co-founder of. Jared not only had a tremendous interest in helping address the problem of Information Overload but was a remarkable resource and talent in helping the organization grow and improve its reach. He has been tireless in this work, which of course is as a volunteer, and I believe that he along with other board members has made every knowledge worker's day a bit better better and less overloaded.”

“Jared is passionate about email and productivity and startups like few other people I know... besides myself! I guess that's why I like him so much. He's a completely genuine and straightforward person, very detailed oriented and dependable - which makes working with him a pleasure. He's also not afraid to speak up and fight for what's right. I'm fortunate to have him as a business partner and friend.”

“I met Jared Goralnick years ago, and have been watching his career rise in direct proportion to the value he creates through products and services, and his contribution to the community around him wherever he is. Despite a crazy schedule, he's someone who makes time for others, either with some helpful advice or by connecting them to someone they should talk to. I think the world of Jared, and can't recommend him more highly.”

“Jared's AwayFind is a great product that has helped me manage my emails and interact with clients more efficiently. He also has responded to issues raised with him in a prompt and helpful manner.”

“Jared is a great guy to work with and provided plenty of useful insights to what we were doing at 3scale - both user experience side and useful functionality. I'd highly recommend him as someone to connect with - and checkout Set's Awayfind tools.”

“Jared is intelligent, geeky, principled, thoughtful, detail-oriented, execution-minded, social, outgoing, and a damn good dancer for a white guy (tho nowhere near as good as me). Jared knows email inside & out, and he'll keep you out of your inbox and on your game with http://AwayFind.com. Bet on him. He'll deliver.”

“I have worked with and been associated with Jared for over a year now. During that time I have come to know Jared as a thought leader, great speaker and visionary in the area of productivity management. I am an Away Find user and have found it to be very useful for my purposes. Jared is a well known speaker in the Baltimore-Washington region and a prolific contributor to the online community. I continue to look forward to working with Jared.”

“It really has been a privilege to get to know Jared. He has been able to successful distill his thoughts and ideas about productivity, an area I definitely struggle with from time to time, and develop them into useful tips, trick, products and processes that everyone can use to better their lives. He's both an incredibly talented writer and speaker. I'd highly recommend that everyone work with him if you have the chance.”

“I have worked with Jared on several of his Excel, development and automation projects. I know first hand that he expects and delivers nothing short of perfection for his clients. He clearly defines his expectations and is always accessible. The reason for this recommendation is for the simple fact that I believe in Jared. I have benefitted from working with him, and know that any business or individual will benefit directly and for the long-term from his experience and services.”

“We have used Jared and his team on multiple projects from document writing, to creating and executing on test cases for new product development. His ability to help with basically any project and to deliver on time has helped me and NTT America be more successful than we would be without him. I highly recommend Jared and SET Consulting.”

“Jared is very professional, uses good training techniques and is responsive to customer needs.”

“If you need help with efficiency training, functional design, and software development services on a Microsoft Office platform (and most of us do) I highly recommend contacting Jared.”

“Jared and his team at SET are without a doubt at the top of the Microsoft Office training and template development arena. Having used Jared as a resource many times in the past for my clients, he has now become a trusted referral for any of my clients looking for training or templates to work more efficiently. You will never meet another individual more driven to help others become more organized and efficient with the way they handle their interactions with technology. Everyone I have referred to him has said the investment with Jared has more than paid for itself in very short order.”

“I hired Jared to help train my office staff on Microsoft Office tips and shortcuts. I was so impressed with his knowledge that I ended up setting up sessions to work with him one on one. He was able to offer some wonderful tips for combining QuickBooks and Excel, to produce some reports that have really impressed my clients! His knowledge of the software, and willingness to offer streamlining solutions for our office are much appreciated - we highly recommend SET's services!”

“SAE contracted with Jared in August 2005 to train our staff on Outlook during a migration from GroupWise. Jared came prepared with a well defined outline for the classes. He conducted several sessions over a 2 week period to cover all of the staff. Staff were very pleased with his presentation of the material. We have also utilized Jared's training services for OneNote training, and staff have inquired on other training Jared would be able to offer to staff.”

“I met Jared in 2002. He's smart, creative, and very experienced in training, technology, and software development. I've been impressed watching his business grow and the areas into which he has expanded. I have recommended Jared several times to law firms for training and would also recommend him for help and customizing software applications.”

“Jared's one of the most focused individuals I've ever met. At the same time, he's one of the most consciencious consultants anyone will ever meet. He never loses sight of making his valuable service *stick* with his clients so that they're not calling him back a few months later to go over the same things again, they're calling him back for the "next step" in efficiency training. With his focus on business efficiency and productivity, Jared makes sure everything his does delivers maximum impact in minimum cost. People who don't know him or his company's capabilities are missing out on a lot of good stuff!”

“We've used Jared's firm to improve our output for proposals and client reporting with Word and Excel. We have been very pleased with SET Consulting's work and plan to use them again.”