Jared is the Executive Director for the SecureSet CORE program. Jared enrolled in a PhD program in pure math at the University of Colorado-Boulder, studying number theory. Jared's research interests eventually shifted from number theory to cryptography, and then also to cryptocurrencies. After he graduated from CU in 2016, Jared joined SecureSet as a full-time instructor. His experience in cryptography and cryptocurrencies were immediately applicable as an instructor, as well as his experience with computer programming.