Agentic AI POC → production. Fractional CTO.
Director / C-suite for the right brief.

At BMW, Jared was the design lead on the e-mobility project and brought in a fresh perspective, new service design tools and had a quick impact on, not only the design, but also on the ways of working of the entire organization, including the stakeholders. One of Jared's key super powers is that he can identify the problem at hand very quickly when it might not be that obvious to others. He is always ready to help out anyone else in the organization. Great leader and an asset to any company.

Jared is not a traditional director who pulls the strings to make things dance. Instead, he is an enabler and coach who pushes the team to achieve a common goal. Jared augments his management style with the unique ability to detect problems, then uncover tools and talent to solve them often long before anyone else on the team realizes the problem exists. I've yet to meet another person who can assess talent the way Jared can.

Here's the thing about Jared, he's brilliant. People claim to be either left brained or right brained. Jared is a hybrid of both. He is a creative thinker and technical wizard. He combines his creative and technical skills for the purpose of solving his client's business problems. His goal is to help his clients, and he succeeds.

Jared is a strategic thinker who is excellent at using technology to provide creative solutions to business issues. He works to obtain in-depth knowledge of the client's business needs and pushes solutions beyond what the client asks for.

Most peoples' neurons, after years of nudging and shifting, start aligning towards the usual. Jared's neurons, however, are still shifting, still moving, still forming unique combinations of the observable to view the world in a new way.

His ability to see not only the "big picture," but future implications of plans and decisions really make him unique. His technical expertise is stellar, but he also understands it's crucial how users interact with technology.

Jared and I worked on several large client engagements together. He was an exceptional thought leader and added an extraordinary amount of value to the team. His knowledge and grasp of UX is second to none.

Jared is that rare find. In addition to his knowledge and skills, Jared is a supportive and respectful manager who cultivates opportunities for his team to learn and grow in their careers. Jared's up-to-the-minute expertise in interactive and social media keeps clients on the leading edge.

Jared has more knowledge than an encyclopedia. He's filled with great ideas, makes collaboration wicked fun and — most importantly — helps everyone produce groundbreaking work clients and creatives take pride in.

Jared has a passion and vision that is infectious and inspiring. As a leader, he gives his whole self to the team and in turn, inspires a level of loyalty most cannot. He has mastered the art of the pitch not by learning sales or theatrics but through a deep belief in himself and his team and a strong vision for the future. You don't often meet a Jared Lukes.

Jared leads the way in the digital age. His ideas and passion for innovation is inspiring to witness first hand. Jared was an important part to my development as a social media strategist.

Jared and his team impressed us when we hired them to create an internal interactive game. Not only was creative turnaround quick, but from beginning to end the creative work we saw was really clever, engaging and on strategy. The final game received nothing but positive feedback and praise.

Jared is great at building a strategy from the ground up and then staying close to the details throughout the process to ensure quality and consistency from conceptual design, to production, to deployment. He is a fast study and an endless generator of cool ideas.

Deeply interested in solving a problem not just filling an order. Jared is honest, smart and creative. His work in two words: Over Deliver.

Jared is a strong, strategic partner from start to finish. He seeks excellence at every step, pushes for innovation, and is an excellent communicator.

Jared was an excellent person to work for. He is good with both the design and development side of projects, and is able to keep the work flow of a project going smoothly from start to finish. I have never been on a project that was so clearly thought out and designed.

Jared has been an excellent partner. He collaborated with a variety of individuals, collected feedback on their needs and wants and synthesized that into a well-developed web application. His creativity and ability to look at the big picture, yet still develop a granular solution is terrific.

Jared is smart — really smart — and knows more about the interactive process than anyone I've ever met. He thinks strategically, questions everything and lands on unexpected solutions.

His work and work ethic are second to none. A truly genuine person in addition to being one of the best visually creative talents I have ever seen.

Jared is an extremely dedicated person with an almost microscopic attention to detail. He is exceedingly creative and a very pleasant and professional colleague.

If I were going to hire Jared, I would be hiring his mind more than any particular capability. He is an endless fount of ideas — good ones. Put him in front of a problem and he will find a great solution.

Jared was great to work with — insightful, creative and dependable.

Jared did a great job for me. His creativity and can-do attitude are amazing.

Jared is really good, trust me.