Here are a few nice things people have said about me and/or my work over the years.

Clients:

"Jarom and I have gotten to know one another quite well since September 2023 as our relationship has evolved from him being one of my clients to me becoming one of his clients.

To facilitate accessibility to my honest personal observation of his personal and professional qualities for those seeking to quickly evaluate his professional offerings, I have indexed them here rather than having embedded them into eloquent prose.

These words accurately describe Jarom Smith:

— Kenneth G. Culmone, Jr., MPA, CFRE, CIC
Founder, The Culmone Foundation
Principal, Philanthropy Advisors of Utah
Principal, The Culmone Group, LLC

"Jarom has a very broad knowledge of IT solutions and I have relied on him from start to finish as we've built a site for my company based on my individual needs.  His work is always thematically sleek while still functionally gathering data.  As a consultant, he has become a key player on my team and no expectation has ever gone unmet."

— Kelly Hummert, General Manager, Carbon NYC

"I can personally vouch for Jarom's work.  He's been doing a great job creating solutions, re-architecting, integrating, and repairing work I've had other developers do in the past."

— Trevan Householder, ThoughtsAlive.com & SchoolOfLifeMastery.com

"I can vouch for the skills and professionalism of the work Jarom did for our 501c organization. He was asked to create a complete and automatic registration and payment system for a Conference we sponsor every year -- and we gave him very little time to create and launch the system. He was great to work with, and obviously can perform under time-constraints. In spite of getting instructions and feedback from several people during the process, Jarom remained professional and dealt with feedback in a timely manner. We would not hesitate to recommend Jarom for any programming needs your business may have. You won't be disappointed."

— Sue Emmett, Vice President and Conference Chair, The Exmormon Foundation

"It's a pleasure to recommend Jarom -- he is extremely efficient, and very knowledgeable in creating and building our web-site... He is a GREAT communicator, hard worker, and not afraid to put in the necessary hours -- whatever it takes to complete the tasks at hand. In most cases when he projected a time frame for completion, he was ahead of schedule. Also he is very helpful in brainstorming ideas, and assisting if he didn't have the answer; he has a large library of contacts in his field to get the job done. In our experience, Jarom is a first class businessman that any of us would have no problem recommending to business associates, friends, and family members."

— Christopher J. Bente, President, Admaric Insurance Agency, Inc.

Colleagues & Co-Workers:

"Jarom is a highly qualified software developer, who feels equally well maintaining legacy code or starting a whole new piece of functionality from scratch. He is not afraid of large-scale tasks and does everything to finish them completely and in time. He is equally eager to work on all layers of modern multi-tier applications, be it database, middle tier or user interface. Jarom communicates well within a tight group as well as with other departments, which makes him indispensable for a team. I highly recommend Jarom both as a professional and as a all-around nice person."

— Michael Crane, Sr. Software Engineer, Slacker

"Working with Jarom over the last four years I have continually been impressed by the quality of his work, his work ethic, and his versatility. No matter what the task he always gets it done and done well. Having worked with Jarom through numerous late nights and deadlines, I could always count on him as a sounding board whenever needed, providing great advice or asking just the right question to get me through the issue."

— Christian Willi, Director of Software Engineering, ShiftHound

"I have worked with Jarom for over 10 years at 3 different companies, and I can say without reservation he is one of the the best developers I have ever worked with. He has developed many different applications, in different languages and across multiple platforms.

His code is solid and well-documented, and his design skills are top-notch. He also makes the extra effort to test his own work and make sure it works to spec, and his thoroughness in this regard is something I've rarely seen from even the most talented developers.

He also manages his own time well, is not afraid to ask questions when he needs additional direction, and will do any task assigned to him. Finally, he is a great team player and has been well-liked and very respected by all of his co-workers at the various companies.

I have hired Jarom multiple times, and will do so at any company I work at."

— Douglas Bertozzi, CTO, ShiftHound

"If you can imagine it, he can build it! A brilliant and highly capable programming wiz, Jarom is the best programmer I have known and closely worked with for over 10 years. I have not come across a technical issue that cannot be solved programatically by Jarom."

— Jawad Mohammad, Director of Product Management & Customer Support, ShiftHound, Inc.

"Working for Jarom was a pleasure. He's got superior technical skills and smarts, but more importantly, the man has got people skills!"

- Devin Foley, Software Engineer, New Media Merchants

"Jarom is very intelligent and he has the skills to solve virtually all technical problems. Besides acting as head of the development team, he simultaneously works on multiple projects. He encourages people to do the best work. He is open minded and willing to accept ideas from others. He is well liked by the people who work with and for him."

— Lucia DeMeester, Senior Oracle DBA, New Media Merchants

"I was very lucky to have a supervisor like Jarom to look over me. He's the best BOSS ever, and I'm not saying this because he's still my boss. He taught me valuable lessons from the time that we worked together. I was never afraid of telling him any problems I have regardless of work or personal. If I can select my bosses, I would definitely still have him. =)"

— Bowei Chi, Software Engineer, New Media Merchants

"Jarom provided excellent support in the team environment we worked in, often being a great springboard for ideas to be bounced off of and a hard worker to help divide and conquer projects with."

— Bob Kleemann, Software Engineer, New Media Merchants