Jared Clark
JD, MBA, PMP, CMQ-OE
Jared Clark isn't your typical safety consultant. He brings a rare combination of legal training, quality management expertise, and hands-on implementation experience to every ISO 45001 engagement. Where most consultants specialize in either standards compliance or regulatory knowledge, Jared operates at the intersection of both -- delivering safety management systems that satisfy international auditors and federal regulators alike.
His Juris Doctor (JD) gives him a deep, practitioner-level understanding of OSHA regulations -- including 29 CFR 1910 (General Industry), 29 CFR 1926 (Construction), and the General Duty Clause. This isn't theoretical knowledge. Jared understands how OSHA enforcement works, how citations are issued, how penalties are calculated, and most importantly, how to structure a safety management system that reduces regulatory liability while protecting workers. When he maps ISO 45001 Clause 6.1.3 (determination of legal requirements) to your operations, it's built on real legal analysis, not a generic compliance checklist.
His Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ-OE) credential from ASQ means he approaches occupational health and safety as a quality system -- systematic, measurable, and focused on continual improvement. Safety isn't a program bolted onto the side of your operations; it's an integrated management system with defined processes, measurable objectives, internal audit cycles, and management review. This quality-systems thinking is what separates an ISO 45001 certificate that gathers dust from a living system that actually prevents incidents.
His Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI enables complex, multi-site, multi-shift safety system rollouts. ISO 45001 implementation isn't a simple documentation exercise -- it requires coordinating across departments, training employees at every level, managing timelines, and navigating organizational change. Jared manages these implementations like the projects they are: with defined scope, realistic schedules, resource planning, and stakeholder management. The result is systems that go live on time and within budget.
His approach can be summed up in five words: "Keep it Simple. Keep it Real." Jared doesn't build bloated documentation systems with hundreds of pages of procedures nobody reads. He builds lean, practical safety management systems that frontline supervisors and floor-level workers actually use. Every procedure has a purpose. Every form serves a function. Every record provides actionable data. The goal is a system that works in the real world -- not one that looks impressive in a binder but collapses under the pressure of daily operations.
What makes Jared's practice truly unique is his ability to bridge ISO 45001 international standards with U.S. OSHA federal requirements in one integrated management system. Most organizations end up managing two separate compliance programs -- one for their ISO certification and another for OSHA. Jared eliminates that redundancy by designing systems where a single set of processes, procedures, and records satisfies both the ISO 45001 auditor and the OSHA compliance officer. This integrated approach saves time, reduces costs, and eliminates the gaps that create real risk.
With over 200 clients across manufacturing, construction, healthcare, warehousing, oil and gas, and food production, Jared has seen virtually every type of workplace hazard and every variety of safety culture challenge. Whether it's implementing lockout/tagout programs for a manufacturing plant, building fall protection systems for a construction company, or designing bloodborne pathogen controls for a healthcare facility, his implementations are tailored to the real hazards and operational realities of each client's industry.
The proof is in the results: 100% first-time audit pass rate. Every client Jared has taken through ISO 45001 certification has passed their Stage 2 audit on the first attempt. That's not luck -- it's the result of building the system right from day one. From the initial gap analysis through implementation, internal audit, management review, and final certification audit, every step is engineered to succeed. No surprises. No major nonconformities. No re-audits.