{"id":10164,"date":"2020-03-03T08:44:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10164"},"modified":"2020-03-03T09:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:38:45","slug":"itsmiths-kal-majmundar-svp-cto-of-patelco-credit-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/itsmiths-kal-majmundar-svp-cto-of-patelco-credit-union\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Kal Majmundar, SVP, CTO of Patelco Credit Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13249880\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10165\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ITsmiths-Kal-Majmundar.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths - Kal Majmunndar\" width=\"520\" height=\"436\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growing up, did your parents hint at the type of career they&#8217;d like you to pursue?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kalmajmundar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kal Majmundar&#8217;s<\/a><\/span> parents did. 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