{"id":10298,"date":"2020-07-06T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10298"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:30:12","slug":"itsmiths-jeffrey-brandt-cio-of-jackson-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/itsmiths-jeffrey-brandt-cio-of-jackson-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Jeffrey Brandt, CIO of Jackson Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15077828\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeffrey-Brandt.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10301 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeffrey-Brandt.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths - Jeffrey Brandt\" width=\"420\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeffrey-Brandt.jpg 940w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeffrey-Brandt-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeffrey-Brandt-239x200.jpg 239w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeffrey-Brandt-477x400.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Jeff-Brandt.jpg\" rel='magnific'><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeffreybrandt\/\">Jeffrey Brandt<\/a> got his first CIO role at a law firm, around 25 years ago. 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