{"id":10312,"date":"2020-07-21T08:01:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10312"},"modified":"2020-08-04T09:55:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:55:16","slug":"ron-herardian-senior-director-of-technology-at-capgemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/ron-herardian-senior-director-of-technology-at-capgemini\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Ron Herardian, Senior Director of Technology at Capgemini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15252293\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ron-Herardian.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10313 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ron-Herardian.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths - Ron Herardian\" width=\"440\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ron-Herardian.jpg 940w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ron-Herardian-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ron-Herardian-239x200.jpg 239w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ron-Herardian-477x400.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ll hear, <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rherardi\/\">Ron Herardian<\/a>, Senior Director of Technology at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/\">Capgemini<\/a>, and long-time IT startup veteran, learned, at a young age, to be comfortable with change. 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