{"id":10314,"date":"2020-07-27T09:36:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10314"},"modified":"2020-08-04T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:55:42","slug":"ryan-johnson-vp-of-operations-at-keap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/ryan-johnson-vp-of-operations-at-keap\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Ryan Johnson, VP of Operations at Keap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15345710\/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-Ryan-Johnson.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10315 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ryan-Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths- Ryan Johnson\" width=\"444\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ryan-Johnson.jpg 940w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ryan-Johnson-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ryan-Johnson-239x200.jpg 239w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ITsmiths-Ryan-Johnson-477x400.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A while back, I sat down with <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/getryanjohnson\/\">Ryan Johnson<\/a>, who at the time was the head of IT for <a href=\"https:\/\/keap.com\/\">Keap<\/a>, a fantastic CRM and marketing automation software company. 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