{"id":10144,"date":"2020-01-22T15:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2020-08-31T09:21:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:21:42","slug":"itsmiths-mike-madden-it-service-delivery-manager-at-cardno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/itsmiths-mike-madden-it-service-delivery-manager-at-cardno\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Mike Madden, IT Service Delivery Manager at Cardno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12757259\/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:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths - Mike Madden from Cardno\" width=\"599\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/mike_computer_network-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, Mike Smith and his wife were at an auction for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mckennaclairefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">McKenna Claire Foundation<\/a>, a charity that benefits the fight against pediatric brain cancer. At the event, they were introduced to\u00a0Mike and Marla Madden, whom also had a son the same age.<\/p>\n<p>That introduction has kicked-off a great friendship with the Maddens, and over the last 3 years,\u00a0their families have spent a lot of time together. They\u2019ve had dinner together, they\u2019ve been in a faith group together, they\u2019ve held Lemonade stands together (benefiting the McKenna Claire Foundation), and Mike and\u00a0Mike frequently team-up to coach our sons\u2019 sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>So, you\u2019re probably wondering, \u201cwhat does this have to do with ITsmiths?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, ironically, one of the other things\u00a0they had in common was that <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/madmichaelcharles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Madden<\/a><\/span> is an IT professional\u2026 Considering\u00a0Mike Smith&#8217;s company, AeroCom, helps IT departments procure telecom and Internet services\u2026 Mike and\u00a0Mike have also talked about work, on many occasions.<\/p>\n<p>And when\u00a0Mike Smith had the idea for this podcast, Mike Madden was one of the first guests he had in mind. In fact, he was the first interview\u00a0he recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Madden is a successful IT executive for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cardno<\/a>, a large, global environmental development company. <em>And<\/em>, he has a great story, that\u00a0Mike Smith knew IT professionals would be interested to hear.<\/p>\n<p>So, without further ado, here is the interview with\u00a0Mike Smith&#8217;s good friend, Mike Madden, telling the cool story of <em>his<\/em> journey in IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three years ago, Mike Smith and his wife were at an auction for the McKenna Claire Foundation, a charity that benefits the fight against pediatric brain cancer. At the event, they were introduced to\u00a0Mike and Marla Madden, whom also had<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/itsmiths-mike-madden-it-service-delivery-manager-at-cardno\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[964],"tags":[965],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}