{"id":273,"date":"2016-05-20T19:09:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T19:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz190.inmotionhosting.com\/~storag23\/spsci.com\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2024-07-26T19:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T00:36:32","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spsci.com\/?page_id=273","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.81)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; 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