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Life Style
{ Ask a BUSY PERSON }
Describe your morning routine.
Biggest pet peeve.
I am a natural early riser and like to When people don’t treat others
work out every morning. Afterwards, with respect.
I will usually try to connect with
our business units and global Stranded on a desert island,
customers that are
name the three items you
overseas to take
need to survive.
advantage of the
A super-sized solar battery
early hour.
charger, iPhone, and a Tesla.
How do you wind If you could start over, what
down at the end of profession would you pursue?
busy day or week?
I would be a university professor. I
Nothing is better get great satisfaction from mentoring
than time with my young adults and helping them on their
husband and family.
EILEEN MARTINSON
life journeys.
What is your favorite part CEO, Sparta Systems
If you could learn any skill,
of your job and why?
what would it be?
I enjoy mentoring people at various Founded in 1994, Sparta Systems
I would replace my expert ability at
stages of their careers, whether they making reservations with cooking
maintains an extensive customer
are just starting out, in mid-manage- base in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, delicious, gourmet organic meals.
ment, or at senior levels. Developing biotechnology, CROs, consumer products,
leaders and seeing people succeed is electronics manufacturing, and other highly
very fulilling to me.
regulated industries. The company offers its
customers a complete global quality man-
What leisure agement software solution, including the
activities occupy on-site solutions delivery support required
your time away throughout the project lifecycle.
from the oice?
In June 2013, Martinson was named a
New Jersey Ernst & Young Entrepreneur
Enjoying my not-
for-proit board work and of the Year Award recipient in the software
and IT services category. She is an accom-
watching the Philadelphia
University basketball teams.
plished enterprise software industry veteran
with more than two decades of executive
Finish the sentence:
leadership experience. Martinson gradu-
ated summa cum laude from Philadelphia
Most people don’t know that I—
Up until recently lived my entire life University, where she was recently appoint-
ed chair of the board of trustees. She was
in New Jersey, from South Jersey to What is the most valuable lesson
North Jersey to the Shore.
also the recipient of the PhilaU 2012 Leader you have learned in business?
of Innovation Medal and is a member of the
I irmly believe that the most im-
What is a perfect day?
RWJ University Hospital Hamilton board
portant lesson in running a growing
of directors. In addition, Martinson is a
Closing a large, hard-won deal, well-known speaker on topics as diverse as business is to keep a laser focus on
then shooting under
proitability and cash.
women’s leadership in business and getting
my handicap.
a company proitable, and staying that way.
Describe the characteristics of a suc-
A noted philanthropist, she is involved in
the Martinson Family Foundation, which cessful professional in your industry.
funds and guides more than 25 dedicated We look for those who can exhibit
programs at major universities to advance our company values by being smart,
K-12 instruction in science, mathematics, courageous, action-oriented, agile, col-
and technology.
laborative, and who are good listeners.
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