Justin Mathews » Director, Account Services

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Interviewed By: Tim Graham

Title:
Director, Account Services

Brands Influenced:
Merck, Actelion, Ipsen, BMS, Berlex, GSK, MedManage Systems, Valeant, Alexion, Baxter, AT&T Wireless, Victoria’s Secret, JC Penney & Co.

Education:
Drexel University

Hobbies:
Entrepreneurship, photography, gadgets, cars, card games, travel, web surfing, taking in Philly sports and night life

Favorite Quote:
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”  — e. e. cummings

Favorite Websites/Online Properties:
Engadget.com, Bankrate.com, Fierce Biotech, Ad Age, and of course, YouTube, and Facebook. Let’s not forget CompassHC.com!

What’s your favorite gadget, and why?
My iPhone. I can’t live without it—I really can’t. My world is in the palm of my hands (if I have a signal, of course—thanks AT&T).

If you weren’t working in the advertising industry what would you be doing?
I’d probably be doing one of two things. First, most likely something in the airline industry — airplanes fascinate me. Second, definitely something in the music industry doing production or artist development. Music is my passion, and I love to do some behind the scenes work with it.

What was your best MacGyver moment?
Let’s be honest, I don’t really have any MacGyver skills at all. The closest I’ve ever come to having a MacGyver moment was when I locked myself out of my running car and had to call OnStar to unlock it from the sky. That was pretty cool, except the client wasn’t very happy that I was an hour late picking them up for a meeting….Yeah, that went well.

Tell us about your family.
Wow, is there enough room for all of this? I come from a freakishly large family. My father has 11 brothers and sisters, and my mother has 7 brothers and sisters. Everyone has kids, and I am the oldest of 56 first cousins. I have a younger brother and sister. Jason is currently working for the family accounting firm, and Jen is a pharmacist in downtown Philadelphia. After getting married to my wife Jeney in September 2010, we decided to relocate to beautiful San Francisco, CA to assist in expanding our Compass family out on the West Coast.

What is your favorite vacation spot, both domestic and international?
I have a few. Domestically, I’d have to say either South Beach, FL; New Orleans, LA; or San Francisco, CA. Internationally, I’d have to say Vancouver, and Cabo for now, but I am looking forward to traveling abroad a lot more in the future.