WITI Women Survey Questions and Responses:
1. What was your first job in technology?
My first job in technology was as a marketing assistant at Intermetrics
Inc, a systems integrator in Cambridge. It was a very technical company
for someone with a liberal arts background.
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
My most significant mentor has been Eileen Pettengill who was a VP I
worked for at Powersoft. She was a great role model in both her
professional and personal life because of her ability to focus on the
critical issues and make decisions and get results. She was a great
example of how it's possible to successfully work in a high pressure
position and manage a family with three children. She taught me how to
say "no" and not feel guilty about it.
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies did you use to overcome
obstacles?
My greatest challenge has been working in technology companies and not
having a technical background. The way that I have overcome this is to
quickly determine what I need to know to be successful and find people
who can teach me. Learning to ask the right questions to the right
people has been one of the keys to success.
Rose Robinson Mauriello answers these questions:
1. What was your first job in technology?
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies
did you use to overcome obstacles?
4. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
Why?
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to
women beginning their careers in technology?
6. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive
impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?
On the lighter side:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not),
who would they be?
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
3. If you couldn't do what you are doing now, what profession would you choose?
4. What is your definition of success?
