Overview
Martynek is currently a senior advisor for Plainfield Asset Management (PFAM), a $5 billion hedge fund located in Greenwich, Conn. PFAM is an active investor in telecommunications, and since 2005 has completed more than 60 transactions in the telecom/technology sector. Martynek brings to PFAM intensive operating experience, industry knowledge, and management capability in the telecommunications and technology arenas.
Prior to PFAM, he was director, president, and chief executive officer of InfoHighway Communications/Eureka Networks in New York City from 2003 to 2007. Martynek was elected CEO with a mandate to achieve profitability following the meltdown in the telecom market. He guided the company to net income profitability within 12 months.
In 2005, Eureka Networks acquired InfoHighway Communications, resulting in the creation of an organization with more than $115 million in annual revenue, $16 million in EBITDA, and 210 employees. InfoHighway was acquired by Broadview Networks in May 2007. As chief operating officer of Eureka Networks/Gillette Global Network from 1998 to 2003, he developed and executed on detailed integration and financial synergy plans for the consolidation of six companies acquired between 2000 and 2002.
From 1995 to 1998, as the executive vice president and co-founder of Gillette Global Network, Martynek pioneered the resale of dedicated Internet Access to business customers in the New York Metropolitan marketplace.
Martynek attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from SUNY-Binghamton. He also received a master's in international affairs from Columbia University in 1992. Martynek also currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Broadview Networks.