David Isaac Murray
{{short description|Entrepreneur, computer scientist, and product designer}}
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| birth_name = David Isaac Murray
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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| occupation = Chief Technology Officer, Doctor.com
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David Isaac Murray (born 27 August 1983) is an entrepreneur, computer scientist, and product designer best known for his appearance as one of the main cast members on Start-Ups: Silicon Valley.{{cite web|author=Bravo |title=David Murray|date=5 October 2012 |url=http://www.bravotv.com/people/david-murray}} Originally a product manager at Google from 2006–2008, he received the Google Founders Award and EMG Award for his work on Gmail.{{cite web|author=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=50018945&privcapId=24350857&previousCapId=24350857&previousTitle=Inform%20Technologies,%20Inc.|title=David Murray| website=Bloomberg News }} After Google, David held several senior positions at start up companies in Silicon Valley, California. He started his company, GoalSponsors, in 2012{{cite news|author=Megan Rose Dickey |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/google-product-manager-startups-silicon-valley-2012-11|title=This Guy Left A Cushy Job at Google To Do A Startup ... And Now He's Up To His Ears in Debt}} and eventually sold it to Doctor.com in 2014. He served as Chief Technology Officer of Doctor.com until 2019.{{cite web|author=Doctor.com|url=http://www.doctor.com/about-us|title=Doctor.com Management Team|access-date=7 November 2016|archive-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155306/http://www.doctor.com/about-us|url-status=dead}} David is currently Cofounder and President of Confirm, an HR technology company focused on performance reviews and organizational network analysis.{{cite web|author=Confirm|url=https://www.confirm.com |title=Confirm: Let's face it. Perf deserves a PIP.}}
Early life
Murray grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended the Albuquerque Academy from grades 6-12.{{cite web| title=David I. Murray's Performance Resume|url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayperfresume.pdf}} He attended Carnegie Mellon University as a triple major in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Voice Performance, where he graduated in 2006, Phi Beta Kappa, as recipient of the CMU Alumni Award for Research Excellence in Computer Science.{{cite news| author=Byron Spice | url=http://scs.cmu.edu/news/scs-alum-david-murray-appears-bravos-start-ups-silicon-valley | title=SCS Alum David Murray Appears on Bravo's "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley"}}
Business history
Murray was Associate Product Manager for Gmail at Google from 2006–2008.{{cite news|author=David Murray |url=https://gmail.googleblog.com/2007/10/sync-your-inbox-across-devices-with.html |title=Official Gmail Blog}} He later served as Senior VP, Product Management at Inform Technologies in 2008, User Experience Lead at Cryptic Studios 2008–2010, and Director of Product for Raptr 2010-2012 before founding GoalSponsors which later became known as ReferBright, a marketing automation platform for healthcare practitioners, and was sold to Doctor.com in 2014.{{cite news|author=Stephanie Baum |url=http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/referral-leakage/ |title=Doctor.com acquires ReferBright for tech to fix referral leakage}} He served as Chief Technology Officer at Doctor.com (acquired by Press Ganey in 2020{{cite news|author=Press Ganey Media |url=https://www.pressganey.com/about/news/press-ganey-advances-health-care-consumerism-movement-with-acquisitions-of-doctor.com-and-majority-stake-in-binary-fountain |title=Press Ganey Advances Health Care Consumerism Movement with Acquisitions of Doctor.com and Majority Stake in Binary Fountain}}). Murray is currently Cofounder and CEO of Confirm, an HR technology company focused on performance reviews and organizational network analysis.{{cite web|author=Confirm|url=https://www.confirm.com |title=Confirm: Let's face it. Perf deserves a PIP.}}
Television, film, and media
In 2012, Murray appeared as one of the main cast on Bravo's TV Show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/04/05/businessinsidermeet-the-7-stars-of-.DTL |title=Meet The 7 Stars of the New Silicon Valley Reality Show |publisher=SFGate |date=5 April 2012 |accessdate=15 September 2013 |first=Boonsri |last=Dickinson}} working on an accountability buddies mobile app called GoalSponsors.{{cite web|last=Tiku |first=Nitasha |url=http://betabeat.com/2012/12/bravo-randi-zuckerberg-startups-silicon-valley-time-change/ |title=If Bravo Moves Randi Zuckerberg's Startup Show to 6pm Central, Does It Make a Sound? | Betabeat | The Lowdown on High Tech |publisher=Betabeat |date=11 December 2012 |accessdate=15 September 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826110513/http://betabeat.com/2012/12/bravo-randi-zuckerberg-startups-silicon-valley-time-change/ |archivedate=26 August 2013}} He has authored articles in publications including FastCompany{{cite news|author=David Murray |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90838276/how-remote-hybrid-work-broke-performance-reviews |title=How remote and hybrid work broke performance reviews}} and has been a contributing author to Forbes through his membership with the Forbes Technology Council. His writing focuses on the intersection of business, technology, and the human experience.{{cite news|author=David Murray |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/davidmurray1/ |title=David Murray - Forbes Technology Council}}
Awards
- 2013 Named "One to Watch" by BRINK Magazine[http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/504435]. Brink Magazine. Retrieved on 6 November 2016.
- 2008 Google Founders Award, EMG Award{{cite web |title=David Murray| website=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=50018945&privcapId=24350857&previousCapId=24350857&previousTitle=Inform%20Technologies,%20Inc.}}
- 2006 Carnegie Mellon SCS Alumni Award for Research Excellence in Computer Science{{cite web |url=http://link.cs.cmu.edu/files/The_Link_fall06_2.pdf |title=The Link}}
- 2006 Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society{{cite web |url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayresume.pdf |title=David I. Murray}}
- 2005 Phi Beta Kappa{{cite web |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~scsfacts/phibetakappa.html |title=Phi Beta Kappa}}
- 2001 Cum Laude National Honor Society{{cite web |url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayresume.pdf |title=David I. Murray}}
Board and Council Memberships
- Member, Forbes Technology Council (2018–present){{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/davidmurray1/|title=David Murray - Forbes Technology Council|website=Forbes }}
- Board member, Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Association Board (2017–present){{cite web |url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayresume.pdf |title=David I. Murray}}
- Board member, Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Alumni Advisory Board (2005–present){{cite web |url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayresume.pdf |title=David I. Murray}}
- President, Rainbow Recreation (2015–present){{cite web |url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayresume.pdf |title=David I. Murray}}
- Board member, South Bay Volleyball Club (2013–present){{cite web |url=http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/static/davidimurrayresume.pdf |title=David I. Murray}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.davidisaacmurray.com/ David I. Murray]
- [http://www.doctor.com/about-us/ Doctor.com Management] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155306/http://www.doctor.com/about-us |date=7 November 2016 }}
- [https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/davidmurray1/ David Murray - Forbes Technology Council]
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Category:People from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Category:Participants in American reality television series
Category:Carnegie Mellon University alumni