Speaking Engagements

Looking for a Speaker for Your Next Silicon Valley meeting?

“Sean has a vast knowledge of technology, and is a domain expert in many areas. He is a prolific reader and is eager to share what he has learned. He is also an asset in brainstorming sessions.”
(Aug-17-05) Mark Bennett, CTO, New Idea Engineering

Recent and planned speaking engagements as well as featured articles.

2010

  • Monday January 25 “Bootstrapping Your Startup Business: Ten Mistakes Early Entrepreneurs Make” at CSUEBEA (California State University East Bay Entrepreneurship Association)

2009

  • September 16 “The Limits of ‘I Will Know it When I See It” at SFBayACM
    • How can teams become more effective at making decisions quickly and reaching a working consensus? Join us as we explore team decision making, the challenges in blending human expertise, and the use of software tools to maintain a shared situational awareness and improve the timeliness and quality of decisions. This talk explores problems that engineering teams and startups wrestle with as they move from hunches to working technology to product to repeatable, scalable processes. This talk will cover how groups make decisions and how to systemically approach the management of exploration and verification cycles in product and customer development situations. Whether you are a solo entrepreneur, a talented engineer, a manager or a CEO you will learn some practical tips for leading your team to successful decision making.
  • August 21 “Ten Mistake Bootstrappers Make in Starting Their Business” Bootstrappers Breakfast San Francisco
  • July 29 “Tweet, Blog, or News? How Do Engineers Stay Current” at Design Automation Conference, San Francisco
  • July 29 “Managing Project Health” at Design Automation Conference, San Francisco
  • July 27-29 “Global Teams and Multi-Firm Collaboration” at Design Automation Conference, San Francisco
  • March 19 “Leveraging Your Referral Network to Grow Your Business” at Bay Area Business Growth Meetup
  • January 20 “Cultivating Communities to Get More Customers” part of Marketing Consultants Forum at IEEE-CNSV

2008

2007

2006

  • Dec. 2006 “Twelve Business Books in One Hour for the Busy CEO“, SDForum
  • Oct/Nov 2006 Article in SDForum news: Event Review: Marketing SIG “How to Create and Deliver Surprisingly Compelling Software Demonstrations”
  • April 2006 “10 Tips on Blogs and Wikis for the Professional Service Firm”, EPIC
  • March 2006 Article in American Journal of Public Health: “Systems Analysis of Real-World Obstacles to Successful Cervical Cancer Prevention in Developing Countries” by Dr. Eric Suba and Sean K. Murphy et al. [Abstract]
  • Jan. 2006 “Lessons Learned from First Three Years Consulting”, presented at Institute of Management Consultants breakfast meeting in San Jose

2005

2004

  • Oct 2004 Business of EDA Standards, Synopsys EDA Interoperability Developers’ Forum

Sean Murphy is available for selected public speaking engagements. The format generally used is 45 minutes of practical information followed by question-and-answer segment. This format can be customized to meet the needs of your group. Fees vary depending upon nature and charter of group.