David Isaac Murray
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27 August 1983
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| Born | David Isaac Murray 27 August 1983 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States |
| Occupations | Chief Technology Officer, Doctor.com |
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.[1] Originally a product manager at Google from 2006–2008, he received the Google Founders Award and EMG Award for his work on Gmail.[2] After Google, David held several senior positions at start up companies in Silicon Valley, California. He started his company, GoalSponsors, in 2012[3] and eventually sold it to Doctor.com in 2014. He served as Chief Technology Officer of Doctor.com until 2019.[4] David is currently Cofounder and President of Confirm, an HR technology company focused on performance reviews and organizational network analysis.[5]
Murray grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended the Albuquerque Academy from grades 6-12.[6] 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.[7]
Business history
Murray was Associate Product Manager for Gmail at Google from 2006–2008.[8] 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.[9] He served as Chief Technology Officer at Doctor.com (acquired by Press Ganey in 2020[10]). Murray is currently Cofounder and CEO of Confirm, an HR technology company focused on performance reviews and organizational network analysis.[11]
Television, film, and media
In 2012, Murray appeared as one of the main cast on Bravo's TV Show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley[12] working on an accountability buddies mobile app called GoalSponsors.[13] He has authored articles in publications including FastCompany[14] 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.[15]
Awards
- 2013 Named "One to Watch" by BRINK Magazine[16]
- 2008 Google Founders Award, EMG Award[17]
- 2006 Carnegie Mellon SCS Alumni Award for Research Excellence in Computer Science[18]
- 2006 Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society[19]
- 2005 Phi Beta Kappa[20]
- 2001 Cum Laude National Honor Society[21]