Jason Murphy
SF Bay Area,CA
Summary
A senior leader with 20 years of hands-on experience transforming organizations and leading them to successful outcomes. Specialize in high growth companies with appetite to scale. Experiences in high-tech and professional services have delivered four (4) product launches and two (2) completed company acquisitions/exits. A proven builder, teammate, and coach with demonstrated success of building and leading organizations to growth.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Operating Officer
Blink
San Francisco, CA
09.2019 - Current
- Co-led sale of Blink to Mphasis (a Blackstone portfolio company) after 24 months
- Recruited to prepare Blink for acquisition
- Post-acquisition, responsible for integrating Blink design with the parent company's engineering team
- Currently leading Business Operations, Sales and Marketing
- User Recruiting, Blink Embedded and Project Management delivery group
- Growth results: Sales - 33% | Revenue - 29% | EBITDA - 90%
Chief Product Officer
Panasonic
03.2019 - 09.2019
- Product leader for IoT-enabled homes in Japan
- Developed and implemented the global user-centered-design process that bridged Design, Product, and Engineering in a new build model that both improves product outcomes and shortens dev cycle
Chief Operating Officer
Redshift
09.2017 - 02.2019
- Co-led sale of Redshift to Blink after 18 months
- Growth results: Revenue - 33% | EBITDA - 74%
- Responsible for all Business Operations, revenue, profitability, HR/culture and facilities
- Aligned Business Ops with Design teams to deliver industry leading quality while improving profitability
- Responsible for post-acquisition team and systems integration with Blink
Director of Product Management
Panasonic
03.2014 - 09.2017
- Brought Design Thinking practices to new product development for IoT and Smart Cities technologies
- Launched Smart City platform for the City of Denver
- Responsibility for program funding
- Implemented a Design Thinking process across Engineering, Design, Research and Insights) to develop and launch HomeTeam, the first software service from Panasonic Corp of North America.
Sr Product Manager
Motorola Mobility
San Jose, CA
06.2011 - 03.2014
- Product Manger for OTT video platform combining Pay-TV and Web/OTT video content
- Led program turnaround, development, and product launch
- Market strategy for Motorola's MEDIOS OTT streaming video platform, including DRM and VMS
- Led product definition for Motorola's IoT platform delivering eHealth, Home Automation and Energy Management
Education
Exec Ed - Enterprise Innovation & New Ventures
Stanford - Graduate School of Business
Stanford, CA2016
Exec Ed - Design Thinking & Innovation
Stanford - Hasso Platner Institute of DESIGN
Stanford, CA2015
Exec Ed - Global Innovation
Imperial College - Graduate School of Business
London, England2015
MBA -
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA2006
Bachelor of Science -
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA2000
Economics
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX2000
Skills
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- P&L Management
- Corporate Strategy
- Change Management
- P&L Management
- Financial Analysis & Planning
- Cost savings and reduction
- Design Thinking
- User-Centered Design Process
- Leadership and People Development
- Executive Leadership
- Market Strategy
- Consulting
Timeline
Chief Operating Officer
Blink
09.2019 - Current
Chief Product Officer
Panasonic
03.2019 - 09.2019
Chief Operating Officer
Redshift
09.2017 - 02.2019
Director of Product Management
Panasonic
03.2014 - 09.2017
Sr Product Manager
Motorola Mobility
06.2011 - 03.2014
Exec Ed - Enterprise Innovation & New Ventures
Stanford - Graduate School of Business
Exec Ed - Design Thinking & Innovation
Stanford - Hasso Platner Institute of DESIGN
Exec Ed - Global Innovation
Imperial College - Graduate School of Business
MBA -
Pepperdine University
Bachelor of Science -
Pepperdine University
Economics
University of Texas At Austin