About
Mr. Murphy is a corporate entrepreneur and innovation strategist looking to help discover and bring to life the next big idea. Will leads cross-functional teams to discover, incubate, design, prototype, and launch game-changing products and services. He enjoys learning and practicing startup and design methods to understand how they can help solve complex problems. Most recently, Will was on the founding team for SenseAware, a sensor-based logistics platform that allows users to track environmental and location data for packages through an online interface.
Will has designed and/ or developed financial software, an intranet, backup software, productivity software, a software testing application, logistics software, an “Internet of things” platform, an RSS feed aggregator, and a social website. He also has led teams to launch two technology platform (API) programs. In his spare time, Will can be found working with startups, reading, eating Memphis barbecue, spending time with his wife, or playing his Les Paul guitar.
Timeline
1992 - 98 School + Technology + Small Business + Music
1998 - 99 Software Engineer + UX Design | Big 4 Consultancy
1999 - 00 Software Engineer + UX Design | Financial Industry
2001 - 07 Fortune 100 Enterprise Tech Leader + UX Design + Software Dev.
* Launched FedEx API program
* Enhanced Multi-piece shipping technology
2008 - 2012 Innovation + Web + Product
* Founding Team, SenseAware
2012 - 2013 Stealth Projects
I'm Will, a Principal for an Innovation group of a Fortune 500 company. I like ideas, building new things, and people who are independent thinkers. This blog is an assortment of random stuff usually related to design, technology, business, economics, or science.
