Sean Murphy

CEO and Co-Founder of PingThings, Inc.

Sean Patrick Murphy is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of PingThings, Inc., a company specializing in high-frequency time series data for the electric utilities sector. He has held this position since August 2014, leading the company's development of innovative data analytics solutions.1 2

Professional Background

Before founding PingThings, Murphy established a data science and analytics consultancy that achieved significant revenue growth, surpassing one million dollars annually. He also founded an email analytics company that reached over $500,000 in annual recurring revenue.2 His extensive experience includes roles such as:

Senior Scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for nearly 15 years, focusing on machine learning and cloud computing.2
Chief Data Scientist at WiserTogether, Inc..1
Director of Research and Instructor at Manhattan Prep, which was later acquired by Kaplan.2

Education

Murphy holds multiple degrees:

Undergraduate degrees in honors mathematics (cum laude) and honors electrical engineering (magna cum laude) from the University of Maryland College Park.
Graduate degrees in biomedical engineering (summa cum laude) from Johns Hopkins University and business (with Distinction) from the University of Oxford.2

Skills and Certifications

He is a Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop, demonstrating his expertise in big data technologies.1

Murphy's leadership at PingThings emphasizes leveraging advanced analytics to enhance operational efficiency in the electric utilities industry, making significant contributions to data-driven decision-making processes within this sector.

Highlights

Mar 29 · PR Web

Powerside and PingThings Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Offer Power Quality Solutions to Enable Transformation of the Electrical Grid - PR Web

Mar 29 · PR Web

Powerside and PingThings Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Offer Power Quality Solutions to Enable Transformation of the Electrical Grid - PR Web

Experience

Chief Executive Officer at PingThings, Inc. (August 2014 - Present)

Founder at Full Stack Data Science (2004 - October 2017); Co-Founder at Data Innovation DC (June 2012 - January 2017); Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Insight Signals (May 2014 - May 2016); Founder and Board Member at Data Community DC, Inc. (August 2012 - January 2016); Senior Scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (July 1999 - March 2014); Chief Data Scientist at WiserTogether, Inc. (March 2012 - July 2012); Director of Research and Instructor at Manhattan Prep (2009 - 2012); Strategy and Technology Consultant at Project Lead The Way (2011); CEO and Founder at MapFreeduce (2008 - 2011); Strategy and Marketing Consultant at GreenPrint Technologies (June 2008 - August 2008); Operations and Technology Consultant at University of Oxford (2008)