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Sean C. Murphy Professional Summary May 2, 2014

Business address: The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology University Station, Box X Austin, Texas 78713-8924 (512) 471-0217 E-mail address: [email protected]

Academic Background

B.S. Geology (English minor), College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1979 M.S. Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, 1984 M.B.A. Operations Management/Marketing, The University of Texas at Austin, 1988

Areas of Expertise

A. Human resources. B. Project Management. C. Consensus Building.

Professional Work Experience

A. Present Position: Project Manager, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (November 2007 - Present).

B. Staffing and Assignee Program Manager, Human Resources, SEMATECH, Austin, Texas (July 1999 - Present).

Management of recruiting and placement department for a 400-employee, nonprofit, research consortium. Certified Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) through 12/31/07. Trained and experienced in project management, consensus building, technology transfer, and time management. Excellent presentation skills. Facilitator of regional forums for state “Energy” & “Petroleum Refining” industry clusters, spring 2005. Development of energy/nanotech sensor proposal.

C. Technology Transfer Manager and Assignee Coordinator, Motorola, Austin, Texas (1996 - 1999).

Management of Motorola’s $20M annual investment in, and 20+ engineers at, SEMATECH. ROI for Motorola exceeded 4× over a 3-year period. Development of top 10 hit list and annual technical objectives for Motorola and assignees.

D. Lithography Equipment Development Manager, Motorola, Austin, Texas (1993 - 1996).

Coordination of technology collaboration between 42 worldwide factories and laboratories. Management of evaluation and joint development of advanced manufacturing equipment, including negotiation of contracts with suppliers. Set-up of user groups with all major lithography (litho) suppliers. Responsible for litho-related programs at SEMATECH. Primary Litho representative and co-chairman at SEMATECH and Litho representative to Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC).

E. Senior Technology Transfer Engineer, Motorola, Austin, Texas (1990 - 1993).

Motorola assignee to SEMATECH. Senior engineer responsible for coordinating, reviewing, and managing the transfer of litho technology information to consortium member companies. Coordinated 2-week competitive analysis trip to Japan for 35 SEMATECH engineers.

F. Product Marketing Engineer, Motorola, Austin, Texas (1988 - 1990).

Development of Digital Signal Processor (DSP) accounts in U.S., Asia-Pacific, and Europe during a period of rapid growth (1989 growth rate was 300%). Set and quoted prices, wrote and edited promotional literature, forecasted demand, and recruited new key customers.

G. Lithography Process Engineer, Motorola, Austin, Texas (1984 - 1987).

Process engineer for manufacturing facility. Lead engineer for off shift in position that required creative and immediate decision-making/data analysis, while earning MBA.

H. Exploration Geologist, Marathon Resources (February 1982 - December 1982).

Field geologist for base metal sulfide drilling operation in Hockley, Texas.

Professional Societies

AHRMA SHRM Town and Country Optimists

Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities

Coach, Lacrosse, Town and Country Optimists, 2007 President, Lacrosse Parents' Club, Westwood, 2005 - 2006

Publications

Articles Murphy, Sean, 2009, I have seen the future, and it is very small, in Laubach, S. E., and Tinker, S. W., eds., 2009, Earth’s art: celebrating the Centennial of the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1909– 2009: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, p. 138–139.

Abstracts

Andrews, J. R., Dunlap, D. B., Standen, A. R., Averett, A. R., Cutright, B. L., and Murphy, Sean, 2013, An Immersive 3D Presentation of Permian Basin Geology; a Web Portal Prototype for Accessing Online Geologic Data (abs.): presented at West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium, September 26, 2013.

Thesis

Studies and thesis focused on high-temperature geochemistry and meta-volcanic regimes conducive to economic mineral deposits. Lecturing

Public Outreach Volunteer (demonstrating faceting and related optics): Earth Science Week, Austin, Texas, 2007. Geology field-trip leader: Boy scouts and students, Austin, Texas, 2007.

Miscellaneous Activities of a Professional Nature

Digital photographer (www.murphotos.smugmug.com)