CB

Conor B. Murphy

AI | Neuroscience | Impact Investing

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Senior Data Science Manager

    2023

  • Staff Data Scientist (L6) and Data Science Manager

    2022 - 2023

  • Staff Data Scientist (L6)

    2020 - 2022

  • Senior Data Scientist (L5)

    2019 - 2020

  • Data Scientist (L4)

    2017 - 2018

  • Founding Limited Partner and Scientific Advisor

    2021

    Investment and advising of this pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm investing globally in startups that make humanity more resilient

  • Advisor

    2021

    Scientific advising and fundraising for this petroleum alternative technology company with sustainable product lines and patent portfolio in consumer, clinical, energy, and industrial markets

  • Member

    2022

  • Chief Science Officer

    2019 - 2022

    Principal investigator advancing research to decode the neurobiology of flow states with a focus on the autonomic nervous system, endocannabinoid system and validating the structure and function of flow triggers

2017 - 2017

  • Instructor, Data Scientist

    2017 - 2017

    Graduate-level instruction for a Masters of Science in Data Science program fully accredited by the University of New Haven with a focus on machine learning, data engineering and distributed technologies • Delivery of lectures on Python, machine learning, statistics, cloud computing and software development • Advising students in their work with industry partners during their internships and capstone projects to drive their efforts towards business needs with rigorous and scalable solutions • Curriculum design on topics such as extending Spark’s ML library, multiprocessing and functional programming • Lead programming agile “sprints” for student work on real-world data science projects with our industry partners

  • Regional Grants Officer

    2013 - 2016

    Managed a $8.7M portfolio of humanitarian, scholarship and block grants primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and The Middle East with a focus on driving grant recipients towards maximizing impact through data • Analyzed the impact of a new grant model on participation in foundation programs and fundraising using hypothesis testing and linear regression in R, including visualizations with ggplot2 intended for foundation trustees • Specialized in economic development including co-leading a team to educate staff, constituents and the community on industry trends such as randomized controlled trials and data acquisition in a developing context • Supervised and mentored interns from the US government’s Young African Leaders Initiative • Organized and led a data science team comprised of staff interested in skill building and online competitions • Contributed to a team tasked with educating Rotary's constituents on social business, startup incubation and benefit corporations

  • Humanitarian Grants Coordinator

    2013 - 2013

    Recommended grants for approval, processed grant reporting documentation and managed legacy grants with a total portfolio ranging up to $16M • Evaluated microcredit loan portfolio performance with recommendations for project design changes • Guided flagship “Health, Hunger and Humanity” grants to completion during the implementation phase • Proficient use of foundation technology such as netFORUM, PeopleSoft and WEED