Leadership

Thom Smith

Vice President, Technology & Operations

Thom Smith heads the Technology Group of Murphy & Co. His duties include both oversight and supervision of a highly sophisticated programming team responsible for numerous award-winning websites. He also runs planning and strategy in the development of Murphy & Co.’s technology capabilities.

Most recently, Thom has taken on a key marketing role in developing social media applications for sites such as Facebook.com.

Over the last twelve years at Murphy & Co., Thom has honed a unique ability to take a company's IT business needs and transform them into elegant, robust solutions. He has a history of building analytical tools and custom reporting applications that provide our clients with flexibility as well as meaningful results. With his deep knowledge of application architecture and database design, Thom is able to leverage our clients' existing data in new and more useful ways.

Key clients Thom has worked for during his time at Murphy & Co. include Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Fluor, and Burson-Marsteller. Prior to his work at Murphy & Co., Thom worked for the FNX Radio Network in Boston, Massachusetts where he re-launched the company’s website and was responsible for creating several highly interactive applications geared towards driving traffic to the station’s website.

Thom graduated from Emerson College in Boston, MA with a B.A. in visual and media arts. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, son, and English Bulldog. In addition to his Murphy & Co. work, Thom runs an active online community website and also enjoys music and music technology.