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Barry Murphy

Sr Director Analyst

Barry covers analyst relations, supporting research on analyst relations best practices, analyst relations impact on the business, and analyst relations leadership and evolution His specific expertise includes citizen/shadow analyst relations, stakeholder management, analyst engagement strategies, insight curation and delivery, and measurement/metrics. Barry has previous experience as an analyst, has worked at several software vendors as a product marketer handling messaging and competitive intelligence, and an analyst relations professional running a variety of influence and insights programs. He also has experience running internal consulting teams tasked with aggregating external insights for executive leadership and can speak to how diverse groups of stakeholders across the business align with analyst relations.

Previous experience

Most recently, Barry ran a variety of AR programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS) including AI for application development, DevOps, and business applications. He led product marketing at Mirakl (a provider of marketplace operations management), X1 (search and eDiscovery), and Mimosa Systems (email archiving and eDiscovery). Barry was also an analyst at eDJ Group, a boutique firm covering legal technology, and an information management analyst at Forrester Research.

Professional background

Amazon Web Services, Sr. Manager, Analyst Relations, 7 years

Mirakl, Head of Product Marketing, 2 years

X1, Head of Product Marketing, 1 years

eDJ Group, Principal Analyst, 5 years

Mimosa Systems, Director, Product Marketing, 2 years

Forrester Research, Principal Analyst, 4 years

Areas of coverage
  • Analyst Relations Impact on the Business

  • Analyst Relations Best Practices

  • Analyst Relations Leadership and Evolution

Education

MBA, University of Notre Dame

BS, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Citizen/shadow analyst relations, stakeholder management, measurement of analyst relations programs, analyst relations engagement strategies, analyst insight curation and delivery

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