Tom Murphy has over 20 years of quantitative finance experience spanning energy, commodities, complex financial structures, derivatives, real option assessment of complex physical and intangible assets, risk modeling and assessments, strategic investments, external financing, and financial contracting.

Dr. Murphy joins Berkeley Research Group from UHY Advisors in New York, where he was national director of the Derivatives and Risk Analytics practice. His previous consulting experience includes senior positions with Charles River Associates, Ernst & Young, Real Options Group, and Deloitte & Touché.  He was energy manager of a major industrial gas and pipeline company in Houston, Texas, and a chemical engineer with E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. 

Dr. Murphy is a member of the Board of Advisors at the College of Law and an adjunct professor of finance at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University.  

Education

• Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management
  Ph.D., Finance, 1995
  
• Syracuse University, College of Law
  J.D., 1993
• Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management
  MBA, Accounting, 1987
• Clarkson University
  B.S., Chemical Engineering (honors)

Employment History

• UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc.
  National Director, Derivatives and Analytics Practice
  2010 - 2010
• Charles River Associates International
  Principal
  2007 - 2009
• Real Options Group, LLC
  Managing Director
  2006 - 2007
• Ernst & Young, LLP
  Senior Manager
  2005 - 2006
• Deloitte & Touche, LLP
  Senior Manager
  2001 - 2005
• Kansas State University
  Associate Professor of Finance
  1998 - 2000
• Air Liquide America
  Energy Manager
  1995 - 1998
• Syracuse University
  Teaching and Research Assistantships
  1987 - 1995
• E.I. DuPont
  Chemical Engineer
  1974 - 1985

Honors

• Full Academic Scholarship (Ph.D. and J.D.)
  Syracuse University
• Scholarship
  MBA Canadian Pacific Enterprises
• National Honor Society
  Beta Gamma Sigma

Professional Affiliations

• Financial Management Association
  Member
• Financial Engineering Association
  Member
• American Finance Association
  Member
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences
  Member
• The Institute for Energy Law
  Advisory Board