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Conor B. Murphy

Limited Partner at Lionheart Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Conor B. Murphy is a Senior Data Science Manager at Databricks, with a background in AI, neuroscience, and impact investing. He has held roles as Chief Science Officer at Flow Research Collective and Founding Limited Partner at Lionheart Ventures, showcasing a strong career in data science leadership and impact-focused investing. Murphy's career highlights include his current position at Databricks, a leading data and AI company, and his role as Chief Science Officer at Flow Research Collective, demonstrating expertise in both data science management and impact investing within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Data Science Manager

    2023 - Current

  • 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

Databricks is an AI cloud data platform that interacts with corporate information stored in the public cloud.

Raised $3,997,000,000.00 from Firestreak Ventures and Bossa Invest.

  • 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

Lionheart Ventures is a global, seed-stage venture capital firm focused on mitigating civilizational risk.

  • 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

Ojai Energetics is a health, wellness, and fitness company. It is an ethics-driven health and wellness cannabis technology company.

  • 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

  • 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

Rotary International is an international service organization.

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