- Sean brings over 20 years of experience building and leading IT and Product technology teams. Sean’s experience ranges from Fortune 500 companies, Big 4 Consulting, and startups across Canada and Silicon Valley. Sean has a deep understanding of how adaptably leveraging disruptive technologies creates a competitive advantage, builds passionate mission driven teams and is at the forefront of delivering value.
- Sean leads the development and implementation of the Government Alberta’s AI Data Centre Strategy which outlines the path to secure the province’s position as the destination of choice for AI data centre investment in North America and build our global leadership in AI
- He has served as head of Software and Innovation at Attabotics, an Alberta Series C Robotics startup. With Attabotics he recently won an ASTech award of distinction for his work leading innovation teams – notably delivering advanced technologies including AI and 5G robotics. This work leveraged Alberta’s AI advantage with academia partners including AMII and AltaML.
- Sean previously led Technology & Procurement Transformation Advisory at EY (Silicon Valley & London); Product and Service at ServiceNow (Silicon Valley); and IT, Support, Finance, and PMO teams at Enbridge (Edmonton and Calgary).
- Sean is a member of the Public Sector Chief Information Officer Council (PSCIOC), involving CIO peers from all levels of governments across Canada.
- He holds MBA and Computer Science degrees from the University of Alberta and a Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Sean Murphy
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Chief Information Officer, Lead Alberta AI Data Centre Strategy
Government of Alberta