Angela Murphy, PhD
Speaker, Author, Strategic Partner
FinTech
Kansas City, MO, USA
Angela believes that strategy and insight are the keys to driving innovation. After earning her Ph.D., Angela built a partner program at a Fortune 100 company from the ground up, leveraging her global experience and relationships across the fintech sector. She knows that the best transformations are not based in numbers but on the people. And, she knows that sometimes the best talent for your team are people you might have never imagined.
Angela gives talks to universities and corporate organizations looking to change the relationship between the private sector and academics. Recently, her work has been featured on Versatile Ph.D. She is also in the Centurions Leadership Program and working on her first academic publication.
Angela holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of Kansas, a Master’s in English from Northwest Missouri State University, and a Bachelor of Creative Writing from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She currently works for Pidgin Financial Services.
Angela Murphy’s LinkedIn Profile states:
Angela Murphy, Ph.D., is a thought leader in artificial intelligence, payments, fintech, partnerships, and innovation strategy. Angela brings an entrepreneurial perspective to create solutions for her clients. She commercialized one of the largest closed-loop card products and invoicing networks in the US and currently works at the intersection of strategy and insight in the payments industry.
Her background in eCommerce and solutions integration informs her expertise in digital commerce and payments innovation. She regularly provides guest lectures and webinars for the University of California, Berkeley and consulting firms around the world and is a Founding Fellow of Coruzant Technologies. Her thought leadership has been featured on PCN, MPC, and Versatile Ph.D.
After earning her Ph.D., Angela built a partner program at a Fortune 100 company from the ground up, leveraging her global experience and relationships across the fintech sector. She knows that the best transformations are not based on numbers but on people. Her unique academic and professional background includes international experience in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Angela holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of Kansas, a Master’s in English from Northwest Missouri State University, and a Bachelor of Creative Writing from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.
