Darren murph

Speaker, Facilitator, Advisor, Future of Work Architect

Darren Murph is a Guinness World Record-holding writer, storyteller, project manager, instructor and consultant. He has a deep background in both the business and analytics realm as well as the content and communications sector. He is now Global Editor-in-Chief at techradar, and the founder/CEO of Page 52 Consulting. Previously, he spent nearly 8 years as Managing Editor at Engadget and 2 years as SVP of Editorial Strategy at Weber Shandwick.

He holds the Guinness World Record as the planet's most prolific professional blogger. He is a Top 50 member of the Techmeme Bloggerboard, and has covered numerous trade shows around the world -- including CES, IFA, CEATEC, SIGGRAPH, SID, Photokina, and CTIA. He has reviewed products in practically every consumer electronics category in the known universe, and has traveled to faraway lands to investigate how technology is impacting little-known corners of the globe.

During his 7.5 year career at Engadget, he saw traffic double and the brand's reach grow tremendously. Engadget quadrupled the amount of live event coverage that it did, and became the Official Online News Source and publisher of the ‘Best of CES awards’ for the world's most prestigious consumer electronics trade show, CES. He also co-developed Engadget Expand, a first-of-its-kind hybrid conference that mixes breaking news and interviews with a show floor experience that's open to the public.

He has consulted with research firms and consumer electronics companies who are eager to get a jump on what's next while fully understanding the ever-changing and ever-escalating demands of the end user. He has also created and hosted instructional courses in blogging and remote working for CreativeLive.

As SVP of Editorial Strategy at Weber Shandwick, he worked with the MediaCo team to build workflows and strategies that resonate in the world of brand publishing and communications.

He is a published author, penning 'iPad Secrets' and 'iPhone Secrets' through John Wiley & Sons, Inc. He also wrote 'Living The Remote Dream,' a how-to guide for accomplishing amazing things from anywhere on the planet.

His work has been featured in Engadget, BGR (Boy Genius Report), Popular Science, Mazda's Zoom-Zoom owner's magazine, Oprah.com, Gadling, Thrillist, ShermansTravel, and DayZipping. He has appeared on ABC, PBS, CTV and NBC television and radio programs.

He has a B.S. in Supply Chain Management from North Carolina State University, as well as an MBA from Campbell University.

Contributions

  • Small teams and scientific collaboration – particularly across borders – are common features of European life science ventures. But, as we strive to be best in class, it can be hard to find the necessary talent at home. 

    To thrive against international competition, European ventures can implement effective remote working practices that allow the right talent to join the team.

    Darren Murph tells us how he did this with GitLab – not through generic remote policies, but through thoughtful systems, values, and behaviours that enable consistency and clarity at every level.

    This session is a must-watch for CEOs building international teams and navigating the tension between flexibility and high performance. It shows how distributed organisations can thrive, not despite being remote, but because of how they operationalise it.