BS Accounting & Finance '00
Brian Murphy is the founder and CEO of ReliaQuest, the world’s leading AI cybersecurity technology company. ReliaQuest increases visibility, reduces complexity and manages risk with its Agentic AI security operations platform, GreyMatter.
Murphy has grown ReliaQuest from a boot-strapped startup to high-growth, AI-powered technology company with a valuation of over $3.4 billion, over 1,200 team members and over 1,000 customers. The company is headquartered in Tampa, FL, with operations centers in Tampa, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Dublin, London, Amsterdam and Pune, India.
ReliaQuest has been consistently listed as one of FORTUNE magazine’s Best Workplaces in Technology and Inc. magazine’s Top Workplaces. ReliaQuest was recognized by Fast Company as the “Innovation Team of the Year” in 2020 and has been repeatedly ranked on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a list of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America.
Murphy serves as Board Chairman and Founders Circle Member for Embarc Collective, Florida’s fastest growing startup hub. He is a member of the Florida State University Board of Trustees and in 2022 was inducted into the Florida State University College of Business Hall of Fame. In 2023 he was recognized as one of Goldman Sachs’ most exceptional entreprenuers. He was also named as an EY Entrepreneur of The Year in 2017. In 2020, Murphy was recognized with Junior Achievement’s Vanguard Award for his support of youth education and development.
Murphy began his career as a management consultant with PwC. He graduated from Florida State University with degrees in accounting and finance. He lives in Tampa with his wife and their two children.
