Sylvia Murphy
Program Manager NOAA OAR GSL CU CIRES at NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolSylvia Murphy is a mission-focused, data-driven program manager and technical leader with 25 years of experience bridging science, software, and public-sector operations. At NOAA and CU/CIRES she designs and executes complex programs—managing proposals, budgets, schedules, and cross-organizational integrations—often brought in to steady or revive struggling efforts. Her background as an oceanographer and associate scientist informs technical credibility: she led large software integrations at NCAR, authored reproducible modeling tools and user portals, and published peer-reviewed research on ocean and modeling dynamics. A proven mentor and coach with 26 years of military leadership, she pairs disciplined risk and configuration management with a knack for pragmatic innovation and professional development. Based in Boulder, Colorado, she combines hands-on technical contribution with executive-level program stewardship and an unexpected creative streak evidenced by graduate study in creative writing.
25 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Oceanography, Chemical and Physical, Master's degree, Oceanography, Chemical and Physical at Florida State UniversityCreative Writing, Creative Writing at University of DenverBachelor's degree, Marine Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Marine Sciences at Jacksonville UniversityMaster's degree, Management, Master's degree, Management at Regis UniversityLevel 2 Sommelier, Level 2 Sommelier at International Wine & Spirits Guild
Github Skills (26)
geoscience10
soil10
atmosphere10
climate-science10
earth10
geodesy10
earth-science10
aem10
modeling10
atmospheric-modelling9
climate-model9
gdal-python9
high-performance9
science9
thredds7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HazardServices/IOC_Focal_Points
Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:136 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
NESII/esps-meta-view
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:4 releases, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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