


Employees at Epicor Software rank Steve Murphy in the Top 35% of CEOs in Austin. Comparatively, employees at Sage rank Steve Hare in the Top 5% of CEOs in Atlanta. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

CEO of Epicor Software
BIO: Steve Murphy joined Epicor Software Corporation as Chief Executive Officer in October 2017, bringing over 20 years of technology industry executive management experience to the role. As CEO, Murphy is responsible for providing a long-term strategic vision for the company—with a focus on customer experience and delivering innovative products, services and support that drive business growth. Before joining Epicor, Murphy served as president of OpenText, a $2B global leader in enterprise information management with 12,000 employees worldwide, where he was responsible for all customer-facing activities including sales, marketing, partners and alliances, global technical services, customer support, professional services, sales operations and cloud services. During his time at OpenText, he delivered outstanding operational performance and was instrumental in the completion and integration of four major acquisitions. Prior to OpenText, Murphy held sales and operations leadership positions at Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and Manugistics, as well as manufacturing and distribution roles leading global logistics and supply chain strategy and major enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations with Accenture and Procter & Gamble. Murphy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Davis.

CEO of Sage
BIO: Steve joined Sage in January 2014, having previously been Operating Partner and Co-Head of the Portfolio Support Group at the private equity firm Apax Partners, which he joined in 2009. Prior to this he built over 10 years’ experience leading the finance function for three listed UK companies culminating as CFO for FTSE 100 company Invensys plc, the global technology-related business, from 2006 to 2009. Between 2004 and 2006 Steve was Group Finance Director for Spectris plc, the FTSE 250 precision instrumentation and controls company and from 1997 to 2003 he was with Marconi PLC, acting as CFO from 2001. Steve qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 with Ernst & Whinney, now part of Ernst & Young, and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Liverpool University. You can follow Steve on @SteveHareCFO

Women at Epicor Software rated their CEO an A

Women at Sage rated their CEO an A+

Diverse Employees at Epicor Software rated their CEO a B

Diverse Employees at Sage rated their CEO an A+


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At Epicor Software, employees in the Sales department rate Steve Murphy the highest. At Sage, the Customer Success department's employees rate their CEO highest. And, 80% of Sage's employees approve of their CEO's management style.