John Murphy (he/him)
Business Practices Advisor, Hydro-Québec
Based in Montreal, John Murphy has extensive experience in strategic procurement, business practices, and commercial strategies. He has spent nearly nine years at Hydro-Québec, where he currently serves as a Business Practices Advisor, having previously worked as a Commercial Strategies Delegate and Procurement Advisor.
His professional background also includes roles in account management and supply chain operations at Keurig Canada, Bombardier Aerospace, and Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). John Murphy holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Concordia University and an MBA from HEC Montréal.
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Government Purchasing Power as an Economic Lever: Turning Public Procurement into a Launchpad for Startups
A startup's most important contract often isn't its biggest — it's its first. Yet many Canadian startups win that first reference abroad before they win it at home. Governments are among the economy's largest buyers: Québec's public sector alone awards some $32B in contracts annually, nearly $6B of which is in IT. Public procurement may be the most powerful — and most underused — lever we have to build economic independence and lift productivity. See More.