Dave Murphy Professional Biography

Dave Murphy
President, Damar Group, Ltd.

Dave Murphy has taught thousands of students, novice-to-expert, to be more productive using personal computers. He has been certified by Novell, Inc. as a Certified NetWare Instructor and by WordPerfect Corporation as a WordPerfect Certified Resource. His training expertise includes WordPerfect, Paradox, dBASE, Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro Pro, Windows, Novell NetWare, Linux, Microsoft Office, and over a hundred other popular software products.

He has authored 137 computer training manuals as well as 2,469 technical articles and white papers related to information technology and training. ITrain recently published Mr. Murphy's two-volume The Training Book, the handbook for trainers.

In addition to presenting college and business training programs, Mr. Murphy is a sought-after public speaker for business development programs within both the academic and commercial forums, and he has standing columns in three business newspapers. His daily news articles & computer tips are syndicated by newspapers and magazines worldwide. Mr. Murphy holds academic degrees from the Defense Language Institute, United States Air Force, The University of Maryland, and The Johns Hopkins University.

Following a military career, Mr. Murphy is President of Damar Group, Ltd., headquartered in Elkridge, Maryland, a corporation presenting instructor-led & online training programs and publishing software learning guides. In 1997 he conceived and funded ITrain, the nonprofit professional society for computer trainers worldwide. He now serves members hailing from 161 countries as the association's membership director. Mr. Murphy is lead faculty and area chair at the University of Phoenix, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate studies.

Mr. Murphy is Past President of the Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent, Inc. (District 7620), Chairman and a Trustee of the Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent Charitable Trust, Past President of the Howard County Sexual Assault Center, Inc., and a graduate of Leadership Howard County, a leadership-development program for businesspeople. In addition to serving on multiple non-profit boards of directors, Mr. Murphy and his family are active in church and civic activities, including Worldwide Marriage Encounter.

Mr. Murphy lives with his wife, Peggy, and their two daughters in Ellicott City, Maryland USA.

He may be reached at dave@dgl.com or 410.567.5366.