Robert J. Murray

Global Chief Executive Officer

Robert Murray is Global CEO of iProspect, and oversees the growth and expansion of the brand in the U.S. and around the world. An iProspect veteran, Murray has been driving the firm’s growth for more than eleven years now. Today, the search engine marketing and interactive agency has grown to over 800 people, and has 39 offices in 28 global markets, including Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, New York, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, South Korea, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Turkey.

With over 20 years of strategic consulting and financial analysis expertise, Murray is also responsible for developing the firms strategic direction, negotiating strategic alliances and identifying acquisition opportunities. Before being named Global CEO of iProspect, Murray served as CEO of iProspect US from 2007 to 2009. During this time, he oversaw the agency’s acquisition of Range Online Media in 2008. Prior to that, Murray served as President of iProspect from 2000 to 2006, and led the company through its acquisition by Aegis PLC in 2004. Today the agency is part of the Aegis network of leading digital firms that offer marketers comprehensive and integrated marketing solutions that span all digital marketing disciplines.

Murray was named to BtoB Magazine’s “Who’s Who in Search” for three years in a row: 2008, 2009, and 2010. He is a member of the board of directors of Aegis Media North America, and also serves on the board of the New England Chapter of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Murray regularly speaks at key industry conferences such as ad:tech, OMMA, Search Engine Strategies, and Search Marketing Expo, and he has been published in numerous media outlets including DM News, iMedia Connection, MediaPost, Target Marketing Magazine, and Search Engine Land.

Prior to joining iProspect, Murray was a marketing and manufacturing strategy consultant for Bain & Company, Inc. of Boston. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Carroll School of Management Honors Program at Boston College.