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CTO of Caymas Systems

Find out how Marco Murgia's MS advanced his career at HP and gave him the skills necessary to become the CTO and chief architect for Caymas Systems.

By Katie Ford

Marco Murgia might have launched his career working for computer giant Hewlett-Packard, but he realized his true passion when he entered the entrepreneurial arena of high-tech startups. Since 2002, he has worked with Caymas Systems of San Jose, CA, which designs identity-based technology that provides a single platform for granting secure remote access and network access to company information and applications.

As Caymas Systems’ chief technology officer and chief architect, Murgia is charged with ensuring that the company’s products meet both technical and business requirements. He also represents the company’s technology to large customers and partners. His ability to analyze Caymas’s products from the viewpoints of both an architect and a businessman is something Murgia credits largely to his master’s degree in engineering management.

“My degree has given me a different perspective on business and the tools by which to participate more directly in the running of a company,” says Murgia, who earned his master’s from Stanford University in 1995 while working for HP in Cupertino, CA.

With a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT already under his belt, Murgia decided to pursue a master’s degree after watching several of his peers at HP go through Stanford’s engineering management program and return to take on bigger leadership roles within the company.

“I was getting restless working at a big company and feeling like a bit of a cog in a larger machine,” he admits. “I wanted to be more influential. I felt that I was very technical but didn’t have the business background to be as effective as I could be.”

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