BERNARD MURPHY was born and raised in the United Kingdom and holds a BA and doctor of philosophy degree in nuclear physics from Oxford University. He immigrated to the United States soon after completing his studies to begin his career at a semiconductor company in Florida. He quickly advanced from programming to management to sales and eventually to creating partnership ventures with semiconductor companies. He spun one of those partnerships into a groundbreaking company, which he and his partners built into an industry leader and sold in 2015.Bernard now spends his "retirement" as a tech-industry blogger, business consultant, and writer, finding great satisfaction in sharing his knowledge, and the wisdom of his extensive network of friends and colleagues, with those who are looking to push past the veil of the ordinary into the extraordinary.