Epicor Software announces CEO succession

Stephen Murphy

Epicor Software Corp., a provider of industry-specific enterprise software based in Austin, Texas, has appointed Stephen Murphy, former president of OpenText, to the role of CEO. He succeeds Joe Cowan, president/CEO, who will retire at the end of October 2017.

Murphy has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector, including sales and operations leadership positions at Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and Manugistics, as well as manufacturing and distribution experience leading global logistics and supply chain strategy and ERP implementations with Accenture and Procter & Gamble. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University of California, Davis.