# Murphey Harmon

Account Director, Insurance at Cognition (Devin, Windsurf); ex-Windsurf enterprise GTM, ex-Oracle  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Account Director, Insurance (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Apr 2025
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Industry Sales Executive - ERP, HCM, EPM, Oracle
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Oracle (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Cognition announced a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE, including its IP, product, brand, business and people. (https://cognition.ai/blog/windsurf)
- Current role is Account Director, Insurance at Cognition; the profile current-job fields identify both title and company. (linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Part of Cognition's insurance go-to-market team: new hire Justin Tam's June 2026 post says he will 'bring Cognition to the Insurance market with our team led by Meredith (McCarty) Siewert' and thanks 'Murphey' among colleagues. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tamjustin_5-weeks-ago-i-used-devin-for-the-first-time-activity-7477343961628581888-1VyU)
- Hippo Insurance announced in June 2026 that its team is working with Devin for 50-state insurance software; Harmon reposted the announcement. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hippo-insurance_hippo-deploys-devin-cognitions-ai-software-activity-7475930226603077632-gVSj)
- Tagged in a Cognition rep's post on Cognizant's Insurance Summit in Hartford (mainframe modernization, security remediation, agentic AI). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/abishek-kotam_ai-agenticai-insurance-activity-7470484345997344769-KqMy)
- Own post (May 2026) promoting Devin as 'the first cloud agent to support Windows VMs' for .NET Framework builds, .NET Core migration and Windows app QA. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murphey-harmon-b08130a9_devin-is-getting-a-windows-pc-windows-runs-activity-7463271921690779648-tp9p)
- Own post (May 2026) on security remediation: argues backlogs are full 'because every finding still needs engineering time' and lists Devin workflows for security debt, release security and triage. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murphey-harmon-b08130a9_security-remediation-is-an-engineering-capacity-activity-7457477984871006208-Ma7K)
- At Oracle NetSuite business development he coached new reps: Lauren Sinasohn (Oct 2022) thanked 'Murphey Harmon, Jelvon Butler, Jason Watts, Liz Fazio, Drew Barnes, William Cote and Kate Rydland' for guidance as a Business Development Consultant. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lauren-sinasohn-005155142_i-am-happy-to-announce-that-i-am-joining-activity-6985620872090853378-RCpK)
- Spent about seven years at Oracle (2018-2025): Customer Experience Consultant, Customer Experience Account Manager, Regional Manager - Business Development, then Industry Sales Executive for ERP, HCM and EPM. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Public headline says "Helping You Hire Devin". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Public headline says "Helping You Hire Devin". (linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Tagged with Alexandra Mysak, Russell Kaplan and Scott Wu in a post on Guidewire cloud migration bottlenecks in insurance. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gaellamarti_the-hidden-bottleneck-slowing-guidewire-cloud-activity-7476021085319344128-Xz3_)
- Own post (Dec 2025) invited people to Cognition's AWS re:Invent Booth 779 'to meet the team behind Devin and Windsurf', showing event-driven enterprise selling right after the merger. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murphey-harmon-b08130a9_heading-to-aws-reinvent-this-week-well-activity-7401094786776035328-RMim)
- Aria Vaziri, moving to a NetSuite account manager role in 2022, thanked 'Murphey Harmon, Jelvon Butler, and Jason Watts' for support in business development. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aria-vaziri_accountmanager-oraclenetsuite-techsales-activity-6977675816386138112-9HQn)
- Graduated Boston College (2014-2018) with a B.A. in Economics in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Previous roles include Strategic Account Executive at Cognition; Enterprise GTM at Windsurf; Industry Sales Executive - ERP, HCM, EPM at Oracle; Regional Manager - Business Development at Oracle; Customer Experience Account Manager at Oracle; Customer Experience Consultant at Oracle; Business Law Teaching Assistant at Boston College; Wealth Management Intern at Butcher Financial LLC. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Previous roles include Account Director, Insurance at Cognition; Strategic Account Executive at Cognition; Enterprise GTM at Windsurf; Industry Sales Executive - ERP, HCM, EPM at Oracle; Regional Manager - Business Development at Oracle; Customer Experience Account Manager at Oracle; Customer Experience Consultant at Oracle; Business Law Teaching Assistant at Boston College; the experience history lists these employers and titles. (linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Played in Boston College's lineup at the 2016 College Squash Association National Team Championships. (https://csasquash.com/2016/02/17/2016-mens-college-squash-association-national-team-championship-line-ups-divisions-c-h/)
- Served as Business Law Teaching Assistant at Boston College (2016-2018) and as a Wealth Management Intern at Butcher Financial LLC (2017). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States; the profile location field provides this geography. (linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9)

## Experience
- Account Director, Insurance at Cognition - Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area (Feb 2026 - Present)
- Strategic Account Executive at Cognition - Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area (Jul 2025 - Feb 2026): Windsurf was acquired by Cognition in July of 2025. Cognition is building the future of AI software engineering agents. Its flagship products—Devin, the world’s first fully autonomous AI software engineer, and Windsurf, the industry-leading agentic AI IDE—push the boundaries of what’s possible, transforming how software engineers work.

Founded in 2023, Cognition has raised over $1.1 billion in capital at a $10.2 billion valuation, supporting enterprises like JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Dell, Cisco, Palantir, and Mercado Libre. Investors include Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, and Bain Capital Ventures.
- Enterprise GTM at Windsurf - Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area (Apr 2025 - Jul 2025)
- Industry Sales Executive - ERP, HCM, EPM at Oracle - Austin, Texas, United States (Oct 2022 - Apr 2025)
- Regional Manager - Business Development at Oracle - Austin, Texas, United States (Jun 2021 - Oct 2022)
- Customer Experience Account Manager at Oracle - Austin, Texas Area (Jun 2019 - May 2021): As a member of Oracle's Customer Experience Applications Team, I am responsible for Customer Experience (CX) solutions that automate and integrate sales, service, commerce, social, and marketing processes.

Awards:
FY21Q3 Deal of the Quarter
FY21Q3 MVP Nominee
FY21 Attainment: 256%
- Customer Experience Consultant at Oracle - Austin, Texas Area (Aug 2018 - May 2019): Member of Oracle's Cloud Applications Team, primarily supporting our Global Communications Customers and managing Customer Experience (CX) solutions that automate sales, service, commerce, social, and marketing processes.
- Business Law Teaching Assistant at Boston College - Chestnut Hill, MA (Dec 2016 - May 2018)
- Wealth Management Intern at Butcher Financial LLC - Houston (Jun 2017 - Aug 2017)

Founded in 2023, Cognition has raised over $1.1 billion in capital at a $10.2 billion valuation, supporting enterprises like JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Dell, Cisco, Palantir, and Mercado Libre. Investors include Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, and Bain Capital Ventures.

Awards:
FY21Q3 Deal of the Quarter
FY21Q3 MVP Nominee
FY21 Attainment: 256%

## Education
- Boston College - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics - (Jan 2014 - Jan 2018): Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
- Boston College - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics - (Jan 2014 - Dec 2018)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tamjustin_5-weeks-ago-i-used-devin-for-the-first-time-activity-7477343961628581888-1VyU
- https://bostoncollegesquash.wixsite.com/bostoncollegesquash/murphey-harmon
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABb6VTgBPEFVJNikdb-uYr74Bw3XrbXkAO0
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gaellamarti_the-hidden-bottleneck-slowing-guidewire-cloud-activity-7476021085319344128-Xz3_
- https://csasquash.com/2016/02/17/2016-mens-college-squash-association-national-team-championship-line-ups-divisions-c-h/
- https://endorphinsrunning.com/race-results/murphey-harmon-697c04
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/abishek-kotam_ai-agenticai-insurance-activity-7470484345997344769-KqMy
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hippo-insurance_hippo-deploys-devin-cognitions-ai-software-activity-7475930226603077632-gVSj
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aria-vaziri_accountmanager-oraclenetsuite-techsales-activity-6977675816386138112-9HQn
- https://cognition.ai/blog/windsurf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lauren-sinasohn-005155142_i-am-happy-to-announce-that-i-am-joining-activity-6985620872090853378-RCpK
- https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1579771469/ermitage/nf73jrzpmhu6ic8bpnqr/RSIS_Peru_Report_2012_Final.pdf
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-oconnor-cognition?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAA_ZAIABUG3vAD7-Qo856A5JdGM3wWQ9iCo
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wu-8b94ab96?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABRcyU0B3eVfSh_wWQgM7w3CZRywJOf28G8
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeepdshah?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAQnBhkB8nnCagtFIvu8hNWAybRJ9EyK-_s
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-mysak-00883445?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAmOPggBvQQot1yc_iT6GUo1-WPsbw8Pyzc
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefflinwang?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAIU70ABoq4f17O2Fls4IOq5yGVjaa1us0c
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/hippo-insurance/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- linkedin.com/in/murphey-harmon-b08130a9
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murphey-harmon-b08130a9_devin-is-getting-a-windows-pc-windows-runs-activity-7463271921690779648-tp9p
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murphey-harmon-b08130a9_security-remediation-is-an-engineering-capacity-activity-7457477984871006208-Ma7K
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/murphey-harmon-b08130a9_heading-to-aws-reinvent-this-week-well-activity-7401094786776035328-RMim


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/murphey-harmon · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people
