Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 17, 2005
KENT MURDOCK joined O.C. Tanner company as president in 1991 and was
elected CEO in 1997. Since his election, Murdock has led the charge to
innovate service and performance recognition with state-of-the-art
products, services and strategy. Mr. Murdock has published in President
and CEO magazine and has appeared on CNN and CNBC to discuss strategic
recognition. He is a director of the O.C. Tanner Company, vice chair of
Intermountain Health Care's board of trustees, trustee of the Tanner
Lectures on Human Values, trustee of the Utah Foundation, trustee of the
Tanner Charitable Trust, a private foundation, and a member of the
Partnership Board of the College of Humanities and the National Advisory
Board of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah.
Mr. Murdock graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's
degree in 1972 and JD in 1975. Prior to joining O.C. Tanner, he
practiced law as a litigation partner in the Salt Lake City firm of Ray,
Quinney & Nebeker. Profile
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Mr. Murdock: O.C. Tanner creates programs through which corporations can
recognize their employees for
