Gordon Daugherty

Gordon Daugherty is an American computer scientist, business advisor, high-tech executive and author. During his early career, he did research and development work on IP videoconferencing.[1][2][3]

Gordon Daugherty
Born
Dallas, Texas, United States
OccupationHigh-tech executive, business advisor, computer scientist and author
Academic background
Alma materBaylor University
Academic work
DisciplineComputer science
Main interestsIP videoconferencing

Daugherty co-founded Capital Factory, a co-working space, early stage venture fund and tech accelerator based in Austin, Texas.[4] He also founded Shockwave Innovations, a content creation and advisory practice for the benefit of tech startups and entrepreneurs.[5]

Education and career

Daugherty was born in Dallas, Texas, and holds a Bachelor's degree in computer science from Baylor University. He has worked at firms such as IBM and Compaq.[6]

Daugherty worked at VCON Videoconferencing,[7] which later became a publicly listed company in the Nouveau marché stock market in Paris (now a part of the Euronext Paris stock market)[8] and was later acquired by an Israeli conglomerate named Emblaze.[9] Additionally, Daugherty has worked at Austin-based NetQoS, which was acquired by CA Technologies,[10][11] for $200million.[12] Through his company Capital Factory and individually, Daugherty has invested in more than 250 early-stage companies.

Daugherty was an advisor for Riskpulse,[13] which was sold to DHL and Columbia Capital in January 2020.[14] He was also an advisor for as technology company MediaMind,[14] which had an IPO in NASDAQ in 2010,[15] and was acquired by Digital Generation Systems in 2011.[16]

Daugherty co-founded Capital Factory,[4][17] a co-working space and tech accelerator based in Austin, Texas.[18][19] He also founded Shockwave Innovations, an advisory firm.[5]

Publications and lectures

Daugherty is the author of more than 150 articles and publications.[6] He also frequently speaks at universities and trade shows such as SXSW.[20][21][22]

In 2019, Daugherty wrote a book called Startup Success: Funding the Early Stages of Your Venture (ISBN 978-1632992451).[10][23]

He is also a contributing writer at Texas CEO Magazine.[10]

Selected publications
  • 2004: MXM: SIP Support Delivering SIP–H.323 Convergence and CoExistence Using a Video PBX Architecture White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[24]
  • 2003: The Business Case for Manages Rich Media Conferencing Services, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[25]
  • 2003: Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP: Issues and Solutions, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[26][27]
  • 2002: Interactive Multicast technology: Changing the Rules of Enterprise Streaming Video, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[28]

Selected lectures, talks, and workshops

Daugherty's lectures, talks, and workshops include the following:

  • 2020: Austin Forum: “From Tech Idea to Technology Impact: Creating Successful Tech Companies That Matter”[29]
  • 2020: Dallas Startup Week: “Funding the Early Stage of Your Venture”[30]
  • 2019: Pflugerville Business Pfirst Conference: "Defense Innovation: A Commanding Presence"[31]
  • 2019: Governor's Small Business forum (Central Texas)[32]
  • 2019: Austin Startup Week[33]
  • 2019: SXSW[10]
  • 2019: University of Texas[20]
  • 2018: Austin Forum: “Investing in Texas from Coasts: A Discussion with Non Texas VCs Writing Checks in Texas”[34]
  • 2018: Austin Startup Week[35]
  • 2017: Austin Forum: “Founders Academy Essentials; From Seed to Series A”[36]

References
  1. Jason Meserve (Mar 12, 2003). "VCON unveils "simpler" IP videoconferencing". Network World. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  2. Jason Meserve (Feb 12, 2004). "VCON unveils videoconferencing endpoints". Network World. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  3. Dawn S. Onley (2003-08-15). "NMCI adds video, security software". GCN. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. Rachel Lerman (March 4, 2017). "Nurturing Austin's tech startups is a community affair". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  5. "Gordon Daugherty". OwlSpark. July 30, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  6. "Gordon Daugherty". Capital Factory. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  7. Tom Fowler (Apr 18, 1999). "Israeli company chooses Austin". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  8. "Viseon sues VCON for patent infringement". The Street. Jan 15, 2002. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  9. "Emblaze Acquires VCON". Light Reading. 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  10. "Gordon Daugherty". Texas CEO Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  11. "NetQoS Teams With Cisco". Network Computing. January 23, 2008. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  12. Kanaracus, Chris (2009-09-14). "CA Buys NetQoS for $200M". CIO. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  13. "Gordon Daugherty". Angel.co. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  14. Lynn Cowan (Aug 9, 2010). "IPOs Could Face Finicky Audience". Austin Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  15. Lynn Cowan (Aug 9, 2010). "IPOs Could Face Finicky Audience". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  16. "DG Acquires Ad Technology Company MediaMind". AdExchanger. June 16, 2011. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  17. Andrea Leinfelder (May 22, 2019). "Austin's Capital Factory looks to grow Houston presence". Chron. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  18. Stew Magnuson (2020-04-07). "Army Tries to 'Find, Fix, Finish' Startups". National Defense Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  19. "Stitcher". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  20. "Genesis Fireside Chat with Gordon Daugherty". University of Texas. November 13, 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  21. "Gordon Daugherty". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  22. "Austin Business Journal". 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  23. "Startup Success". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  24. "White Paper: Delivering SIP–H.323 Convergence and Co-Existence Using a Video PBX Architecture" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  25. "White Paper". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  26. "Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP" (PDF). VCON. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  27. "Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP". VCON. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  28. "White Paper: Interactive Multicast Technology". VCON. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  29. "September 2020". Austin Forum. September 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  30. "Gordon Daugherty". Dallas Week. 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  31. "Business Pfirst - A Commanding Presence". har.com. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  32. "State of Texas" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  33. "April 2019". Austin Forum. April 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  34. "Gordon Daugherty". Austin Week. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  35. "Austin Inno". 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  36. "Gordon Daugherty". Austin Week. 2017. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
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