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

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]

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

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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

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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]

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

Selected publications

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  • 2004: MXM: SIP Support Delivering SIP–H.323 Convergence and CoExistence Using a Video PBX Architecture White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[23]
  • 2003: The Business Case for Manages Rich Media Conferencing Services, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[24]
  • 2003: Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP: Issues and Solutions, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[25][26]
  • 2002: Interactive Multicast technology: Changing the Rules of Enterprise Streaming Video, White Paper created for VCON Visual Communications.[27]

Selected lectures, talks, and workshops

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

  • 2020: Austin Forum: “From Tech Idea to Technology Impact: Creating Successful Tech Companies That Matter”[28]
  • 2020: Dallas Startup Week: “Funding the Early Stage of Your Venture”[29]
  • 2019: Pflugerville Business Pfirst Conference: "Defense Innovation: A Commanding Presence"[30]
  • 2019: Governor's Small Business forum (Central Texas)[31]
  • 2019: Austin Startup Week[32]
  • 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”[33]
  • 2018: Austin Startup Week[34]
  • 2017: Austin Forum: “Founders Academy Essentials; From Seed to Series A”[35]

References

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