Gordon Daugherty

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Short description: American computer scientist and author

Gordon Daugherty

Born|

Dallas, Texas, United States

Occupation| High-tech executive, business advisor, computer scientist and author
Academic background
Alma mater| Baylor University
Academic work
Discipline| Computer science
Main interests| IP 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]

## Contents

* 1 Education and career
* 2 Publications and lectures
* 3 Selected publications
* 4 Selected lectures, talks, and workshops
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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]

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.[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

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

1. ↑ Jason Meserve (March 12, 2003). "VCON unveils "simpler" IP videoconferencing". Network World. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2340674/vcon-unveils--simpler--ip-videoconferencing.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
2. ↑ Jason Meserve (February 12, 2004). "VCON unveils videoconferencing endpoints". Network World. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2330509/vcon-unveils-videoconferencing-endpoints.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
3. ↑ Dawn S. Onley (August 15, 2003). "NMCI adds video, security software". GCN. https://gcn.com/articles/2003/08/15/nmci-adds-video-security-software.aspx. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rachel Lerman (March 4, 2017). "Nurturing Austin's tech startups is a community affair". Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/nurturing-austins-tech-startups-is-a-community-affair/. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Gordon Daugherty". OwlSpark. July 30, 2020. https://www.owlspark.com/peoplewise_gordon-daugherty/. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Gordon Daugherty". Capital Factory. https://www.capitalfactory.com/mentor/gordon-daugherty/. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
7. ↑ Tom Fowler (April 18, 1999). "Israeli company chooses Austin". Austin Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1999/04/19/story5.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
8. ↑ "Viseon sues VCON for patent infringement". The Street. January 15, 2002. https://www.thestreet.com/technology/viseon-sues-vcon-for-patent-infringement-10006735. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
9. ↑ "Emblaze Acquires VCON". Light Reading. August 17, 2005. https://www.lightreading.com/ethernet-ip/emblaze-acquires-vcon/d/d-id/616990. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Gordon Daugherty". Texas CEO Magazine. https://texasceomagazine.com/author/gdaugherty/. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
11. ↑ "NetQoS Teams With Cisco". Network Computing. January 23, 2008. https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/netqos-teams-cisco. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
12. ↑ Kanaracus, Chris (September 14, 2009). "CA Buys NetQoS for $200M" (in en). https://www.cio.com/article/2424809/ca-buys-netqos-for--200m.html.
13. ↑ "Gordon Daugherty". Angel.co. https://angel.co/p/gordon-daugherty. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lynn Cowan (August 9, 2010). "IPOs Could Face Finicky Audience". Austin Business Journal. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/01/11/buyout-gives-austin-startup-riskpulse-nearly-23m.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
15. ↑ Lynn Cowan (August 9, 2010). "IPOs Could Face Finicky Audience". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703988304575413821933299664. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
16. ↑ "DG Acquires Ad Technology Company MediaMind". AdExchanger. June 16, 2011. https://www.adexchanger.com/online-advertising/dg-acquires-ad-technology-company-mediamind/. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
17. ↑ Andrea Leinfelder (May 22, 2019). "Austin's Capital Factory looks to grow Houston presence". Chron. https://www.chron.com/techburger/article/Austin-s-Capital-Factory-looks-to-grow-Houston-13871461.php. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
18. ↑ Stew Magnuson (April 7, 2020). "Army Tries to 'Find, Fix, Finish' Startups". National Defense Magazine. https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/4/7/army-tries-to-find-fix-finish-startups. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
19. ↑ "Stitcher". https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/william-griggs/startup-slingshot-radio/e/42149420. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Genesis Fireside Chat with Gordon Daugherty". University of Texas. November 13, 2019. https://calendar.utexas.edu/event/genesis_fireside_chat_with_gordon_daugherty#.X2FUOItlDIU. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
21. ↑ "Gordon Daugherty". https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/speakers/10138. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
22. ↑ "Austin Business Journal". March 10, 2018. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/03/10/how-austin-startup-founders-compete-silicon-valley.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
23. ↑ "White Paper: Delivering SIP–H.323 Convergence and Co-Existence Using a Video PBX Architecture". https://emblaze-vcon.ru/pdfdoc/eng/wp/050214_SIP-H.323 Convergence.pdf. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
24. ↑ "White Paper". April 15, 2010. https://www.slideshare.net/Videoguy/white-paper-3732158. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
25. ↑ "Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP". VCON. https://hive1.hive.packetizer.com/users/h323forum/papers/vcon_031113.eng.wp.Firewalls_and_Proxy_Servers.pdf. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
26. ↑ "Traversing Firewalls with Video over IP". VCON. https://docplayer.net/11273639-White-paper-traversing-firewalls-with-video-over-ip-issues-and-solutions.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
27. ↑ "White Paper: Interactive Multicast Technology". VCON. https://docplayer.net/amp/12681868-White-paper-interactive-multicast-technology-changing-the-rules-of-enterprise-streaming-video.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
28. ↑ "September 2020". Austin Forum. September 2020. https://www.austinforum.org/september2020.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
29. ↑ "Gordon Daugherty". Dallas Week. 2020. https://dallasstartupweek2020.sched.com/event/ddJF/funding-the-early-stages-of-your-venture. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
30. ↑ "Business Pfirst – A Commanding Presence". https://www.har.com/business-pfirst
a-commanding-presence/event_E0-001-124763142-7. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
31. ↑ "State of Texas". https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/business/Forum-SinglePage-Agenda_Pflugerville-Oct31_.pdf. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
32. ↑ "April 2019". Austin Forum. April 2019. https://www.austinforum.org/april2019.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
33. ↑ "Gordon Daugherty". Austin Week. https://austinstartupweek2018.sched.com/speaker/gdaugherty. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
34. ↑ "Austin Inno". September 28, 2018. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/inno/stories/inno-insights/2018/09/28/austin-startup-week-2018-heres-what-you-need-to.html. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
35. ↑ "Gordon Daugherty". Austin Week. 2017. https://austinstartupweek2017.sched.com/speaker/gordon75. Retrieved 2020-12-06.

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