Steve Guengerich

Steve Guengerich is an entrepreneur, co-founder and vice president of Appconomy, Inc. and author of several books and numerous articles on information technology.[1] He was a founding shareholder of BSG Corporation, which was acquired by Per Se Technologies (formerly known as Medaphis) in a 1996 deal valued at $330 million.[2] Per Se was later acquired by McKesson Corporation.[3] In 1997, Guengerich became CEO of Easter Seals of Central Texas.[4] In 1999, he co-founded Knowbility, Inc., and served as chairman of the board of directors.[5]

Writing

In 1996, Guengerich was awarded the Gold Medal by the Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) for the Blue Book "Introduction to Client/Server Computing" that he co-authored with Virginia Green.

His most recent book, self-published in 2010, Think Lobal, Act Glocal[6] is a decision-making guide to help business leaders: select the strategic community issues they should support; make an impact on their target initiatives; and, get the most from investments of their organization's time and money.

Guengerich is co-author of several books on information technology topics, including Client/Server Computing, Rightsizing Information Systems, and Building the Corporate Intranet.

Mentoring

Guengerich has been actively involved as a mentor with Powershift Group[7] and other programs for new venture founders since the late 1990s. He has served as a mentor for the Capital Factory (Austin, Texas), Chinaccelerator[8] (Dalian CHINA), the Greenlights-Innovation+ social venture Accelerator,[9] and the Clean Energy Incubator at Austin Technology Incubator.[10]

In 2010 and 2011, Guengerich was an adjunct professor with St. Edward's University Digital Media Management MBA program[11] teaching New Venture Creation.

In addition to mentoring, Guengerich has served as a judge for many new venture competitions and programs, including: AppJamm, Chengdu; Lean Startup Machine, Shanghai; Global Ventures Labs Investment Competition (formerly University of Texas-Austin, Moot Corp competition), considered “the superbowl” of investment competitions; the Clean Energy Venture Summit; and, the Clean Energy Incubator Success Committee for the Austin Technology Incubator.

Awards

Guengerich is a 1998 recipient of the Austin Under 40 awards, alongside other celebrity Austin recipients from the inaugural year that included Lance Armstrong, Michael Dell, and Mike Judge.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Team". Appconomy. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  2. ↑ "COMPANY NEWS;MEDAPHIS ADDING BSG FOR 7.5 MILLION SHARES - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1996-03-16. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  3. ↑ "McKesson completes Per-Se deal - San Francisco Business Times". Bizjournals.com. 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  4. ↑ "How Environmental Work Led to Teaching Businesses About Web Accessibility for the Disabled - Career Ideas & Advice - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas". Philanthropy.com. 2002-03-01. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  5. ↑ "Former Board Members, Knowbility". Knowbility.org. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  6. ↑ "Think Lobal, Act Glocal". Lulu.com. 2010.
  7. ↑ "About". Powershift Group. 2014.
  8. ↑ "Mentors". Chinaccelerator. 2014.
  9. ↑ "Accelerator". Greenlights. 2014.
  10. ↑ "ATI". ATI. 2014.
  11. ↑ "Digital Media Management". St. Edward's University. 2011.
  12. ↑ "Past Winners". Austin Under 40. Retrieved 2012-09-12.