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, published by Weeva, Inc. in 2015, is Naturally Caffeinated: The Community Edition.^[6]The book is a collection of hundreds of tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur from a wide array of start-up founders and investors from Austin and around the world.

Guengerich is co-author of several books on business innovation and information technology topics, including Think Lobal, Act Glocal,^[7]Client/Server Computing, Rightsizing Information Systems, and Building the Corporate Intranet.

Mentoring

Guengerich has been actively involved as a mentor with Powershift Group^[8] and other programs for new venture founders since the late 1990s. He has served as a mentor for the Capital Factory (Austin, Texas), Chinaccelerator^[9] (Dalian CHINA), the Mission Capital social venture Accelerator,^[10] and the Clean Energy Incubator at Austin Technology Incubator.^[11]

In 2010, Guengerich began teaching as an adjunct professor with St. Edward's University Master of Business Administration program^[12] teaching New Venture Creation, Branding & Promotion, and Global Business.

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 2011 recipient of the IT Community Leadership Award, by the Austin IT Executives of the Year competition^[13] and 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.^[14]

References

1. "Steve Guengerich - Principal". powershift.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
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. "Naturally Caffeinated: The Community Edition (Director's Cut)". Retrieved 2015-11-16.
7. "Think Lobal, Act Glocal". Lulu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
8. "About Powershift". powershift.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
9. "Mentors". chinaccelerator.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
10. "What We Do - Mission Capital". missioncapital.org. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
11. "ATI". ATI. 2015.
12. "MBA - St Edwards". stedwards.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
13. "Austin IT Executives for the Year 2011". itmWEB Community. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
14. "Past Winners". Austin Under 40. Retrieved 2012-09-12.