Steve Guengerich

Guengerich was recognized as a "Master Mind" by the 2018 Dallas Innovates annual print magazine, as one among eighteen North Texas idea generators.

From 2017 to 2019, Guengerich served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas, in Richardson, Texas. In addition to his leadership role for the Institute, Guengerich was appointed a Clinical Associate Professor for the Naveen Jindal School of Management, teaching entrepreneurship.

His most recent book, published by Weeva, Inc. in 2015, is Naturally Caffeinated: The Community Edition. 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 a 2011 recipient of the IT Community Leadership Award, by the Austin IT Executives of the Year competition, a 2005 Dewey Winburne Community Service Award honoree, 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.

Guengerich served as a governor on the board of Austin Museum of Art (2010–11) and has continued to focus his philanthropy on visual and performing arts. Recent contributions include supporting the 2015 world premiere of “How Little You Are” by composer Nico Muhly and supporting the 2019 premiere of “The Rhumb Line” by Amy Bench and Jenn Wilson, a mixed media narrative exhibition at the ICOSA, artist-run cooperative, scheduled for late 2019.

From 2010 to 2016, Guengerich taught as an adjunct professor with St. Edward's University Master of Business Administration program teaching New Venture Creation, Branding & Promotion, and Global Business in the Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship.

In 1998, he joined Powershift Group, a venture capital studio, as an Entrepreneur in Residence, where he continues as an advisor.

In 1997, Guengerich became CEO of Easter Seals of Central Texas. In 1999, he co-founded Knowbility, Inc., and served as chairman of the board of directors.

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.

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

In 1988, Guengerich became 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. Per Se was later acquired by McKesson Corporation.

In 1982, Guengerich began his career as a staff consultant in the Houston, Texas office of the Management Information Consulting Division of Arthur Andersen & Co. In 1987, he joined the Louisville, Kentucky office of the Management Consulting Services division of Coopers & Lybrand.