Paul Daugherty

Paul Daugherty is Accenture’s Chief Technology and Innovation Officer and leads the company’s Technology Innovation & Ecosystem group. He is also a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee.

In addition to overseeing Accenture’s technology strategy, Mr. Daugherty has responsibility for driving innovation through R&D activities in Accenture’s Technology Labs; maximizing value from the fast-changing and dynamic technology ecosystem; and leveraging emerging technologies to bring the newest innovations to clients globally. He also leads the company’s highly skilled, certified technology architects, who apply new technologies and architectural foundations in building solutions for clients across industries. In addition, Mr. Daugherty is responsible for managing Accenture’s alliances, partnerships and senior-level relationships with leading and emerging technology companies, and runs Accenture’s CIO Council of more than 200 global CIOs.

Before being named chief technology officer in 2012, Mr. Daugherty was Accenture’s chief technology architect, leading more than 17,000 professionals globally who focused on advanced technology solutions. Previously, Mr. Daugherty founded Accenture’s cloud computing business, and led Accenture’s technology business globally for the Resources operating group. He also was instrumental in founding Accenture’s SaaS, big data and open source businesses, and played a key role in the company’s technology business during the major transitions to client/server computing and internet-based computing.

Mr. Daugherty serves as chairman of the board of Avanade, a joint venture of Accenture and Microsoft. He is also on the board of directors for Accenture Global Services Limited.

Mr. Daugherty is a frequent speaker at conferences on industry and technology issues, and has published articles in a variety of publications. He serves on the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum and on the CIO Advisory Board for NPower, which provides IT services to non-profit organizations. Mr. Daugherty also helped found the Advisory Board of the Academy of Information Technology, a non-profit that works to increase IT career opportunities for urban youths.

Mr. Daugherty joined Accenture in 1986 and became a partner in 1999. He earned his bachelor of science degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan.