Eric Daugherty

Principal at Trestle Software Consulting

πŸ“ Golden, Colorado, United StatesπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 2 investmentsπŸ“… 10 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Jun 2017
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Jun 2017
Alpin (https://alpin.io) cuts subscription costs and saves time on SaaS monitoring and management. In just 2 clicks, it discovers all users and the sprawling landscape of SaaS subscriptions -- especially the ones you dont know. It helps cut costs by up to 30% by showing wasted spend, comparing license costs to actual usage -- no more spreadsheets -- and helps you negotiate better deals with its budget forecasts. It monitors, reports on and archives activity, alerting your IT and Security teams to risky actions and dangerous permissions. Plus, it logs history for audit, compliance & reporting. Know the True Landscape * Instantly discover all users and their hundreds of SaaS applications and services β€” free or paid, web or mobile β€” and the devices they are using. It’s much, much bigger than you think. * Look overall, by department or by user to drill in on the most important exposures. * Get the total picture of your SaaS sprawl, so you can take control and start to proactively manage the organization. Cut Costs, Manage Renewals & Forecast Future Spend * See your costs, your actual usage, and the gap that means wasted spend. * Know the cost per employee in any given department, or for any individual, so you can see true costs and budget for new hires. * Centralize billing history and see upcoming renewals, so you can negotiate better deals and use Alpins forecasts to more accurately set budgets. * Easily de-provision unused seats, saving cost and time, and improving governance and security. Be Secure By Monitoring Activity For Security, Compliance & Governance * Monitor and archive activity for governance, compliance and audit. * Look back in time across users and applications, even at inactive and deleted accounts. * Instantly create reports for audits, compliance or ad hoc updates. * Get alerts to risky activity (someone publicly shares a finance document or adds a new app) or dangerous permissions (app X can read email contents).
Experience Β· 5 entries
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2022
Principal
2022
Da Primus Consulting helps tech startups grow. Whether you're a founder with a brilliant idea who needs to build your first product or a rapidly growing company that's struggling to scale, we can help. Our name means "give first"​ and that's what we do: if you need advice and mentoring in any area of your business, then you've got it. For free, forever. If you want more focused help to create a sustainable business strategy, define market fit, build your product and team, or support your customers, then let's talk about a paid engagement. OUR SERVICES We provide a wide set of services to help early- and mid-stage software companies gain traction, build market momentum, and scale quickly to meet growing demand for their products. Our goals for each client: high-performing teams, market beating products, and a healthy, successful culture. These services include: - Technology strategy assessment - Product/market fit analysis - UI/UX design for web products and mobile applications - Project management/process improvement - Product management/product ownership - Product development/software engineering We have one question for you: how can we help?
2020
Trestle Software Consulting
Founder
Jan 2020
2017
Board Observer
Jun 2017
Alpin (https://alpin.io) cuts subscription costs and saves time on SaaS monitoring and management. In just 2 clicks, it discovers all users and the sprawling landscape of SaaS subscriptions -- especially the ones you dont know. It helps cut costs by up to 30% by showing wasted spend, comparing license costs to actual usage -- no more spreadsheets -- and helps you negotiate better deals with its budget forecasts. It monitors, reports on and archives activity, alerting your IT and Security teams to risky actions and dangerous permissions. Plus, it logs history for audit, compliance & reporting. Know the True Landscape * Instantly discover all users and their hundreds of SaaS applications and services β€” free or paid, web or mobile β€” and the devices they are using. It’s much, much bigger than you think. * Look overall, by department or by user to drill in on the most important exposures. * Get the total picture of your SaaS sprawl, so you can take control and start to proactively manage the organization. Cut Costs, Manage Renewals & Forecast Future Spend * See your costs, your actual usage, and the gap that means wasted spend. * Know the cost per employee in any given department, or for any individual, so you can see true costs and budget for new hires. * Centralize billing history and see upcoming renewals, so you can negotiate better deals and use Alpins forecasts to more accurately set budgets. * Easily de-provision unused seats, saving cost and time, and improving governance and security. Be Secure By Monitoring Activity For Security, Compliance & Governance * Monitor and archive activity for governance, compliance and audit. * Look back in time across users and applications, even at inactive and deleted accounts. * Instantly create reports for audits, compliance or ad hoc updates. * Get alerts to risky activity (someone publicly shares a finance document or adds a new app) or dangerous permissions (app X can read email contents).
2016
AU Wireless
Board Member
Mar 2016
2000
Principal Consultant
2000
Oracle has acquired BEA Systems, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise application infrastructure solutions. The addition of BEA is expected to accelerate innovation by bringing together two companies with a common vision of a modern service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure and to further increase the value that Oracle delivers to its customers and partners. Together, Oracle and BEA provide a complementary best-in-class middleware portfolio that spans Java Application Servers, transaction processing monitors, SOA and business process management, user interaction and Web 2.0, identity management, business intelligence, enterprise content management and vertical-specific technologies.