Don Mc Caughey
About Don Mc Caughey
Don McCaughey is an Engineering Manager at Truework, where he leads the engineering team in developing the company's identity platform. He has a diverse background in software engineering and management, having worked at notable companies such as Google, Square, and Copper Inc.
Work at Truework
Don McCaughey has served as Engineering Manager at Truework since 2019. In this role, he leads the engineering team in developing the company's identity platform. His responsibilities include evolving flexible and lightweight processes as the team scales. He emphasizes the importance of tightly integrating engineering, product, and design teams, as well as building strong relationships with business operations, support, sales, and marketing teams.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Truework, Don McCaughey accumulated extensive experience in software engineering. He worked as a Software Engineer at Google from 2005 to 2007 and later at Pivotal Labs as an Agile Software Engineer in 2011. He also held positions at Square for 10 months in 2012 and at Mindtribe Product Engineering, where he served as both an Agile Project Manager and Coach in 2010, and as a Software Engineer from 2009 to 2010.
Leadership Roles in Engineering
Don McCaughey has held several leadership positions in engineering prior to his current role. He was a Senior Engineering Manager at Copper Inc. from 2017 to 2018 and served as a Principal Software Engineer at the same company for 7 months in 2016. His experience also includes founding Able Pear Software, where he worked as Principal Developer from 2008 to 2017.
Education and Expertise
Don McCaughey studied Mechanical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree. He also attended Stanford University for a year, furthering his education in Mechanical Engineering. This academic background supports his expertise in engineering management and software development.