Anna Mcdougall
Field CTO EMEA - HashiCorp at Freelance
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolAnna Mcdougall is a Field CTO and seasoned technology executive with nine years in software engineering and a track record of scaling teams from startups to enterprise. An award-winning leader (WomenTech Software Engineering Leader of the Year 2024) and CTO Craft Top 100 honoree, she blends hands-on technical know-how with strategic leadership in infrastructure security, compliance, and AI-forward engineering cultures. Author of the bestselling career guide You Belong in Tech and creator of the McDougall Method for AI-friendly interviewing, she frequently advises major brands and speaks at Europe’s top tech events, including TEDx TUBerlin. Her roles span product, operations, and engineering leadership—most recently as Field CTO for IBM HashiCorp—where she focuses on speeding secure infrastructure lifecycles. A former opera singer and linguist-turned-technologist, she brings uncommon communication skills and stage-proven presence to technical coaching and public speaking. Based in Leipzig, she is active in women’s and LGBTQI+ tech communities in Berlin, championing inclusion alongside measurable engineering outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Weiterbildung zur Web- und Softwareentwicklung, Computer Science, Weiterbildung zur Web- und Softwareentwicklung, Computer Science at DCI Digital Career Institute gGmbHWeb Development, Web Development at The Odin ProjectThe University of SydneyMasters in Music (Opera Performance), Voice and Opera, Masters in Music (Opera Performance), Voice and Opera at Sydney Conservatorium of Music
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
css10
ruby10
html10
nodejs10
web-development10
ruby-on-rails10
java9
spring-boot9
react9
documentation9
package-json8
odin8
spring8
coders8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
AJMcDee/AJM-banking
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
AJMcDee/AJMcDee
Jul 2020 - Feb 2024
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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