Brian Boughton
Engineering Manager at Caterpillar Inc.
Urbana-Champaign Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Boughton is an experienced engineering manager with over two decades at Caterpillar leading development of large mining and construction equipment and guiding complex global engineering organizations. He has progressed from hands-on design and project engineering roles to program and engineering management, bringing deep domain expertise in heavy off-highway vehicle systems and new product introduction. Based in the Urbana-Champaign area and holding an MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering from UIUC, he blends technical rigor with operational leadership. Known for shepherding cross-functional programs from concept to production, he excels at aligning engineering teams, supply chains, and manufacturing for large-scale hardware launches. Less obvious is his continuity: many roles reflect long-term institutional knowledge at a single industrial leader, enabling efficient evolution of product families over decades. He pairs practical mechanical engineering experience with proven people and program management skills to deliver robust, field-proven equipment.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (63)
google-cloud-platform10
amazon-web-services10
terraform-provider10
terraform10
cloud-platform10
google-cloud10
gcp9
graph9
aws9
golang9
appengine9
api-authentication9
azure8
aws-sdk8
dns-record7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bboughton/dotfiles
Feb 2015 - May 2023
Contributions:65 pushes in 8 years 4 months
bboughton/jiraattach
May 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 11 months
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