He has held management positions at Coopers & Lybrand and Grant Thornton, consulting positions at Booz-Allen & Hamilton and Stanford Research, engineering positions at Westinghouse Electric and AlliedSignal, and teaching appointments at University of San Francisco and University of Liverpool.  His educational background includes B.S. and M.S. in Engineering, M.B.A. and D.B.A. in Accounting, Ph.D. in Technology, Doctoral Specializations in Finance and Information Systems.  Additionally, Dr. McGaughey is a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.). He has authored 68 publications and presentations.

 Dr. McGaughey provides research and consulting to manufacturers and distributors in a variety of industries.  Specialization is business integration linking strategy, processes, people, information, and technology to improve performance in the context of competitive dynamics.  Assignments have included business strategy, corporate financial management, process reengineering and information systems, market analysis and revenue expansion, competitive evaluation and benchmarking, and executive education.