Fundraising Fox
🦊/People
Sign in

Don MacKinnon

Founder

Founder at Searchcraft

Denver Metropolitan Area

FoundedSearchcraft

Find your path to Don

127 people in our graph share verified history with Don — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Chris RustunlockedDon: together at University of Colorado Boulder (1995–1999)
×3Don: together at University of Colorado Boulder
×6Don: together at Time Inc.
×2Don: together at Financial Times Energy

About

Don MacKinnon is Co-Founder, CTO, and Principal Engineer at Searchcraft, a company building search engine technology for developers and product owners. He has over 27 years in software engineering, including more than a decade in the publishing industry developing websites, mobile applications, content management systems, and search engines for brands such as TIME, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Reuters, and Vanity Fair. He subsequently spent roughly ten years in consulting, building technology stacks for startups and enterprise organizations.

Founder at Searchcraft

Experience

  1. SearchcraftCo-Founder / CTO & Principal Engineercurrent2024 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
  2. ChalkCTO & Principal Engineer2022 — 2024Denver, Colorado, United States
  3. Revolution Labs LLCOwner2007 — 2024Boulder, CO
  4. KauraCTO2023 — 2024Denver, Colorado, United States
  5. Remark AppCo-Founder / CTO / Principal Engineer2019 — 2023Denver Metropolitan Area
  6. Digital BureauCTO & Principal Engineer2021 — 2022United States
  7. Digital BureauDirector of Engineering2016 — 2021Denver, CO
  8. Digital BureauTechnical Leader2014 — 2016
  9. Time Inc.Technical Lead, Mobile Application Development & Engineering2011 — 2013
  10. Time Inc.Technical Lead, RealSimple.com2008 — 2011
  11. Time Inc.Technical Lead, Time4 Media properties2007 — 2008
  12. Time Inc.Senior Web Developer2001 — 2007
  13. AccumediaSoftware Engineer2000 — 2001Boulder, CO
  14. Financial Times EnergyProgrammer1998 — 2000Boulder, CO

Skills & more

Rust (Programming Language)React NativeAmazon Web Services (AWS)Node.js1React.jsJavaScriptLinuxElasticSearchGitMongoDBHTML 518jQuery14
+12 moreCSSRESTPHPHTML5XSLTCSS3CMSiOSEngineering ManagementProfessional MentoringProduct DevelopmentSoftware Development Methodologies
  • Fair and Effective Interviewing for Diversity and Inclusion — LinkedIn

From Don's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Don MacKinnon?
Don MacKinnon is Co-Founder, CTO, and Principal Engineer at Searchcraft, a company building search engine technology for developers and product owners. He has over 27 years in software engineering, including more than a decade in the publishing industry developing websites, mobile applications, content management systems, and search engines for brands such as TIME, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Reuters, and Vanity Fair. He subsequently spent roughly ten years in consulting, building technology stacks for startups and enterprise organizations.
Where does Don MacKinnon work?
Don MacKinnon is Founder of Searchcraft.
What companies did Don MacKinnon found?
Don MacKinnon founded Searchcraft.
Where did Don MacKinnon go to school?
Don MacKinnon studied at University of Colorado Boulder (BS, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Same school

Shared employers