Carter McKaughan is the founder and principal of the Montlake Group, an advisory firm focused on complex programs in technology, industrial capacity, and strategic resilience since 2019.

Carter is a graduate of the Lakeside School in Seattle and previously attended the United States Military Academy, West Point. He recently returned as an Irregular Warfare Fellow at the Irregular Warfare Institute.

Academically, he is interested in the privatization of warfare in the 21st Century and its effect on sovereignty.