Donald J. Miller
Engineer, Cyclist, Caver
About Me
I am an Senior Principal Engineer at Ciena Corporation, where I work on high-speed optical network switching products. I do general circuit pack development, though in past lifetimes I have been mainly an RF/Analog hardware developer. I have experience in the cable, cellular, telecom, datacom, and even the medical industries.
I have a passion for electronics, and it follows me home. I have a small electronics lab in a spare bedroom in my house, and I have software tools for RF synthesis and simulation, as well as schematic and printed circuit design.
In my spare time, I work out at the gym and try to find time to go cycling or caving. I usually go on a major (one week or longer) bike tour each year -- and I help out with some of the advance trip research and map work for our cycling group.
Recently, a previous interest in brewing home-brew beer has been re-kindled, and I have started to do full-grain brewing.
My 15 minutes...
In July of 1992, I won the "RF Design Magazine" design software competition, and my picture appeared on the front cover of that magazine.
An article that I wrote for RF Design Magazine in 1994 is reproduced as an appendix in the book "Radio Receiver Design" by Robert C. Dixon -- published by Marcel Dekker in 1998.