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Don McMillan

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About Don McMillan

Don McMillan was an American engineer.

Don McMillan is an American comedian and former engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Education McMillan earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Career McMillan worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he was a part of the team that designed the world's first 32-bit microprocessor. He then moved to the Silicon Valley, where he worked at VLSI Technology as a computer chip designer. During his six years at VLSI, he designed more than 50 standard and ASIC designs, many of which are still in use.

His comedy is stand-up based on technical comedy and corporate comedy. One of his popular shows is Life After Death by PowerPoint which has been popular on YouTube and for live events.

He has also acted in and/or written episodes on Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5 and multiple other movies. He has also starred as a guest on talk shows.

In 2022, McMillan competed on the television show America's Got Talent, where he advanced to the live shows as one of the top 55 qualifiers. He was third in his group of eleven qualifiers and was eliminated, as only the top two of the group advanced to the finale.

Filmography

Film

Television

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Born
San Francisco
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Education
Stanford University

Frequently asked questions

Who was Don McMillan?

American comedian

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Don McMillan was born in San Francisco.

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Don McMillan was an engineer.

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Don McMillan was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Don McMillan

· Wikidata: Q5293122

· DBpedia: Don McMillan

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