BIO

Donnamaie was theSr. Educational Developer/Webmaster for Internal Technical Training department of Synopsys, Inc. Shewas assigned to the DTG group to assist in the development of the ITT workshops for synthesis products - Design Compiler, Power Compiler, FPGA and Test and Verification. She is responsible for the Effective Training Workshop (train the trainer).

She is also the webmaster for the Fabio International Fan Club, Troy Sutter's webmaster, and is maintaining a site for Manta Ray Photography; she is the author of Jettison.

Donnamaie completed a Professional Certificate in Marketing Communications from UCSD in 1994 and obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Master's degree in Engineering (MSEE) from UCLA in 1974 and 1969 respectively.

She has authored over 40 technical papers on CAD modeling, fault detection, Boolean logic, bit-slice design and structured microprogramming. She is the author of the IMP web site, the SIARC CBA on-Line training website and an ASIC intranet site at AMCC. She also is the author of the following hard-cover texts:

• Logic Design for Array-Based Circuits: A Structured Design Methodology published by Academic Press ~ Ships in 2-3 days
  D. E. White / Hardcover / Published 1992
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• Bit-Slice Design: Controllers and ALUs, published by Garland STPM press, 1981.  Out of Print. See this book on-line at www.dacafe.com!

• Advanced Logical Circuit Design Techniques (co-authored with A. Svoboda), published by Garland STPM press. Out of Print.

Dr. White is an Amazon.com Associate.

• Dr. White joined Silicon Architecture of Synopsys as the CBA Training Manager for the CBA Design System and its suite of design tools and utilities in April, 1997. She developed the DS9805 Introductory CBA Design System Training. She transferred to Internal Technical Training Department in October 1998.

• Technical Publications Manager at IMP, Inc. from March 1995 to April 1997 and the Creative Webmaster for the IMP web site from 1995 to 1998. In addition to supporting the launch of the EPAC (Electrically Programmable Analog Circuit) devices, she supervised the datasheets and manuals for the 55T5XX series, and multiple foundry proccesses, supported trade shows, sales presentations, direct mail and advertising.

• Director of Market Communications at AMCC in San Diego (3.5 years) and also the
  Director of Customer Documentation and Training at AMCC (10 years). AMCC manufactures Bipolar and BiCMOS ASIC arrays and authored the MacroMatrix array design support software. Dr. White participated in MacroMatrix software design, development, debug and documentation from 1984 to 1994. She was also reponsible for software-library release coordination.

• Director of Customer Education at AMD (4 years) supporting the Am2900 Bit-Slice architecture series and developing courses on structured microprogramming and microprogrammable computer architecture.