Don Schaefferxa0has been employed as a Xilinx FAE for over 12 years.xa0 His areas of expertise include Embedded Systems Design, Digital Signal Processing, and Analog-Digital Conversion.xa0 Prior to working for Xilinx, Don worked for 12 years as an ASIC/FPGA design engineer primarily designing wired and wireless communications systems for both military and commercial applications.xa0 When not geeking-out, Don enjoys spending time outdoors and traveling with his wife and kids.