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• 2013 Most Influential Women in Embedded: Jane Donaldson, President of Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc.

  

  Jane (Jenny) Donaldson started Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. in 1982 with Bob Donaldson and Lawrence Marshall, Jr., serving as the company’s first president. Annapolis performed custom engineering: software for ground stations for Comsat, point-of-sale terminals for Schlumberger, medical instruments, contract assembly for IBM, and ASIC design for Atmel, in addition to touch technology work with IBM fellow Evon Greanias. In 1994, Jenny guided the company’s transition from custom engineering to FPGA-based products. She has a BA in Philosophy and a minor in English from the University of Washington and took Computer Science classes in the late 1970s at the University of Maryland.

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