Don McMillan is an American comedian and former engineer based in the

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Education

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

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from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

Career

McMillan worked

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, where he was a part of the team that designed the world's first

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. He then moved to the

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, where he worked at

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as a

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designer. During his six years at VLSI, he designed more than 50 standard and

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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 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 ''

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'', 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.Cohn, Paulette
"Find Out Who Went Home on ''America’s Got Talent'' and Who Made the Finale!"
''Parade'', August 10, 2022

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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YouTube ChannelBio of Don McMillan on premierespeakers.com

Videos

Mathematical pi sequence AGT first appearance Season 17, episode 9AGT second appearance with slideshow presentationAGT third appearance with Roast of Simon Cowell presented in statistical graphs and charts
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