John Blyler is a Design News senior editor, covering the electronics, semiconductor, embedded and system-of-system spaces. With a BS in Engineering Physics and an MS in Electrical Engineering, he has years of hardware-software-network systems engineering and management experience. John has co-authored books related to system engineering, electronics and RF technologies for the IEEE, Wiley, and Elsevier. He has worked as an affiliate professor at Portland State University and a lecturer at UC-Irvine. He currently serves as a standards editor for IEEE-Accellera.