Chris Miller has already had a long career. On graduating from Durham University he joined BT, starting in a Software Engineering role, then graduating to middle, then senior management - with experience in Marketing, Sales. Operations and Business Strategy along the way.

During that time, he carried out Freelance electronic design, firmware and software development for a number of companies as a "spare time" activity. One such company was Marine Entertainment Systems Ltd, the founder of which was his University buddy Steve Hoile.

Later, he joined Marine Entertainment Systems Ltd (MESL) as a Director, and later Managing Director. This company supplied Audio Visual, Telecommunications and IT systems to the Superyacht industry.

Whilst at MESL, he developed a number of physical and software products under the "Libra Solutions" branding, so that they could be used both in MESL's projects, and be sold to other players in the Superyacht world. You can get a feel of some of the things he's done by viewing the Libra Solutions web site. Creative Electronics has acquired the right to use the Libra logo in the future - with the agreement of the other ex-Directors of MESL.

Over the years, he has built up a prodigious array of capabilities and if you could see inside his head, you would find a bewildering away of electronic circuit fragments, pieces of software he has written. And he's also got AutoCAD skills for designing enclosures and front panels.

When faced with a set of requirements he's your man for coming up with a range of possible ways to meet them, and the will to MAKE IT WORK for you - and within your budget (or he won't do it at all).

I suppose we can't put it off any longer - here is the inevitable list of some of the technologies with which he is familiar - if slightly embarassed by the length of the list.

System Design
- Requirements capture
- User interface design
- Hardware architecture
- Software architecture
- Integration planning
- AutoCAD
Electronic design
- Microcontroller-based PIC, AVR, 80XX
- Analogue
- Interfacing e.g. Ethernet, RS232/RS422/RS485, USB
- Schematic and PCB design
Firmware
- C
- AVR Assembler
- 80xx Assembler
Software Languages
- C/C++
- Python
- Visual Basic.NET
- Visual C++
- HTML
- nodejs (historically, CGI, PHP)
- bash scripting
Development environments
- Visual Studio
- GCC
- Atmel Studio (as was)
- MPLAB/MPLAB X
- Code Composer (TI)
Operating Systems
- Linux
  - Fedora
  - Ubuntu
  - Busybox
  - Raspbian
- Windows
- Specialised real-time operating systems
Databases
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySQL
- Mongo
- InfluxDB/Grafana
Hardware Platforms
- Intel
- Raspberry Pi
- Microchip (PIC16, PIC18, PIC24, PIC32MX, AT SAME5x
Communications Protocols
- Ethernet - copper & fibre
- WiFi
- ARP, DHCP, ICMP etc.
- IP, TCP, UDP
- Async (i.e. RS232, RS422, RS485)
- ISDN
- Optical
- VSAT
- Modbus
- X.25
RF Systems
- VSAT
- DMR
- Cellular
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- LPRS
- Antenna systems for all of the above
Management Skills
- Basic project management
- Financial management
- Team building
- Technical training

When it comes to designing the glossy front end of his software projects he often enlists his son. David Miller is a highly talented designer of web applications, creating graphical user interfaces which really help the product to stand out with a highly professional and comtemporary look and feel.

And when it's time to make a small batch of products he has a brilliant network of local, high quality suppliers and subcontractors who can swing into action.

E: chris@creative-electronics.net

M: +44 (0)7813 195 714