Donna R. Kurt retired from MTS Communications Inc. in 2014 as the Senior Technical Specialist for Network Synchronization and Timing after 37 years with the company. During the past two decades she evaluated and planned synchronization, fiber optics/SONET, digital mutiplex systems and Network Time Protocol platforms for MTS and Allstream. For almost two decades prior she worked on analog communication frequency distribution technologies and various data, microwave and digital communication technologies. Donna supports a number of volunteer organizations in retirement, attends University courses and occasionally provides technical advice to former work colleagues. Donna celebrated 40 years as a Certified Engineering Technologist (Electronics) in 2016.