Statement from the CEO

National Instruments is managed for the long-term. Our 100-year plan guides the decisions we make and ensures a balanced focus on the success of our key stakeholders: employees, customers, suppliers, and shareholders. This long-term thinking also shapes our view of NI’s role in society.

NI creates shared value between its key stakeholders and society by achieving its mission of equipping engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery. This is the most significant long-term impact we can have on the world—empowering our customers to apply their technical expertise to critical societal issues and helping them meet the grand challenges for engineering, such as finding renewable energy alternatives, through NI technology.

We are depending on the next generation of engineers to meet many of these grand challenges decades into the future. We invest heavily in programs that engage students with technology and prepare them to become the innovators of tomorrow. Through our collaboration with LEGO®, for example, millions of students, starting at age 6, are learning how to build and program robots using NI LabVIEW software. We also partner with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to provide technology, mentorship, and support across each level of the organization’s student robotics competitions.

We also empower innovation among engineers and scientists in developing countries who face economic or other extraordinary barriers to technology adoption. Through Planet NI, we provide small-to-medium enterprises and education institutions in emerging markets with access to the technology and training they need to achieve economic prosperity and sustainable development.

It is the dedication of NI employees and the innovative corporate culture at NI that drive these initiatives and the long-term sustainability of the company. I am honored that NI was named to the Great Place to Work Institute’s inaugural list of the World’s 25 Best Multinational Workplaces. This achievement further illustrates the success of our 100-year plan, and I am proud of our open environment that empowers employees.

Through our employees, customers, business practices, and mission, we are changing the way that engineers can impact our world. We hope you’ll learn more about our corporate responsibility efforts at ni.com/corporate-responsibility. I welcome your feedback.

Best regards,

Dr. James Truchard
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Cofounder, National Instruments