Jeff KodoskyNI Business and Technology Fellow
Kodosky, revered by engineers and scientists around the world as the "father of LabVIEW," invented the graphical programming language that defines the software, spurring the development and widespread adoption of virtual instrumentation and making instrument automation available to all engineers. Since the initial release of LabVIEW in 1986, Kodosky has developed more than 30 patented LabVIEW technologies and has used his LabVIEW expertise to help guide the development and expansion of LabVIEW to targets previously out of reach for many engineers, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), smart sensors, microcontrollers, and other embedded devices. This ongoing work has helped NI grow this software into an award-winning industry standard programming environment that continuously addresses an ever-growing variety of industries and application areas. Kodosky is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In addition to his work at NI, Kodosky dedicates a large amount of his time to working with community and academic organizations. He serves on the University of Texas College of Natural Sciences Advisory Council and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Board of Trustees, and is a member of the Advisory Group for the math department at Texas State University. In 1999, Kodosky received the University of Texas, College of Natural Sciences Hall of Honor Award, and in 2004, he was honored with the Albert Fox Demers Medal from the alumni association at RPI. He has worked closely with The University of Texas at Austin, investing a significant amount of time and money to help create UTeach, an innovative and challenging program that prepares students in the College of Natural Sciences to become math and science teachers. He also has played a key role in the creation of the NI Endowed Scholarship for Excellence at The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences, which each year recognizes an outstanding student who demonstrates proficiency in computing or laboratory measurement skills. In addition to his involvement with academia, Kodosky also supports performing arts in Austin. Kodosky became vice president of NI in 1978 and later served as vice president of R&D from 1980 until he was named an NI Business and Technology Fellow in 2000. Kodosky received his bachelor's degree in physics from RPI in Troy, New York. Request a National Instruments employee to speak at your event. |
NI Business and Technology Fellow, Jeff Kodosky, cofounded National Instruments with Dr. James Truchard and William Nowlin in 1976 while working at The University of Texas at Austin. Today, he is a respected mentor in the NI global R&D organization and continues to chart new directions for the company's flagship product, the NI LabVIEW graphical development platform.