John RoikoVice President of Finance
Prior to NI, Roiko worked as a divisional controller for the defense division at Honeywell before moving to Emerson’s Fisher-Rosemount Systems Division as the Americas controller. He then pursued start-up opportunities as the chief financial officer for Columbia Scientific and director of accounting for Arrowsmith Technologies. Currently at NI, Roiko is responsible for driving the finance department’s strategy and execution. He also formulates the company’s overall strategy in pricing and foreign exchange hedging, acquisition integration, taxation, manufacturing locations, software and services evolution to monetize the installed base of NI, budgeting, and company-wide resource allocation. Roiko has played a key role in complying with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, supporting global IT, and transforming the finance department into a high-performing, successful, and professional organization. NI has more than tripled in revenue since Roiko joined the company. Roiko has successfully transitioned the finance department to support this growth while consistently meeting the company’s number one financial goal of timely and accurate financial reporting. He has grown the financial group to more than 140 employees located across the globe. Roiko has also helped guide the expansion of the company’s manufacturing operations in Europe, established a treasury department that is increasing the company’s return on cash and reducing FX exposure, become a key member of the investor relations team, served a critical role in the evaluation and integration of acquisitions, assisted in establishing a Finance Shared Service Center (FSSC) in Hungary, and improved the credit and collection process. Roiko holds a bachelor of science in finance with a minor in accounting from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and a master’s degree from Minnesota State University. |
As Vice President of Finance, John Roiko is responsible for all National Instruments finance functions worldwide. Roiko joined NI in 1998 and has served as the global corporate controller since 2002.