Home About NI Leadership

Leadership

The NI leadership team is made up of experts from a wide range of disciplines, but they all share one common goal: enabling your success today and into the future through strong partnerships and an open, software-defined platform.

Alex Davern

Chief Executive Officer

"Our mission is more than just words on our website. It's our guidepost. And we’ll continue, as we have for over 40 years, in earnest pursuit of our mission to equip engineers and scientists with systems that accelerate their productivity, innovation, and discovery."

Eric Starkloff

President and Chief Operating Officer

"Our customers are at the forefront of engineering and technology. Together, we’re taking a different approach to how we engineer the world, helping customers be more competitive and improve society through their innovations."

Executive Leadership Team

Karen Rapp

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Cate Prescott

Vice President of Global Human Resources

Rob Porterfield

Vice President of Manufacturing

R. Eddie Dixon, Jr.

Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

Carla Piñeyro Sublett

Chief Marketing Officer

Jason Green

Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Support, Services, and Operations

Kevin Ilcisin

Vice President of Corporate Strategy

Scott Rust

Senior Vice President of Product R&D

Stefanie Breyer

Vice President of Product Planning

Ritu Favre

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Semiconductor Business

Ajit Gokhale

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Electronics, Electrical Machinery, and Energy Business

Chad Chesney

Vice President and General Manager of Transportation Business

Luke Schreier

Vice President and General Manager of Aerospace, Defense, and Government Business

Vice Presidents and Fellows

Jeff Kodosky

Cofounder and Business and Technology Fellow

 

Jon Bellin

Vice President of R&D, Automated Test Software

 

Shelley Gretlein

Vice President of Global Marketing

 

Paul Hofstadler

Vice President of Global Services

 

Paul Horton

Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Operations

 

Duncan Hudson

Business and Technology Fellow

 

Roger Isern

Vice President of Global Information Technology

 

Rahman Jamal

Business and Technology Fellow, Marketing

 

Robert Morton

Vice President of Sales, Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa

 

Keith Odom

Vice President and Fellow

 

John Pasquarette

Vice President of Marketing

 

Raj Purushothaman

Vice President of Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific 

 

Jim Ramsey

Vice President of Sales, Americas 

 

John Roiko

Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer

 

Mike Santori

Business and Technology Fellow

 

Charles Schroeder 

Business and Technology Fellow

 

Kevin Schultz

Vice President of R&D

 

Omid Sojoodi

Vice President of R&D, Application Software

 

Joseph Soo

Vice President of Sales, Asia-Pacific

 

Tom Vonderach

Vice President of Strategic Accounts

 

Steve Warntjes

Vice President of R&D, PXI Platform and Modular Instruments

 

Dave Wilson

Business and Technology Fellow for Portfolio Business

 

Ron Wolfe

Business and Technology Fellow 

 

Pete Zogas

Senior Vice President of Business Development