Board of Directors

James J. Truchard, PhD, is a cofounder of National Instruments (NI) and has served as its president and chairman of the board since its inception in 1976. Dr. Truchard was instrumental in pioneering virtual instrumentation. He coinvented the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, the core of virtual instrumentation, and under Dr. Truchard's leadership, National Instruments has expanded this PC-based approach to measurement and automation to thousands of application areas in hundreds of industries. Electronic Design inducted him into its Engineering Hall of Fame in 2001 and Worth magazine recognized him as one of the Nation's 50 Best CEOs three times. Before founding NI, Dr. Truchard worked as managing director of the acoustical measurements division at Applied Research Laboratories (ARL) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). He received his doctorate in electrical engineering and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in physics at UT Austin.

Jeffrey L. Kodosky cofounded NI in 1976 and has been a member of the NI Board of Directors since that time. He was appointed vice president of NI in 1978 and served as vice president of Research and Development from 1980 to 2000. Since 2000, he has held the position of business and technology fellow. Prior to 1976, he was employed at the ARL Acoustical Measurements Division at UT Austin. Mr. Kodosky received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

John M. Berra joined the NI Board of directors in 2010. He serves as Chairman of Emerson Process Management, a global leader in providing solutions to customers in process control, and Executive Vice President of Emerson Electric Company. Until October 1, 2008, he served as President of Emerson Process Management. Mr. Berra has diversified experience in global business, strategic planning, technology, organizational planning and acquisitions. Mr. Berra joined Emerson’s Rosemount division as a marketing manager in 1976 and, thereafter, continued assuming more prominent roles in the organization until 1997, when he was named President of Emerson’s Fisher-Rosemount division (now Emerson Process Management). Prior to joining Emerson, Mr. Berra was an instrument and electrical engineer with Monsanto Company. Mr. Berra is currently a Director of Ryder System, Inc., and serves as Chair of that company’s compensation committee, and as a member of its Finance Committee. Mr. Berra serves as an advisory director to the Board of Directors of Emerson Electric Company.

Donald M. Carlton, PhD, has been a member of the NI Board of Directors since 1994. From February 1996 until December 1998, Dr. Carlton served as the president and chief executive officer of Radian International LLC, and from 1969 until January 1996, Dr. Carlton served as president and chairman of the board of Radian Corporation, both of which are environmental engineering firms. Dr. Carlton received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of St. Thomas and his doctorate in chemistry from UT Austin. He is currently a director of the publicly traded companies American Electric Power and Temple-Inland Inc.

Duy-Loan T. Le has been a member of the NI Board of Directors since September 2002. During her continuing 25-year career at Texas Instruments Inc. (TI), in 2002, Ms. Le became the first woman at TI elected to the rank of senior fellow. Since 2000, she has been digital signal processor (DSP) advanced technology ramp manager at TI, with responsibilities that include assisting with product execution on advanced technology nodes such as 180nm, 130nm, 90nm, 65nm, and 42nm. Ms. Le has been awarded 22 patents and has eight pending applications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from UT Austin and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Houston.

John K. Medica has been a member of the NI Board of Directors since May 2008. Mr. Medica retired as senior vice president and coleader for the product group at Dell Inc. in April 2007. In 1993, he joined Dell as vice president of portable systems and, during 1996, he served as president and chief operating officer of Dell’s Japan division. He returned to the United States in August 1997 as vice president of procurement and later served as vice president of the Web products group as well as vice president and general manager of the transactional product group. Prior to joining Dell, he served as project leader for the Macintosh II, director of the Macintosh CPU projects group, and senior director of PowerBook engineering with Apple Inc. Mr. Medica received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and his master’s degree in business administration from Wake Forest University.

Charles J. Roesslein has been a member of the NI Board of Directors since July 2000. Since 2004, Mr. Roesslein has been chief executive officer of Austin Tele-Services, LLC, which is in the secondary market for telecom and IT assets. During 2000, Mr. Roesslein served as the chairman of the board of directors and president of Prodigy Communications Corporation, an Internet service provider. He served as president of SBC-CATV, a cable television service provider, from 1999 until 2000, and as president of SBC Technology Resources, the applied research division of SBC Communications Inc., from 1997 until 1999. Prior to 1997, Mr. Roesslein served in executive officer positions with SBC Communications and Southwestern Bell. Mr. Roesslein holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Mr. Roesslein is currently a director of Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc., a publicly traded company.