NEWS RELEASE – Sept. 26, 2008 – National Instruments today announced that it has expanded its leadership team with the promotion of six longtime employees to vice president positions. The promotions, which are a result of the company’s continued strong revenue growth and expansion into new application areas, position NI and its customers well for future success.

General and Administrative (G&A)
John Roiko, Vice President, Finance

Research and Development (R&D)
Robert Canik, Vice President of R&D, Instrument and Distributed Control
Andrew Krupp, Vice President, Quality and Continuous Improvement
Scott Rust, Vice President of R&D, Modular Instruments

Sales and Marketing
John Pasquarette, Vice President of Product Marketing, Software
Eric Starkloff, Vice President of Product Marketing, Test

“I am pleased that our leadership development program has enabled us to promote these key executives from within NI, where each has distinguished himself through key contributions that have driven company growth and propelled innovation,” said James Truchard, NI president, CEO and co-founder. “With 88 combined years of service to NI, these additions to the NI management team are part of our long-term plan to deliver on customer success, streamlined decision making and critical strategic direction.”

G&A
John Roiko joined National Instruments in 1998 and has served as the Global Corporate Controller since 2002. Prior to NI, he served as the Divisional Controller for the Defense Division at Honeywell. Under Roiko’s direction, the finance organization has consistently delivered the highest ethical standards for NI financial reporting and management while fulfilling vital responsibilities that include the evaluation of foreign exchange risk, treasury and cash management, financial business systems and tax. During the expansion of the company’s manufacturing operations in Europe, he played a key role in the site selection, evaluated alternative tax structures and grants and participated in recruiting the senior management team. Roiko serves a critical role in the evaluation and integration of all acquisitions. As Vice President of Finance, Roiko is responsible for all NI finance functions worldwide.

Research and Development
Robert Canik joined National Instruments in 1985 and has served as Director of R&D for Instrument and Distributed Control since 1998. During his 23-year career at NI, Canik has played a key leadership role in the development of the company’s instrument and distributed control technologies, PXI embedded and remote controllers and the PXI Express specification. He chaired the IEEE working group that developed the HS488 extension to the IEEE 488 specification and helped develop the VXIbus specification and design guidelines as a member of the VXIbus Consortium. More recently, Canik assumed responsibility for the company’s CompactRIO platform. He is inventor or co-inventor on five NI patents. As Vice President of R&D for Instrument and Distributed Control, Canik is responsible for the global development and strategic direction of these NI product areas.

Andrew Krupp joined National Instruments in 2001 as R&D Director of Quality. Prior to NI, he worked at Honda of America Manufacturing, where he was responsible for the Quality Assurance for all North American-produced engines, transmissions and suspensions. Throughout his career at NI, Krupp has been at the forefront of continuous system improvements, including an overhaul of the company’s quality reporting and follow-up system that resulted in substantial improvement in areas including warranty, customer satisfaction and on-time delivery. He also directed a significant revision of the National Instruments quality management system that positively impacted more than 2,400 NI employees in Austin and at other manufacturing and R&D locations globally. As Vice President of R&D for Quality and Continuous Improvement, Krupp is responsible for the NI quality initiatives and management system worldwide.

Scott Rust joined National Instruments in 1990 and has served as the Director of R&D for Modular Instruments since 2004. Throughout his 18-year career at NI, Rust has provided critical leadership in the development of the company’s Instrument Driver Libraries and IVI (interchangeable virtual instruments) technology as well as the expansion of the company’s remote R&D facilities. Using his extensive experience in developing public specifications, Rust chaired the Instrument Driver Technical Working Group for the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance, joined the SCPI Consortium Board of Directors and founded the IVI Foundation. He is the inventor or co-inventor on seven NI patents. As Vice President of R&D for Modular Instruments, Rust is responsible for the global development and strategic direction of NI measurement products including RF, digitizers, signal generators, digital multimeters, high-speed digital I/O, switching and power supplies.

Sales and Marketing
John Pasquarette joined National Instruments in 1990 and has served as the Director of Product Marketing for Software since 2005. Prior to this role, he held leadership positions as Group Manager of Software Marketing; Director of Web Marketing, where he led the development of ni.com and the evolution of its online store and technical community; and Director of Product Strategy for Software in R&D, where he was responsible the long-term strategic direction of the company’s flagship product, LabVIEW. Pasquarette is inventor and co-inventor on eight NI patents. As Vice President of Product Marketing for Software, he is responsible for leading product marketing for the company’s software platforms and for the company's customer education and services programs.

Eric Starkloff joined National Instruments in 1997 and most recently has served as the Director of Product Marketing for Modular Instruments, PXI and Instrument Control since 2004. Prior to this role, he held leadership positions as Group Manager for PXI Modular Hardware and Test Software. He has represented NI within several industry groups, including the PXI Systems Alliance and the Semiconductor Test Consortium, and serves as a board member for the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) at the University of Texas at Austin. As Vice President of Product Marketing for Test, Starkloff is responsible for leading the product marketing of the company’s modular instruments, PXI and instrument control hardware and test software, as well as the sales and marketing efforts of the RF team.

About National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 10 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 4,800 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past nine years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.