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James Truchard

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James Joseph Truchard (born June 25, 1943, in Austin County, Texas) is an American billionaire, electrical engineer and businessman who is the co-founder and former president and CEO of National Instruments, a company producing automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software. Truchard is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He earned a B.S. and an M.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and he worked with colleagues Jeff Kodosky and Bill Nowlin on a research project for the U.S. Navy before the three created a product for data collection.

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1943 1
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Source Wikipedia: National Instruments

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1. Wikipedia: James Truchard
  • Lead: birth-year
    James Joseph Truchard (born June 25, 1943, in Austin County, Texas) is an American billionaire, electrical engineer, and a businessman who is the co-founder and former president and CEO of National Instruments, a company producing automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.
  • Associated With: Electronics Industry, Lead: associated industry
    James Joseph Truchard (born June 25, 1943, in Austin County, Texas) is an American billionaire, electrical engineer, and a businessman who is the co-founder and former president and CEO of National Instruments, a company producing automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.
  • Associated With: Entrepreneurship, Article body: entrepreneurship
    The company focuses on innovation, growth, and expansion and prizes innovation and entrepreneurship, and has been named as one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For" for fourteen consecutive years (2000-2013).
  • Companies Led: National Instruments, Lead: led-by
    James Joseph Truchard (born June 25, 1943, in Austin County, Texas) is an American billionaire, electrical engineer, and a businessman who is the co-founder and former president and CEO of National Instruments, a company producing automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.
  • In Group: Company Founders and Co-founders, Lead section
    James Joseph Truchard (born June 25, 1943, in Austin County, Texas) is an American billionaire, electrical engineer, and a businessman who is the co-founder and former president and CEO of National Instruments, a company producing automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software.
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Companies Founded: National Instruments, Infobox: founders
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James Truchard, Bill Nowlin, Jeff Kodosky
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