Johanna Rothman, the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank, practical advice that you can immediately apply to your product development challenges. She helps leaders and teams see their current reality. Because one size never fits all, she helps them explore options for what and how to change. The results? Leaders and teams learn to collaborate and focus on outcomes that matter. Her clients and readers appreciate both her trademark practicality and humor. Explore all her books and writing at jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com.

Juan Navarro is a LabVIEW Champion living and working in Monterrey Mexico. He is a Senior Systems Engineer at Lab it Studio. He has worked with LabVIEW in a wide variety of projects. From machines that measure composite materials and cracks in the samples to test systems for production components. Apart from México, Juan lived in Canada as an exchange student and Germany for his double masters degree. Additionally he has worked in a couple of startups; one in Germany as a hardware engineer for a company creating portable spectrometers, and in Mexico for a company trying to create fast testing in the biomedical field as an embedded hardware and software designer. 

Meet Ashish Uttarwar — an engineer at heart who accidentally ended up as a business owner. With a knack for solving complex technical problems and bringing together hardware and software systems, Ashish found himself not just building products, but also building teams, processes, and eventually, a company. These days, he leads high-impact engineering projects, mentors growing teams, and navigates the wild ride of entrepreneurship — all while staying deeply connected to his roots in hands-on engineering.

Carsten has a BA in Math and Physics which took a hard turn into electronics, engineering hardware, and software management. He worked at Brüel & Kjær in Denmark from 1973 to 1993, National Instruments in Austin from 1993 to 2000 and back in Denmark for DELTA (FORCE Technology). At NI he was VP of engineering, responsible for working with the team leaders of GP-IB , DAQ, VXI, PXI, ASICs, Mechanical, Engineering Services, DAQ-mx, LabVIEW, LabWindows CVI, Lookout (Georgetown), BridgeVIEW, HiQ, Vision.

J. B. Rainsberger is a professional 5-pin bowler who consults for software companies and coaches software professionals in his spare time. He helps companies profit from projects sooner and helps individuals work with less stress. He focuses on supporting individual people as they struggle to do good work, feel satisfied, and make the most out of their jobs in the software world.

J. B. Rainsberger is a professional 5-pin bowler who consults for software companies and coaches software professionals in his spare time. He helps companies profit from projects sooner and helps individuals work with less stress. He focuses on supporting individual people as they struggle to do good work, feel satisfied, and make the most out of their jobs in the software world.

Dr. Derek Kultgen serves as the Group Leader for the Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL) at Argonne National Laboratory. The METL team conceptualizes, fabricates, and demonstrates equipment and instrumentation and assists scientists/engineers who conduct experiments in the METL. Previously, Derek was the Lead Test Development Engineer for a leading lubricant and additive manufacturer. In this role he created a mechanical testing laboratory for compressor lubricant evaluation, managed capital expenditure projects and served as a technical expert. Derek received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue University. Derek is a licensed Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional and Certified LabVIEW Architect.

Tricia Broderick, co-author of Lead without Blame, is a highly respected leadership and organizational advisor with over twenty-five years of experience. She excels in igniting potential and helping individuals and teams thrive in an often chaotic world. Tricia prioritizes building genuine partnerships and creating resilient learning environments to achieve impactful outcomes. Her authenticity and passion uniquely position her to inspire engagement and action. Known for her people-first approach, Tricia is a sought-after leader, advisor, trainer, facilitator, and motivational keynote speaker. In 2020, she founded Ignite Insight + Innovation to further her mission of “Igniting What’s Possible.”

Jeremy Pearson is a Certified LabVIEW Architect and A3 Vision Professional with 10+ years of experience in vision systems, motion control, and NI-based solutions. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (BYU) and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on imaging (Texas A&M). His career spans roles at NI, Sciotex, and Sierra Peaks, with recent work leading vision R&D projects for Membrion, Inc. In 2024, he founded Optozilla LLC, offering specialized LabVIEW consulting in vision system development.

Aaron Gelfand, BSOE 1998, BSEE 1998, Florida Institute of Technology, is a LabVIEW Architect, Certified Professional Instructor, and LabVIEW Champion. When not coding LabVIEW systems, Aaron can be found caring for pregnant dogs and neonatal/infant/pediatric puppies. During the summers, you may find him SCUBA diving to scare moviegoers floating on inner tubes watching the movie Jaws at the Jaws On The Water screenings in Austin, Texas. He and his wife have fostered almost 600 dogs/puppies in their almost 13 years of being in rescue.

Ivett Ördög is an engineering leader, public speaker, and creator of Lean Poker—a gamified workshop that brings agile, lean, and continuous delivery principles to life. With over 25 years in software development and 15 in leadership, she’s dedicated to fostering innovation, rapid feedback, and customer value in teams. Based in Bavaria, Germany, she also hosts the @NextIncrement YouTube channel and mentors engineers on practical agile practices.

William Richards is a Software Engineer at Newton Dynamics, a National Instruments Alliance Partner specializing in blue and green technology in coastal Maine and across New England. Prior to helping save the planet by testing (more) environmentally friendly rockets, William spent five years improving pet health by building better lasers for veterinary analyzers at IDEXX Laboratories. He also contributes to Oak AI, an AI Ethics company that enables people to turn their values into concrete action. However, you probably know him through his role organizing the GLA Summit, the annual virtual LabVIEW developer conference. William holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Baylor University, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Computer Science at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University. In everything he does, William aims to enable people around him to make a positive impact in their own lives and in the world around them.

Tom McQuillan has a genuine love for LabVIEW, enjoying the process of solving problems and discovering creative ways to use the platform. As a LabVIEW Champion, he has spent years learning the ins and outs of the software and sharing what he’s picked up along the way. Through his YouTube channel, "Tom's LabVIEW Adventure," and his LabVIEW training course on Udemy, Tom enjoys helping others see what’s possible with LabVIEW. Whether it’s building a MIDI interface to automate piano practice or working on diverse projects at JKI, he likes to explore how LabVIEW can make tricky tasks a bit easier.

Chris Farmer has a double degree in Electronics engineering and computer science. Straight out of university, he was asked to learn LabVIEW andI fell in love immediately. Coming from a C background, he didn't have to worry about pointers any more! Chris did 5 years in defense working as an integration engineer, where his team built a suite of tools in LabVIEW. He then worked for an NI Partner in Melbourne (CPE Systems) for 10 years, where he met Brett and Karina. Brett Percy studied Electronic Engineering but has always been more of a software guy. He has been a LabVIEW Champion since the very first intake in 2005 and a CLA since 2008. Brett spent over 18 years at CPE Systems where he worked on dozens of different test systems for things like wool grading, helicopter flight datalogging, automotive electronics, morphine assay, arc welders, microwave imaging and fluorescent light ballasts.  As a Certified LabVIEW Architect since 2008, Karina Taylor is one of Australia’s leading experts in designing and developing custom test and measurement systems. She graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2002 with First Class Honours in Applied Physics, and again in 2003 with First Class Honours in Electrical Engineering. After graduating, she worked initially at National Instruments and then headed up the Sydney office of CPE Systems, a LabVIEW Integration and consulting company, until 2013. In 2013 she started her own company EnvisEng to provide LabVIEW Consultancy and Integration Services to clients across Australia.

Omar has been experimenting with LabVIEW for over 25 years, and went from building simple test systems to a role of enabling rich complex test solutions to be developed with high quality and in rapid timeframes.  He loves technical challenges and finding ways to make things work reliably.

Anton Sundqvist is a professional LabVIEW developer who lives on the Finish west coast. He runs a small consulting business focused on test system design and development. Anton is passionate about leveraging modern software development practices and has been working a lot on creating and improving the necessary tooling. He is the author of the LUnit unit testing framework and LMock mocking toolkit.

Steve Summers is a director and the security lead for aerospace and defense at NI and focuses on mechanical test systems. He earned a degree in Physics at Brigham Young University and has worked in roles as an application engineer, sales engineer, account owner, and product manager. He has worked in the test and measurement industry for more than 25 years. Steve lives in Austin, Texas.

Clare Sudbery is an independent technical coach with over 20 years of software experience. She specialises in technical leadership, TDD, refactoring, continuous integration and other eXtreme Programming (XP) practices. Clare taught the Coding Black Females’ Return to Tech programme and co-ran Made Tech’s academy. She has a passion for helping under-represented groups to flourish in tech. Clare hosted the acclaimed Making Tech Better podcast and writes on Medium, for O’Reilly and for Martin Fowler’s site.

Andy MacDonald is a mechanical engineer who spent a decade in the manufacturing world. He was inspired by the power and potential of LabVIEW and saw a hole in the market. He decided to start a company to try to fill it, while creating secure jobs and prosperity for our community in the process. His company VoxSomnia is based in Chicago and has been running two years strong.

Eric Stach graduated from Duke University with a BSE in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation, he stayed at Duke working in a variety of roles. First, as an engineer designing, building, and running teaching labs in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, as an engineer working in a research lab designing embedded systems. Outside of LabVIEW, Eric enjoys baking, curling (yes, the sport with brooms on ice), Duke basketball, and Orioles baseball.