Rob Porterfield
Vice President, Manufacturing
As vice president of manufacturing for National
Instruments, Rob Porterfield oversees the worldwide
manufacturing organization including purchasing,
production, operations, and services. Porterfield and team
focus on continuously improving customer satisfaction and
production efficiency, lowering material costs, reducing
quoted product lead times, managing inventory levels, and
ensuring the timely release of new products into
production.
Since joining NI in 1993 as a warehousing supervisor, Porterfield has held positions
including materials manager, planning manager, director of international operations and
global planning, and director of international operations and global supply chain. Prior to
joining NI, Porterfield worked as a design engineer at General Dynamics.
Porterfield holds a master's degree in business administration from The University of
Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn
University.