May 12, 2010 (FinancialWire) — National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) has named John Berra, the chairman of Emerson Process Management and executive vice president of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR), to the NI board of directors.

Berra joined Emerson's Fisher-Rosemount division as a marketing manager in 1976 and went on to hold other management positions within the organization such as president of Emerson's Fisher-Rosemount division (now Emerson Process Management) and president of Emerson Process Management.

Prior to joining Emerson, he was an instrument and electrical engineer with Monsanto (NYSE: MON).

Berra was elected to the board of Ryder System (NYSE: R) in 2003 and is the chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the finance committee.

Texas-based National Instruments offers products meant to aid engineers and scientists in the designing, prototyping and deployment of systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications.

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