Phillip Doyce Hester

Phil Hester
Phil Hester in 2009.
Born	April 30, 1955 Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Died	September 17, 2013 (aged 58) [1]
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Vice President of R&D of National Instruments

Phillip ("Phil") Doyce Hester (April 30, 1955 - September 17, 2013) was the senior Vice President of R&D at National Instruments.^[2]

Earlier, he had worked as the CTO and Senior Vice President of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Phillip Hester resigned from his position of chief technology officer at the company on 4/11/2008.

Hester grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended Richard King High School. Phil holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Hester spent 23 years at IBM, where he was the lead developer for the RS/6000.

He was also a co-founder, and CEO of Newisys, now a Sanmina-SCI Corporation.

References

1. "Form 8-K for NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORP". Retrieved 19 September 2013.
2. "NI Announces New Senior Vice President of Research and Development". 2009.

http://www.ni.com/company/our-vision/leadership/hester.htm