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Taylor L. Riché, Ph.D.

Experienced Technology Leader and Innovator

Biography

I am the Director of Technology and Innovation Software for Emerson's Test and Measurement business. With 25 years of experience in software innovation, I lead the development of advanced software technologies that power Emerson's Intelligent Test solutions, helping customers drive greater efficiency and success. I focus on accelerating innovation across our software portfolio by harnessing the latest advancements in technology.

Prior to my current role, I held several key positions within National Instruments (now Emerson's Test and Measurement business), contributing to flagship products such as NI LabVIEW and NI SystemLink.

I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin, where my research focused on the intersection of parallel programming, computer networking, and model-driven software engineering.

Experience

I have worked in various roles in leadership and development in the software industry for the last 25 years.

  • BIOS developer at IBM
  • Graduate Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Austin while in academia
  • Software engineer creating novel FPGA compiler transforms at Emerson T&M
  • Engineering manager and eventually R&D Director at Emerson T&M
  • Product Owner and manager of Product Owners for an entire product line at Emerson T&M

This breadth of experience all led to my current role directing the adoption of advanced technologies, such as generative AI, in the NI Software Platform.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2008
  • M.S. in Computer Science
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2004
  • B.S.E. in Computer Engineering
    Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2000

Personal Development Projects

  • Design by Transformation: Using agent mode I've been able to build a UI for the work I did while in academia, partially in my dissertation, but mainly as a postdoc. Building UIs as a single researcher wasn't really possible in the late 2000s, but agent mode has been a game changer.
    github.com/triche/DxT

Select Publications

  • Managing Digital Twins of the Test Lab with SystemLink Software
    In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Engineering Digital Twins (EDT), 2024
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  • Converting Executable Floating-Point Models to Executable and Synthesizable Fixed-Point Models
    In Proceedings of the 2019 Workshop on Model Language Engineering (MLE), 2019
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  • Transformation-Based Parallelization of Request-Processing Applications
    In Proceedings of the 2010 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS), 2010
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  • UpRight Cluster Services
    In Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP), 2009
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  • The Lagniappe Programming Environment
    Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
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Contact

Email: taylor.riche@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taylor-l-riche/
GitHub: github.com/triche
Resume: taylorlriche.com/docs/Resume.pdf