SAS Workshops Awards and Recognitions

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Technical Innovator Award - Denver ALARM Group

The ALARM User Group (Advanced LabVIEW Architects of the Rocky Mountains) was awarded the first ever Technical Innovator Award at NI Connect 2026. Sam, one of the User Group Leaders, is seen accepting the award from Software Community Director, Elijah Kerry.

Presented during NI Connect 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas

2025 Community Impact Award

FORT WORTH, Texas (April 28, 2025) – SAS Workshops, is thrilled to announce the recent recognition of Sam Taggart of SAS Workshops at the annual NI Connect 2025 conference, where Sam was awarded the 2025 Community Award. This award recognizes the top NI partner across the globe who has helped to create and grow the NI Community of advocates for NI products and the NI brand.

“Sam hosts many events pulling in NI Consultants from around the world discussing NI technology and ways to grow our businesses together. Sam creates cool new forums such as the Denver Test Forum and hosts a podcast called The LabVIEW Experiment. Sam also shows up on campus to advocate for NI where he teaches hands-on LabVIEW training at universities. Big thanks to Sam for being a fearless leader in creating the new communities for future NI engineers. of the future” said Joshua Landau, Global Partner Program Director at NI during the 2025 Partner Day keynote address at NI Connect.

Presented during NI Connect 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas
Presented during NI Connect 2023 in Austin, Texas

2023 Consultant Impact Award

“Congratulations to SAS Workshops on receiving the 2023 Consultant Impact Award (inaugural award) at NI Connect Partner Forum. NI is proud of the work the company and its partners do to serve customers, develop business opportunities, and support each other's growth strategies.”

Sam has been a LabVIEW Champion since 2018. He holds several National Instruments certifications including:

Certified LabVIEW Architect (CLA)

Certified TestStand Developer (CTD)

Certified Professional Instructor (CPI)

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