| Colette M. Kress |
Colette M. Kress is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at NVIDIA Corp. Prior to her current position, she served as the SVP, CFO-Business Technology & Operations Finance at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 2010 to 2013. Before that, she was the Chief Financial Officer-Server & Tools Business at Microsoft Corp. from 1997 to 2010. Ms. Kress holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. |
| Debora Shoquist |
Debora Shoquist is currently the Director at Global Semiconductor Alliance since 2009 and the Executive Vice President-Operations at NVIDIA Corp. since 2007. Previously, she worked as the SVP & General Manager-Electro-Optics Business at Coherent, Inc. from 2002 to 2004. She also held positions at HP, Inc., Quantum Corp., Viavi Solutions, Inc., and Jds Uniphase Corp. She completed her undergraduate studies at Kansas State University and Santa Clara University. |
| Donald F. Robertson |
Donald F. Robertson is currently a Director at Mellanox Technologies Ltd., a Co-Managing Director at NVIDIA ARC GmbH (Berlin), a Director at NVIDIA Ltd., the Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President at NVIDIA Corp., and a Co-General Manager at NVIDIA Développement France SASU. He previously worked as a Finance Director at Adaptec, Inc., a Director at Fusion-io LLC, the Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President-Finance at Western Digital Corp., and the Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President at SanDisk LLC. He also worked as a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Robertson holds a graduate degree from San Jose State University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego. |
| Michael John Byron |
Michael John Byron is currently the Managing Director at NVIDIA GmbH. He is also currently serving as the Director at NVIDIA Development UK Ltd., Director at NVIDIA Technology UK Ltd., and VP-Finance, Merger & Acquisition Integration at NVIDIA Corp. Previously, he worked as the Director at NVIDIA Ltd. from 2015 to 2020. |
| William James Dally |
William James Dally was the founder of Stream Processors, Inc. (founded in 2004) where he was a Technical Advisor. He is also the founder of Velio Communications, Inc. Dr. Dally's current job(s) include being the Chief Scientist & Senior Vice President-Research at NVIDIA Corp. since 2009 and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Dally's former job(s) include being a Director at PortalPlayer, Inc., a Professor-Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and a Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Dally's education history includes a graduate degree from Stanford University, a doctorate from California Institute of Technology, and an undergraduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. |
| Tony Tamasi |
Tony Tamasi is a professional who has worked in various firms. He is currently working as the Senior Vice President-Content & Technology at NVIDIA Corp. Prior to this, he worked as the Director-Product Marketing at 3Dfx Interactive, Inc., Principal at Apple, Inc., and Principal at Silicon Graphics, Inc. He completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas. |
| Jen Hsun Huang |
Jen Hsun Huang is the founder. He founded NVIDIA Corp. in 1993, where he currently holds the title of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director. He also founded Nvidia Networking Ventures in 1993, where he is currently the CEO. Before founding these companies, Mr. Huang worked at LSI Corp. from 1985 to 1993 as the Director-Coreware. He also served as a Trustee at The RAND Corp. and as a Member of the Committee of 100. Mr. Huang received his graduate degree from Stanford University and his undergraduate degree from Oregon State University. |
| Stephen C. Neal |
Stephen C. Neal is currently the Chairman of The Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation, the Lead Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp., and a Member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Previously, he served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Cooley Godward LLP from 1995 to 2006, the Chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. from 2011 to 2021, and the Chairman & Partner of Cooley LLP from 2008 to 2019. He also worked as a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and was a Member of the California State Bar Association. Mr. Neal obtained his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1970 and his graduate degree from Stanford Law School. |
| Persis S. Drell |
Persis S. Drell is currently an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp. She is also a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Previously, she served as the Director of the US Department of Energy and the Slac National Accelerator Laboratory from 2007 to 2012. From 2014 to 2017, she was the Dean of Stanford University School of Engineering. Dr. Drell holds a doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College. |
| Aarti S. Shah |
Aarti S. Shah currently works at NVIDIA Corp., as Independent Director from 2020, Sandoz AG, as Director, Indianapolis Public Library Foundation, as Director, Center of Interfaith Corp., as Director, Shrimad Rajchandra Love & Care, as Director, Indiana India Business Council, as Director, Sandoz Group AG, as Independent Director from 2023, and The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., as Trustee from 2020. Dr. Shah also formerly worked at National Institute of Statistical Sciences, as Vice Chairman, Elanco Animal Health, Inc., as Director from 2018 to 2019, and Eli Lilly & Co., as Senior VP, Chief Information & Digital Officer from 2018 to 2021. Dr. Shah received her doctorate degree in 1993 from the University of California, Riverside and graduate degree in 1987 from Gujarat University. |
| Michael Gerard McCaffery |
Michael Gerard McCaffery is a businessperson who founded Makena Capital Management LLC and who has been at the helm of 5 different companies. Mr. McCaffery is Managing Partner at this company. He is also on the board of 7 other companies.
In the past Mr. McCaffery was Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Robertson Stephens & Co., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at RS Investment Management Co. LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer at Stanford Management Co. and President & Chief Executive Officer of Stanford Management Co. (Private Equity).
Mr. McCaffery received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from Merton College, an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an undergraduate degree from Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs. |
| Dawn E. Hudson |
Dawn E. Hudson is currently an Independent Director at Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp., a Director at The Advertising Council, Inc., and a Director at Sapphiros. She previously worked as the Chief Executive Officer-Foodservice Division at PepsiCo, Inc., the President & Chief Executive Officer at Pepsi-Cola North America, the Chief Executive Officer at Pepsico Foodservice, and the Vice Chairman at The Parthenon Group LLC. She also held positions as the Chairman of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, the Vice Chairman of the American Beverage Association, and the Chairman of the Association of National Advertisers, Inc. Additionally, she served as an Independent Director at Allergan, Inc., an Independent Director at Lowe's Companies, Inc., and a Director at P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. She has also worked as a Managing Director at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Inc. and as an Advisor at Grotech Management Co. She was the Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President at the National Football League, Inc. and the Executive Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Frito-Lay International. Ms. Hudson holds an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. |
| Robert K. Burgess |
Robert K. Burgess is an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp. and a Director at Atom Digital, Inc. He was the Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Macromedia, Inc. from 1998 to 2005, and the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Alias Research, Inc. from 1991 to 1995. He served as an Independent Director at Adobe, Inc. from 2005 to 2019, and as an Independent Director at Rogers Communications, Inc. from 2016 to 2019. He was also an Independent Director at IMRIS, Inc. from 2012 to 2013. Burgess has a Bachelor's degree from McMaster University, which he received in 1979. |
| Brooke A. Seawell |
Brooke A. Seawell was the founder of Southwall Technologies, Inc. (founded in 1979) where he served as the Chief Financial Officer from 1979 to 1983. Mr. Seawell currently holds several positions. He is an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp. since 1997. He is also a Director at Tenable Network Security, Inc., Technical Communities, Inc., Tenable Holdings, Inc., Tenable, Inc., NEA Management Co. LLC, and Formative Ventures LLC. Mr. Seawell has held former positions as well. He was the Chairman of Tensilica, Inc. He served as a Director at Informatica LLC from 1997 to 2015. He was an Independent Director at Tableau Software LLC from 2011 to 2019. He also served as a Director at Telegent Systems, Inc., SugarCRM, Inc., iRise, Tabula, Inc., Khoros LLC, Glu Mobile LLC, SiTime Corp., Acquia, Inc., SiliconBlue Technologies Corp., Malwarebytes, Inc., Eargo, Inc. from 2020 to 2022, and Informatica Corp. He was the Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Operations at Synopsys, Inc. from 1991 to 1997 and the Chief Financial Officer & VP-Production at Weitek Corp. from 1983 to 1991. He was the Executive Vice President at NetDynamics, Inc. from 1997 to 1998. He was also a Limited Partner at Needham Capital Partners and a Venture Partner at TCMI, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. Additionally, he served as a Member of the Stanford Athletic Board from 2013 to 2017 and a Member-Management Board at Stanford Graduate School of Business from 2008 to 2012. |
| Tench Coxe |
Tench Coxe is currently an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp., a Director at Redseal, Inc., an Independent Director at Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., a Director at Actiance, Inc., a Director at SeeSaw Networks, Inc., and a Trustee at Rooster Partners LP. Previously, he served as Chairman at eLoyalty Corp. from 2000 to 2011 and Mattersight Corp. from 2000 to 2018. He was also a Director at Artisan Partners LP, Clarus Corp., Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., Ceon Corp., Kineto Wireless, Inc., Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Nexxo Financial Corp., PINC Solutions, Tower Cloud, Inc., Swift Financial Corp., Digital Communications Associates, Inc., and Vivace Networks, Inc. Additionally, he worked as a Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures LLC from 1987 to 2020 and as a Financial Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Inc. He obtained an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1984. |
| Mark L. Perry |
Mark L. Perry currently works at NVIDIA Corp., as Lead Independent Director from 2018, The State Bar of California, as Member, and The Association of Bioscience Financial Officers, as Member. Mr. Perry also formerly worked at Aerovance, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2007 to 2011, Pathway Therapeutics, Inc., as Chairman, Nuvelo, Inc., as Director from 2003 to 2009, IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as Director, MyoKardia, Inc., as Lead Independent Director from 2014 to 2020, Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc., as Independent Director, Gilead Sciences, Inc., as CFO, Executive VP-Operations & General Counsel from 1994 to 2004, Cooley LLP, as Partner from 1987 to 1994, and California State Bar Association, as Member. Mr. Perry received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and graduate degree in 1980 from the University of California, Davis. |
| Harvey C. Jones |
Harvey C. Jones was the founder of Daisy Systems Corp. (1981) and Tensilica, Inc. (1997), where he held the titles of President & Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, respectively. Currently, he holds positions as an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp. (since 1993), Director at Tempo Quest, Inc. (since 2016), and Managing Partner at Square Wave Ventures (since 2004). Previously, he served as Executive Chairman at Synopsys, Inc. (1987-1998), Lead Director at Wind River Systems, Inc. (2004-2009), Director at Crossbow Technology, Inc., and Independent Director at Tintri, Inc. (2014-2018). Mr. Jones received a graduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. |
| Mark A. Stevens |
Mark A. Stevens is the Managing Partner of S-Cubed Capital. He is a special limited partner and former managing partner at Sequoia Capital, a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA. Mark joined Sequoia in 1989 as an associate and became a partner in 1993. Prior to Sequoia, he was employed at Intel Corporation from 1982 to 1987 in a variety of sales positions. He began his career as member of the technical staff at Hughes Aircraft Company from 1980 to 1982.
During his tenure at Sequoia, Mark served as a director of the following companies: Aspect Development (public, merged with i2 Technologies, AtWeb (acquired by Netscape/AOL), Beceem (acquired by Broadcom), Billpoint (acquired by Ebay), Commquest (acquired by IBM), Mobile Peak (acquired by Spreadtrum), MP3.com (public, acquired by Vivendi Universal), NVidia, Pixelworks, Quicklogic, Stratum One (acquired by Cisco), Summit Design (public, acquired by Mentor Graphics), Terayon Communications (public, acquired by Motorola). He was also responsible for Sequoia’s successful investments in Documentum (public, acquired by EMC) and Quickturn (public, acquired by Cadence Design).
Mark currently serves on the Board of Directors of Nvidia, Quantenna, Innovium and Second Spectrum. He has served on the Board of Trustees of USC since 2001 (co-chair of the Investment Committee and member of Finance and Executive Committees). He is also a member of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Board of Councilors and is the founder and chairman of the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. He also serves on the Dean's Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School.
Mark earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and B.A. in Economics (both magna cum laude) from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1981, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from USC in 1984 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1989.
His hobbies include basketball, college football, skiing, fishing, vegetable gardening, and reading. |
| Melissa B. Lora |
Melissa B. Lora is an Independent Director at Conagra Brands, Inc. since 2019, at NVIDIA Corp. since 2023, and at Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. since 2018. She previously served as an Independent Director at MGIC Investment Corp. from 2018 to 2022, Lead Independent Director at KB Home from 2016 to 2024, and President-International Businesses at Taco Bell Corp. from 2013 to 2018. Ms. Lora holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree from The California State University. |
| John O. Dabiri |
John O. Dabiri is currently an Independent Director at NVIDIA Corp., a Professor at the California Institute of Technology, and a Trustee at the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. Previously, he worked as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology from 2005 to 2015. He obtained his graduate and doctorate degrees from the California Institute of Technology and his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. |
