Chris Malachowsky co-founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has 40+ years in the industry. As a senior technology executive, he has shaped NVIDIA's core technologies through its growth from startup to global leader in accelerated computing, having led IT, operations, product engineering, and now research. Before NVIDIA, he held engineering leadership roles at HP and Sun Microsystems. An authority on integrated-circuit design, he holds nearly 40 patents, a BSEE from the University of Florida, and an MSCS from Santa Clara University—both named him a Distinguished Alumnus. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Silicon Valley (2022) and the University of Florida (2023). He also won an Emmy for producing the documentary Inheritance (Best Documentary, 2009)