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Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers, their ages and their positions as of January 29, 2006:
Name Age Position
Jen−Hsun Huang 42 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Marvin D. Burkett 63 Chief Financial Officer
Ajay K. Puri 51 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Jeffrey D. Fisher 47 Senior Vice President, GPU Business Unit
David M. Shannon 50 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Daniel F. Vivoli 45 Senior Vice President, Marketing
Jen−Hsun Huang co−founded NVIDIA in April 1993 and has served as its President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of
the Board of Directors since its inception. From 1985 to 1993, Mr. Huang was employed at LSI Logic Corporation, a computer chip
manufacturer, where he held a variety of positions, most recently as Director of Coreware, the business unit responsible for LSI's
“system−on−a−chip” strategy. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Huang was a microprocessor designer for Advanced Micro Devices, a
semiconductor company. Mr. Huang holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Oregon State University and an M.S.E.E. degree from Stanford
University.
Marvin D. Burkett joined NVIDIA as Chief Financial Officer in September 2002. From February 2000 until joining NVIDIA, Mr.
Burkett was a financial consultant and served as Chief Financial Officer of Arcot Systems, a security software company. From 1998 to
1999, Mr. Burkett was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Packard Bell NEC. Mr. Burkett also previously
spent 26 years at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., or AMD, where he held a variety of positions including Chief Financial Officer,
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Mr. Burkett holds B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Arizona.
Ajay K. Puri joined NVIDIA in December 2005 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Prior to NVIDIA, he held positions
in sales, marketing, and general management over a 22−year career at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Puri previously held marketing,
management consulting, and product development positions at Hewlett−Packard Development Company, L.P., Booz Allen Hamilton
Inc., and Texas Instruments Incorporated. Mr. Puri holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University, an M.S.E.E. degree from Caltech, and a
B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Minnesota.
Jeffrey D. Fisher joined in July 1994 and served as the Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales of NVIDIA until December
2005, when he became Senior Vice President of the GPU Business Unit. He has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience in
the semiconductor industry. Mr. Fisher holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Purdue University and an M.B.A. degree from Santa Clara
University.
David M. Shannon joined NVIDIA in August 2002 as Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Shannon became Secretary of
NVIDIA in April 2005 and a Senior Vice President in December 2005. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Shannon held various counsel
positions at Intel, including the most recent position of Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Mr. Shannon also practiced for
eight years in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, focusing on complex commercial and high−technology related litigation.
Mr. Shannon holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Pepperdine University.
Daniel F. Vivoli became the Senior Vice President, Marketing in December 2005. Mr. Vivoli served as Executive Vice President
of Marketing from December 1997 to December 2005. From 1988 to December 1997, Mr. Vivoli held management positions, most
recently as Vice President of Product Marketing, at Silicon Graphics, Inc., a computing technology company. From 1983 to 1988,
Mr. Vivoli held various marketing positions at Hewlett−Packard Company. Mr. Vivoli holds a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of
Illinois at Champaign−Urbana.
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