David Shannon

David M. Shannon serves as executive vice president, chief administrative officer and secretary of NVIDIA. He joined NVIDIA in 2002 as vice president and general counsel. He became secretary of the company in 2005, a senior vice president in 2005 and an executive vice president in 2009. In January 2013, he also became the head of Human Resources. He was promoted to chief administrative officer in 2014. From 1993 to 2002, David held various counsel positions at Intel, most recently the position of vice president and assistant general counsel. He also practiced for eight years in the law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, focusing on complex commercial and high-technology related litigation. He holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Pepperdine University.