Jay Puri serves as executive vice president of Worldwide Field Operations responsible for NVIDIA’s global business. He oversees the company’s sales, business development, partner alliances, solution architecture and engineering, program management and support services organizations. Over his tenure, NVIDIA has transformed into the world’s leading platform for accelerated computing and generative AI.
Puri joined NVIDIA in 2005 after a 22-year career at Sun Microsystems, where he held positions in sales, marketing and general management. This included roles as senior vice president of Sun’s Asia-Pacific Group, vice president of worldwide sales for software and technology, president of Nihon Sun KK and vice president of worldwide product marketing.
Previously, Puri held marketing, management consulting and product development positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, Booz Allen & Hamilton, and Texas Instruments.
Puri holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering with high distinction from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.