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10 Nvidia partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Nvidia partnerships leaders have held director, senior director and head roles in strategic partnerships and business development at NVIDIA. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at NVIDIA from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anuj Aggarwal
LinkedInExperience: Director Omniverse Strategic Partners · NVIDIA
Former Director Omniverse Strategic Partners at NVIDIA (2021–2024), after Head of Partnerships for Omniverse (2019–2021) and Manager Autodesk Alliance (2015–2019) there. Since August 2024 they have been Director Deep learning and AI - Global AI Nations at NVIDIA. Before NVIDIA they were Global Technical Alliance Manager for Cisco at NetApp.
Efrat Swissa
LinkedInExperience: Director of Strategic Partnerships - DL · NVIDIA
Former Director of Strategic Partnerships - DL at NVIDIA (2020–2022), after Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager, DL (2019–2020) and Senior Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Manager, AI for Retail (2018–2020) there, and earlier Senior Alliances Manager, VR (2016–2018). Since March 2025 they have been Senior Director, Generative AI Software Enterprise Products at NVIDIA.
Ikroop Dhillon
LinkedInExperience: Global Director of Strategic Enterprise Partnerships/CSP - Gen AI, Enterprise DB and Apps · NVIDIA
Global Director of Strategic Enterprise Partnerships/CSP - Gen AI, Enterprise DB and Apps at NVIDIA since April 2018, where their profile says their team leads technical strategic partner relationships with enterprises and cloud service providers. Before NVIDIA they were Principal Product Manager Lead at Oracle (2011–2018) and a Product Line Manager at Sun Microsystems.
Jean-Marc Ludwig
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Strategic Accounts & Partnerships - Google · NVIDIA
Senior Director - Strategic Accounts & Partnerships - Google at NVIDIA since September 2013. Earlier at NVIDIA they were Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances - Dassault Systèmes (2010–2013) and Senior Manager - Strategic Alliances - Media, Entertainment & Broadcast Europe (2009–2010). Their profile cites experience in global strategic alliances and international business development.
Jennifer Cooper
LinkedInExperience: Global Head CSP & GSI partnerships Omniverse · NVIDIA
Global Head CSP & GSI partnerships Omniverse at NVIDIA since March 2023, where their profile says they lead cross-industry efforts to scale NVIDIA Omniverse and align ecosystem partners around cloud workloads. They also sit on the management board of the American Diabetes Association and are Ex Officio Chair of the Content and Entertainment Council at the Consumer Technology Association, where they were on the executive board until 2022.
Jerry Chen
LinkedInExperience: Director Head of Global Business Development, Manufacturing & Industrials · NVIDIA
Director Head of Global Business Development, Manufacturing & Industrials at NVIDIA since July 2021, after Head of Global Business Development, Manufacturing & Industrials (2019–2021). Earlier at NVIDIA they worked in Business Development, Machine Learning & Data Science (2014–2019) and were Sr. Alliance Manager, HPC Applications (2009–2014).
Johann Kruse
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic AI Partnerships · NVIDIA
Director Strategic AI Partnerships at NVIDIA since August 2024, based in New South Wales, Australia, a role the profile lists in General Management at Director level. Before NVIDIA they were a Key Account Executive at Google (2019–2024) and held account and sales director roles at Oracle, including Lead Account Director (2018–2019).
Lyndi Wu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Ecosystem Business Development, Healthcare and Life Sciences · NVIDIA
Senior Director, Ecosystem Business Development, Healthcare and Life Sciences at NVIDIA since February 2024. Before NVIDIA they held strategic business development director roles at Google from 2016 to 2024, covering Google Cloud Healthcare and Life Sciences, Health AI and Americas Android GTM. Their profile describes them as a strategic partnerships and business development executive.
Ran Hu
LinkedInExperience: Director of Strategic Business Development · NVIDIA
Director of Strategic Business Development at NVIDIA since December 2023. Before NVIDIA they were Head of Operator Business Development - Alexa Smart Home at Amazon (2021–2023) and worked in Sr. Business Development and Strategic Partnership, Alexa International at Amazon (2017–2021). Their profile describes cultivating partnerships and closing complex deals.
Shilpa Kolhatkar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Public Sector Business Development · NVIDIA
Senior Director, Global Public Sector Business Development at NVIDIA since January 2018. Their profile describes driving AI and deep learning business development in new markets by building strategic partnerships and an ecosystem around NVIDIA platforms. Before NVIDIA they were a Sr. Business Development Manager in Cisco's IoT and Collaboration business units (2012–2018).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a chip and platform company decide which ecosystem partners to invest in?
- 02What do partners need to bring to a joint go-to-market effort with a platform company?
- 03How do partnerships teams turn technical collaborations into commercial results?
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