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Sonu Nayyar

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SVP & CIO at NVIDIA
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Sonu Nayyar is the SVP & CIO at NVIDIA, where he leads the companys global technology organization and its transformation into an AI-powered enterprise. His career includes leadership roles at Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Yahoo, focusing on scaling global infrastructure. Colleagues describe him as diligent, methodical, and technically savvy.

Sonu is a proponent for diversity in the technology sector, showing support for events like the Grace Hopper Celebration for women in computing. He publicly recognizes and celebrates the achievements of his team members, emphasizing a supportive and efficient work environment.

He was a key leader in scaling LinkedIns infrastructure during its hyper-growth phase following its IPO.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
SVP & CIO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Jose, California, United States
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AI-Powered Enterprise
His primary mission at NVIDIA is building the company's IT into a model for an intelligent, AI-driven enterprise, leveraging NVIDIA's own platforms and tools.
Global Infrastructure
Has extensive experience leading and modernizing large-scale infrastructure, data centers, and networks for major tech companies like LinkedIn and Yahoo.
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Career

Work history

4-2020
SVP & CIO
NVIDIA
5-2019 - 4-2020
General Manager, Azure Global
Microsoft
12-2013 - 5-2019
VP, Infrastructure and Enterprise Engineering
LinkedIn
6-2010 - 12-2013
Senior Director, Production Operations
LinkedIn
5-2004 - 6-2010
Senior Director, Infrastructure Engineering
Yahoo!
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Education
1988 - 1993
B.S
University at Buffalo
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