CS
Career profile
Christopher Stephens
NVIDIA Field Engineering Leader || x-CTO Groq || Faculty Carnegie Mellon || 3x-CDO
Greater Pittsburgh Region
Career path.
NVIDIAField CTO - Robotics and Industrial AI
Jan 2026 - Present- Battery Collective
Advisor
May 2021 - Present - Carnegie Mellon University
Adjunct Faculty
Apr 2021 - Present - Groq
VP, Field CTO (Head of AI Solutions & Customer Success)
Sep 2024 - Jan 2026 - Appen
VP, Field CTO & Head of Applied AI
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024 - Acceldata
Strategic Advisor
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025 - Definitive Intelligence
Strategic Advisor
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025 - Insight Partners
Chief Data Officer in Residence
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025 - GEICO
Head of Data Ecosystems
Feb 2022 - Feb 2023 - Zendesk
VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics
Oct 2020 - Feb 2022 - Retail Analytics Council
Advisory Board Member
Mar 2018 - Oct 2020 - AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC.
VP, Data Technology
Nov 2017 - Oct 2020 - Pivotal Software, Inc.
Field Director - Data/Data Science (Field CTO)
Jan 2012 - Nov 2017 - SAS
Senior Product Manager
Mar 2008 - Nov 2011 - SAS
Product Manager
Mar 2008 - Nov 2011 - SAS
Technical Architect
Mar 2008 - Jul 2009 - Management Science Associates
Market Research Manager
Sep 2002 - Sep 2007 - Management Science Associates
Senior Account Manager
Jan 1997 - Jan 2008