CS
Career profile

Christopher Stephens

NVIDIA Field Engineering Leader || x-CTO Groq || Faculty Carnegie Mellon || 3x-CDO

Greater Pittsburgh Region

Career path.

  1. NVIDIA

    Field CTO - Robotics and Industrial AI

    Jan 2026 - Present
  2. Battery Collective

    Advisor

    May 2021 - Present
  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Adjunct Faculty

    Apr 2021 - Present
  4. Groq

    VP, Field CTO (Head of AI Solutions & Customer Success)

    Sep 2024 - Jan 2026
  5. Appen

    VP, Field CTO & Head of Applied AI

    Aug 2023 - Sep 2024
  6. Acceldata

    Strategic Advisor

    Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
  7. Definitive Intelligence

    Strategic Advisor

    Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
  8. Insight Partners

    Chief Data Officer in Residence

    Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
  9. GEICO

    Head of Data Ecosystems

    Feb 2022 - Feb 2023
  10. Zendesk

    VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics

    Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
  11. Retail Analytics Council

    Advisory Board Member

    Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
  12. AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC.

    VP, Data Technology

    Nov 2017 - Oct 2020
  13. Pivotal Software, Inc.

    Field Director - Data/Data Science (Field CTO)

    Jan 2012 - Nov 2017
  14. SAS

    Senior Product Manager

    Mar 2008 - Nov 2011
  15. SAS

    Product Manager

    Mar 2008 - Nov 2011
  16. SAS

    Technical Architect

    Mar 2008 - Jul 2009
  17. Management Science Associates

    Market Research Manager

    Sep 2002 - Sep 2007
  18. Management Science Associates

    Senior Account Manager

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2008