Michael Kagan
Michael Kagan is NVIDIA's chief technology officer, a role he has held since May 2020 following its acquisition of Mellanox. He co-founded Mellanox in 1999 and served as its CTO, developing accelerated networking technologies for cloud data centers and high-performance computing. At NVIDIA, he focuses on computing infrastructure architectures for artificial intelligence. Earlier, he spent 16 years in architecture and design roles at Intel, where he contributed to the development of the Pentium MMX processor. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from the Technion, which selected him for its 2026 Alumni Medal in recognition of his contributions to computing and communication technologies.
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Michael Kagan is NVIDIA's chief technology officer, a role he has held since May 2020 following its acquisition of Mellanox. He co-founded Mellanox in 1999 and served as its CTO, developing accelerated networking technologies for cloud data centers and high-performance computing. At NVIDIA, he focuses on computing infrastructure architectures for artificial intelligence. Earlier, he spent 16 years in architecture and design roles at Intel, where he contributed to the development of the Pentium MMX processor. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from the Technion, which selected him for its 2026 Alumni Medal in recognition of his contributions to computing and communication technologies.