Colette Kress

Overview

Kress serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NVIDIA [1][2]. Prior to this role beginning in September 2013 [2], Kress held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Business Technology and Operations Finance at Cisco from November 2010 to September 2013 [3]. Before joining Cisco, Kress worked as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft from April 2006 to November 2010 [4]. Kress holds an MBA in Finance from SMU Cox School of Business, completed between 1994 and 1996 [5].

Career history

1. EVP/CFOSep 2013 to presentNVIDIA
2. Senior Vice President and CFO, Business Technology and Operations FinanceNov 2010 to Sep 2013Cisco
3. Corporate VPApr 2006 to Nov 2010Microsoft

Education

1. MBA, Finance1994 - 1996SMU Cox School of Business

Media & appearances

• AI News FlashApple Podcasts2026-05-30
  [5/30 12:00] Nvidia CFO Colette Kress declares AI a necessity / AI economy crash risk from chip and token costsAI News Flash for May 30, 2026 at 12:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Nvidia CFO Colette Kress declares AI a necessity 2. AI economy crash risk from chip and token costs https
• The Earnings Podcast from AlphaStreetApple Podcasts2020-11-19
  NVIDIA Corp (NVDA) Q3 2020 Earnings CallNVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA) Q3 2020 earnings call dated Nov. 18, 2020 Corporate Participants: Simona Jankowski — Vice President of Investor Relations Colette Kress — Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jensen Huang — Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer Analysts: John Pitzer — Credit Suisse — Analyst C.J. Muse — Evercore — Analyst Stacy Rasgon — Bernstein Research — Analyst Vivek Arya — Bank of America — Analyst Harlan Sur — JPMorgan — Analyst Timothy Arcuri — UBS — Analyst Aaron Rakers — Wells Fargo — Analyst Ambrish Srivastava — BMO Capital Markets — Analyst William Stein — Truist Securities — Analyst
• NoRush InvestYouTube
  Nvidia CES26 Analyst Q&A, CEO Jensen Huang and CFO Colette KressColette Kress appears as CFO participating in a Q&A session at NVIDIA's CES 2026 event. She is directly addressed by name in analyst questions and responds alongside CEO Jensen Huang to questions about NVIDIA's GPU products, chip transitions, and AI market dynamics.