field work_institutions known_for article_title name alma_mater
electrical engineering hewlett-packard sun microsystems nvidia co-founder of nvidia chris malachowsky
 chris malachowsky university of florida santa clara university
chris malachowsky

chris malachowsky is an american electrical engineer , one of the founders of computer graphics company nvidia .
he received a b.s. degree in 1983 in electrical engineering from the university of florida and a m.s. degree in 1986 from santa clara university .
in 2008 , he received the distinguished alumni award from santa clara university and received distinguished alumni award from university of florida college of engineering in 2013 .
early in his career , he worked for hewlett-packard and sun microsystems .
he co-founded nvidia in april 1993 with curtis priem and jen-hsun huang and is still a senior vice president for engineering and operations .
