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Our Champions program brings together professionals from diverse backgrounds, including industry experts, educators, and technology enthusiasts. These individuals are chosen based on their deep knowledge of NVIDIA technologies, their experience in the field, and their commitment to fostering learning and career growth.
NVIDIA Certification Champions represent a community of dedicated professionals who contribute to the development and success of NVIDIA’s certification program. They play a vital role in upholding the high standards associated with NVIDIA’s certifications. By harnessing the collective expertise of these champions, NVIDIA ensures that its certification program remains relevant, challenging, and respected within the industry. Their commitment and knowledge help maintain NVIDIA certifications as a valuable benchmark for professionals in the AI and accelerated computing fields.
Champions can contribute to the certification program in several ways:
Participation in the Certification Champions program offers these benefits:
Becoming a Certification Champion requires expertise in NVIDIA technologies. In selecting Champions, we look for the following:
Areas of Expertise:
AI Developer (generative AI, LLMs, RAGs, diffusion models), Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science
Interesting Project:
Developed Video Analytics AI Agent utilizing a framework for multimodal agentic RAG on first-person video to enhance accessibility for visually impaired users, integrating NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit.
Agentic AI Solutions Architect
NVIDIA
New York, USA
Contributions: Professional Agentic AI Exam
Core Assets Technical Director Supervisor Netflix Animation Studios
Sydney, Australia
Contributions: Professional: OpenUSD Development Exam
Procedural Technical Artist,
Santa Monica Studio
California, USA
Contributions: Professional: OpenUSD Development Exam
Assistant Professor, University of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary
Contributions: Professional: Agentic AI and Gen AI LLM Exams
SVP Software and Solutions
LightRiver Software
New York, USA
Contributions: AI Infrastructure & Operations Associate Exam, AI Operations, AI Infrastructure and AI Networking Professional Exams
Areas of Expertise:
AI, AI Development, Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science, NLP, LLM, Machine Learning
Interesting Project:
Developer Advocate for GPU-accelerated AI APIs, libraries, and tools at NVIDIA, specializing in Large Language Models (LLMs) and cutting-edge data science
Senior Developer Advocate - Data Science
NVIDIA
California, USA
Contributions: Professional: Accelerated Data Science Exam
Senior Field Applications Engineer
NVIDIA
California, USA
Contributions: Professional: AI Infrastructure Exam
Senior Solution Architect
Insight
Florida, USA
Contributions: AI Infrastructure and Operations Associate Exam, AI Infrastructure Professional Exam
Areas of Expertise:
AI Development, Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science
Interesting Project:
AI healthcare projects including diagnostic support, automated screening, image analysis, clinical text extraction, and training tools for cytology, dermatology, ophthalmology, and implant assessment.
Dean, Full Professor, NVIDIA Ambassador University of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary
Contributions: Professional: Agentic AI and Professional: Gen AI LLMs Exams
Sr. Data Scientist, NVIDIA Alliance Technical Lead
SoftServe
Lviv, Ukraine
Contributions: Associate: Gen AI LLM, Associate: Gen AI Multimodal
Research Scientist, Assistant Professor
BMW and University of Debrecen
Debrecen, Hungary
Contributions: Gen AI LLM & MM Associate, Accelerated Data Science Professional Exams
Graduate Instructor
University of Colorado Denver
Colorado, USA
Contributions: Professional: Agentic AI Exam
Senior Solutions Architect in Generative AI NVIDIA
California, USA
Contributions: AI Infrastructure and Operations Associate Exam, AI Infrastructure Professional Exam, AI Operations Exam
Areas of Expertise:
AI Developer (generative AI, LLMs, RAGs, diffusion models), Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science
Interesting Project:
Developed predictive models that combine computer vision with health data analytics, aiming to prevent falls before they occur rather than simply detecting them afterward.
Professor of Computer Science
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Arkansas, USA
Contributions: Professional: Agentic AI and Professional: Gen AI LLMs Exams
Areas of Expertise:
Accelerated Computing, AI Development, Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science, Simulation, Modeling, Design, Molecular Science, Computational Chemistry
Interesting Project:
Investigating LLM architecture, preprocessing, and randomness impacts on molecular property prediction. So far, we have managed to capture, quantify, and unravel new concepts in pertinent literature and explain discrepancies that were documented during the past five years.
Software Scientist, Virginia Tech
Virginia, USA
Contributions: Professional: Gen AI LLMs Exam
Senior Data Analyst
The Hospital for Sick Children
Ontario, Canada
Contributions: Gen AI LLM and Gen AI MM Associate Exams, Accelerated Data Science Professional Exam
Areas of Expertise:
AI Developer (generative AI, LLMs, RAGs, diffusion models), Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning
Interesting Project:
Developed the "Chef's Buddy"—a culinary agentic AI solution that demonstrates the technology by showing our culinary students (and the student body in general) how to use agentic AI.
Faculty
ECPI University
Virgina, USA
Contributions: Professional Agentic AI Exam
Areas of Expertise:
AI Operations (administration, configuration, data center ops, troubleshooting), AI Developer (generative AI, LLMs, RAGs, diffusion models), Data Science, Agentic AI
Interesting Project:
Designing agentic applications, building dynamic evaluations and automating optimizations for self‑improving agent architectures in medical‑terminology OSS and digital public goods.
AI Solutions Architect,
Stepwise.AI
Boston, USA
Contributions: Professional: Gen AI LLMs and Professional: Agentic AI Exams
Cloud Architect
SoftServe Inc.
Kiev, Ukraine
Contributions: AI Infrastructure & Operations Associate, AI Operations, AI Infrastructure Professional Exams
Areas of Expertise:
Accelerated Computing (NVIDIA CUDA, C++, Python), AI Developer (generative AI, LLMs, RAGs, diffusion models), Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science
Interesting Project:
Acted as the principal architect for a ~1000 GPU distributed AI infrastructure project within the public sector. This project allowed unprecedented image analytics for the customer while saving significant infrastructure costs by adopting accelerated computing.
Chief Technologist, Public Sector Partner
NVIDIA
Washington DC, USA
Contributions: Professional: Agentic AI and Professional: Gen AI LLMs Exams
Associate Professor, University of Surrey
Associate Professor, SENAI CIMATEC
Surrey, England
Contributions: Gen AI LLM and Gen AI MM Associate Exams
Senior Solutions Engineer
NVIDIA
Texas, USA
Contributions: Gen AI LLM & Gen AI MM Associate Exams
Areas of Expertise:
Accelerated Computing, AI Infrastructure, AI Development, Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science, Medical Image Analysis
Interesting Project:
Developed MRI lesion detection algorithms that have been deployed in clinical trials and in research hospitals across the world.
Sr. Solutions Architect, Healthcare,
NVIDIA
Virginia, USA
Contributions: Professional: Gen AI LLMs Exam
Areas of Expertise:
Accelerated Computing (NVIDIA CUDA, C++, Python), AI Infrastructure (data center, servers, networking, storage), AI Operations (administration, configuration, data center ops, troubleshooting), AI Developer (generative AI, LLMs, RAGs, diffusion models), Computer Vision, Video Analytics, Deep Learning, Data Science, Simulation, Modeling, Design
Interesting Project:
Developing multi-agent LLM systems that automate complex expert-driven workflows at enterprise scale.
Principal Research Scientist
University of South Carolina
South Carolina, USA
Contributions: Professional: Agentic AI and Professional: Gen AI LLMs Exams
Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Match
British Columbia, Canada
Contributions: Accelerated Data Science Professional Exam
Venture Scientist
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Contributions: Professional Gen AI LLMs Exam
IT Specialist
VMware
Groningen, Netherlands
Contributions: AI Infrastructure & Operations Associate, AI Operations, AI Infrastructure, AI Networking Professional Exam
Cloud Architect
SoftServe, Inc.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Contributions: Professional: AI Operations, Professional: AI Infrastructure, Professional: Gen AI LLM Exams
Associate Professor and Head of AI Program
ESPRIT School of Engineering
Tunis, Tunisia
Contributions: Gen AI LLM Associate Exam
Professor of Psychology
Emmanuel College
Massachusetts, USA
Contributions: Gen AI LLM & Gen AI MM Associate Exams