Debora Shoquist

Executive Vice President, Operations Nvidia

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Debora Shoquist runs operations at NVIDIA as Executive Vice President, a role she has held since 2009. She joined in 2007 after senior operations and general management roles at JDS Uniphase, Coherent, Quantum and Hewlett-Packard. Nvidia ranked No. 16 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President, Operations of NVIDIA since 2009.
• Senior Vice President, Operations, 2007 to 2009.
• Executive Vice President, Operations at JDS Uniphase, 2004 to 2007.
• Senior Vice President and General Manager, Electro-Optics at Coherent, 2002 to 2004.

Professional Journey

Shoquist earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at Kansas State University and a Bachelor of Science in biology at Santa Clara University. She worked at Hewlett-Packard and at Quantum, where she was President of the Personal Computer Hard Disk Drive Division.

She was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Coherent’s Electro-Optics business from 2002 to 2004 and Executive Vice President of Operations at JDS Uniphase from 2004 to 2007. She joined NVIDIA in 2007 as Senior Vice President of Operations and became Executive Vice President in 2009.

Education

Kansas State University

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Santa Clara University

Bachelor of Science, Biology