Barbara Carlson currently serves as the Vice President of Americas Sales for Networking at NVIDIA since April 2020. Prior to this role, Barbara held several leadership positions, including Vice President at Mellanox Technologies and VP Sales for Cloud, Content and Media at DataDirect Networks, where the focus was on scalable storage systems for Big Data. Additional experience includes positions as Vice President of Sales West at Meru Networks, Vice President of Sales at Panasas, Inc., Area Vice President at EMC, and Senior Director of Sales at Slam Dunk Networks. Barbara also contributed as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Onespot, Inc. and served as Regional Sales Director at SGI, overseeing significant sales quotas throughout a diverse career. Educationally, Barbara holds a BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University and has attended Stanford University for further studies.