Marc Spieler is responsible for Global Business Development and Strategy for the Energy industry at NVIDIA. Through active engagement with major Energy companies and related research labs NVIDIA is creating Energy and Industrial HPC, Visualization, and AI enabled solutions to solve the industry’s most difficult problems. Before joining NVIDIA, Marc spent 13 years with Halliburton, where he held leadership positions in Commercial and Strategic Alliances, Technology Operations, Customer Financial Services, and Corporate Development. Prior to Halliburton, Marc worked for Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) where he held a variety of sales and business development roles in the energy vertical. Marc holds an MBA from Rice University in Texas and a Master of Science in Professional Development and Leadership as well as Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Winona State University in Minnesota.