Colette Kress Career and Companies
Colette Kress's career runs from Texas Instruments and Microsoft to Cisco and, since 2013, Nvidia, where she is CFO and now interim CEO 1.
Colette Kress's career
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | Executive vice president and CFO; interim CEO from 12 November 2026 | 2013 to present |
| Cisco | Senior vice president and CFO, Business Technology and Operations Finance | 2010 to 2013 |
| Microsoft | Finance roles; CFO of the Server and Tools division from 2006 | 1997 to 2010 |
| Texas Instruments | Finance roles | About eight years before 1997 |
Nvidia
Nvidia designs the chips and computing systems that power most AI data centres. Revenue grew from $4.13 billion in the fiscal year Kress joined to $215.9 billion in fiscal 2026, and she has been the finance executive on the company's earnings calls throughout 1.
Microsoft
At Microsoft she worked for 13 years. As CFO of the Server and Tools division from 2006, she handled financial strategy, planning and reporting for the business that includes the company's server software and developer tools 12.
Cisco and Texas Instruments
She joined Cisco in 2010 and was responsible for financial strategy and business development in its Business Technology and Operations Finance organisation. Before Microsoft she spent eight years in finance at Texas Instruments 12.
Other roles
The sources reviewed do not list outside company directorships for Kress. Nvidia's Form 8-K names her as both interim CEO and CFO, so she holds both jobs while the board searches for a permanent chief executive 3.