Ankit Patel

Ankit Patel is a Senior Director at NVIDIA, leading developer engagement for the company’s ecosystem of libraries, compilers and developer tools. Ankit joined NVIDIA in 2011 as a GPU Product Manager helping pioneer GPU-accelerated virtual machines, and pushed the boundaries of server GPUs, including NVIDIA's early 8-GPU server appliance. His career transitioned to software, notably leading product management for NVIDIA's OptiX library for ray tracing and AI denoising, a key development that leveraged RT Cores and deepened his connection to deep learning. Prior to NVIDIA, he held product management roles at Matrox Video and Blackmagic Design. Working on full systems for over two decades has given him perspective and expertise at the intersection of silicon and software. Ankit holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Concordia University, an MBA from Cornell University and currently serves on the PyTorch Governing Board.