Nvidia recruits longtime Microsoft sales leader Nick Parker with $40M+ pay package

Microsoft executive Nick Parker at a conference in 2018. (Microsoft Photo) Nick Parker, a 26-year Microsoft veteran who led the company’s worldwide commercial sales business, is leaving to become Nvidia’s new sales chief — a high-profile talent shift between two of the biggest players in the AI boom. Parker will join Nvidia as executive vice president of worldwide field operations, effective Aug.