Neil Trevett
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Neil Trevett is currently Vice President of Embedded Content at NVIDIA. He is responsible for enabling and encouraging compelling applications on non-PC platforms, including cell phones and automobiles. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Mr. Trevett has spent 20 years in the 3D graphics industry. In 1985, Mr. Trevett joined benchMark Technologies as Head of Graphics Systems -- benchMark Technologies later became DuPont Pixel and eventually evolved into the independently owned 3Dlabs, Inc. (later acquired by Creative Labs). Mr. Trevett held the position of Senior Vice President of 3Dlabs from 1994 to 2005. During that time, Mr. Trevett was at the forefront of the silicon revolution bringing interactive 3D to the PC. He holds several very important patents in the area of graphics technology. From 1997-2005, Neil Trevett served as President of the Web3D Consortium, which organizes industry-leading companies dedicated to creating open standards for communicating real-time 3D on the Internet. Mr. Trevett is currently the elected President of the Khronos Group where he created and chairs the OpenGL ES working group that has defined and set the bar for the industry standard for 3D graphics on embedded devices. Mr. Trevett holds a first-class joint B.Sc. Electronic Engineering and Computer Science degree from the University of Birmingham, England.
Neil currently resides in Silicon Valley.
