Kimberly Powell

Kimberly Powell is the vice president of healthcare at NVIDIA, overseeing the company's global healthcare business, which includes hardware and software platforms for accelerated computing, artificial intelligence, and visualization. Powell's career in healthcare technology began during her studies in electrical engineering, when she interned at a medical imaging company focused on integrating advanced technology into radiology. She later worked in engineering and product management for diagnostic display systems at Planar Systems before joining NVIDIA.

Since joining NVIDIA, Powell has played a central role in establishing NVIDIA GPUs as the accelerator platform for medical imaging instruments. Her responsibilities have expanded to include leadership of the company's higher education and research business, strategic programs such as NVIDIA AI Labs, and the NVIDIA Inception program, which supports thousands of AI startups. Powell's efforts have contributed to the development of NVIDIA's healthcare strategy, promoting the use of accelerated computing to transform medical practice and disease understanding.

Powell is recognized for her expertise in applying AI to drug discovery, an area where artificial intelligence is being used to address the lengthy and costly process of bringing new drugs to market. She has been a key advocate for NVIDIA's Clara platform, which provides researchers and clinicians with GPU-accelerated AI tools for medical imaging, genomics, drug discovery, and smart hospitals.

Powell has been named among Fast Company's AI 20 honorees and is a frequent speaker at industry events, including the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, and the BIO International Convention. At these events, she has discussed advancements in AI innovation in medicine, highlighting progress in drug discovery, medical imaging, genomics, and intelligent medical instruments.