NVIDIA announced that it has named David Shannon, who serves as general counsel and executive vice president of Human Resources, to the newly created role of chief administrative officer. Brian Cabrera, a veteran tech industry attorney, will succeed him as senior vice president and general counsel. Shannon's new position recognizes the expansion of his role from general counsel to include responsibility for Legal, HR and IP licensing.

He joined NVIDIA 11 years ago, after serving nine years at Intel, where he held the position of vice president and assistant general counsel. Cabrera, comes to NVIDIA from Synopsys, where he has served for eight years as senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief ethics and compliance officer.