# Alison Wagonfeld

> Alison Wagonfeld is NVIDIA's chief marketing officer, leading marketing and communications after nearly a decade running marketing for Google Cloud. Her career has crossed investment banking, product management, startup building, business-school research, venture capital and global enterprise marketing. She co-founded the Quicken Loans business at Intuit, helped build more than 100 Harvard Business School case studies, advised more than 30 SaaS companies at Emergence Capital, and joined NVIDIA in February 2026 as the company entered its next phase as an AI infrastructure platform.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at NVIDIA
- **Organizations:** NVIDIA, Google Cloud, BILL, Emergence Capital, Harvard Business School California Research Center, Greenlight, Intuit, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Yale University
- **Education:** BA in American Studies, Yale University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded the Quicken Loans business at Intuit and wrote its original business plan., Helped guide Intuit's acquisition of Rock Financial, which became the foundation of Quicken Loans., Worked with Harvard Business School faculty to research, write and teach more than 100 case studies.

## Career timeline

- **1991-1994** — Worked as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York.
- **1995** — Worked as a product manager in Microsoft's MSN group while attending business school.
- **1996-1999** — Joined Intuit, wrote the original business plan for its online mortgage effort, and co-founded the Quicken Loans business.
- **1999-2001** — Joined online car-buying startup Greenlight as its second employee and served as senior vice president of marketing and business development.
- **2001-2013** — Led the Harvard Business School California Research Center, working with faculty on more than 100 case studies and entrepreneurship immersion programs.
- **2013-2016** — Served as an operating partner at Emergence Capital, advising more than 30 SaaS companies on strategy and go-to-market plans.
- **2016-2026** — Led global marketing for Google Cloud, covering Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace.
- **2022-2026** — Served on the board of BILL.
- **2026-present** — Joined NVIDIA as chief marketing officer, heading marketing and communications.

## Achievements

- Co-founded the Quicken Loans business at Intuit and wrote its original business plan.
- Helped guide Intuit's acquisition of Rock Financial, which became the foundation of Quicken Loans.
- Worked with Harvard Business School faculty to research, write and teach more than 100 case studies.
- Helped create Silicon Valley entrepreneurship immersion programs for Harvard students.
- Advised more than 30 enterprise SaaS companies at Emergence Capital.
- Led Google Cloud marketing for nearly a decade as the business grew from a challenger to a $60 billion run-rate operation, according to her 2026 transition announcement.
- Appointed NVIDIA's chief marketing officer in February 2026, heading marketing and communications.
- Named one of the San Francisco Business Journal's Most Influential Women in the Bay Area.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Publicly recruited a director of strategic marketing operations for NVIDIA, describing a role at the intersection of global scale and startup speed.
- **2026-05** — Represented NVIDIA at Computex in Taipei and highlighted the company's partner ecosystem and AI infrastructure roadmap.
- **2026-04** — Returned to Google Cloud Next representing NVIDIA and highlighted the companies' expanding partnership and joint developer community.
- **2026-03** — Shared reflections after her first NVIDIA GTC, emphasizing the company's values and coordinated execution.
- **2026-02** — Began serving as NVIDIA's chief marketing officer, leading marketing and communications.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonwagonfeld
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/awagonfeld

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Last updated: 2026-08-11