Margaret Amori is responsible for the North American startup ecosystem within the NVIDIA Inception Program. In this role Margaret leads a team that identifies startups to join the Inception program, nurtures those startups through engineering support, technology access, connection to VC funding and ultimately accelerates their success in market through customized support. Prior to this role, Margaret spent nearly two decades supporting the US government on a variety of IT transformations to include data center consolidation, virtual infrastructure, cyber security, and artificial intelligence. Margaret holds a bachelor’s degree from The College of William & Mary and a master’s degree from Virginia Tech.