Peter Shirley

Peter Shirley serves as the Vice President of Graphics at Activision since April 2023. Previously, Peter held the position of Distinguished Research Engineer at NVIDIA from June 2016 to March 2023 and served as CTO at Purity, LLC, focusing on HDR imaging technologies from August 2013 to June 2016. Additionally, Peter provided technical direction as Head of Innovation at goHDR Ltd between March 2014 and May 2016. An experienced academic, Peter contributed to the University of Utah as an Adjunct Professor from August 2008 to July 2014 and held various roles in academia including Professor at the University of Utah's School of Computing and Assistant Professor at Indiana University. Peter earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where also attained a BA in Physics from Reed College.