NVIDIA announced that it has named Tim Teter as senior vice president, general counsel and company secretary, effective Jan. 23. Teter will be responsible for all of the company's legal activities. He will take on these responsibilities from David Shannon, who previously announced his intention to retire from the company. Teter most recently served as a partner at the law firm Cooley LLP, where for more than two decades he focused on litigating patent and technology-related matters.