Sameera Poduri is the Director of Engineering, AI at Uber, leading teams in India and the US. With a PhD from USC and over 15 years of experience, she specializes in building autonomous GenAI conversational assistants and agent co-pilot systems to transform customer support.
Beyond her core role, Sameera has a foundational passion for hands-on engineering, stemming from her university days. She also contributes to the broader tech community as an instructor for online data science courses, helping to educate aspiring data scientists and engineers.
Unique fact: While at IIT Bombay, she designed and built multiple robots from scratch, including a six-legged walking robot.
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