Sowmya Podila is a Senior Data Scientist in Generative Al at Target, where she leads initiatives in agentic Al, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-modal large language models to power next- generation retail intelligence and creativity. Previously at AWS, she built and deployed machine learning and NLP solutions across healthcare, media, and retail, leveraging deep expertise in cloud-native Al architectures. With over six years of experience spanning ML, deep learning, and GenAl applications, Sowmya is passionate about advancing enterprise-scale Al systems that blend human creativity with data-driven intelligence.