10 Lowe's AI and data science leaders
Senior Director - Data Science & Applied AI, Sr Director of AI engineering and Director Data Science are among the current titles held by these Lowe's AI and data science leaders, along with an Executive Vice President, Chief Information and AI Officer. A reader can learn how AI and data science leaders work at Lowe's from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Karthik Kumaran Nair
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Data Science & Applied AI · Lowe's
Karthik Kumaran Nair has been Senior Director - Data Science & Applied AI at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since May 2025, based in the Portland, Maine area. Karthik Kumaran Nair was Director, AI Engineering & Data Science - Computer Vision at Lowe's from 2024 to 2025 and Director, Software Engineering - Enterprise Search Platform, Voice Search & Conversational Commerce there from 2021 to 2024.
Pradeep Devalla
LinkedInExperience: Director of Data, Software and ML Engineering, Applied AI, Data Products and Analytics · Lowe's
Pradeep Devalla has been Director of Data, Software and ML Engineering, Applied AI, Data Products and Analytics at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since May 2022, based in the Charlotte area. Pradeep Devalla was Senior Engineering Manager at Lowe's from 2021 to 2022 and Senior AI Platform Architect Lead/Manager -- Enterprise AI/ML Platform at Wells Fargo from 2013 to 2020.
Rajesh Tella
LinkedInExperience: Director, AI Engineering · Lowe's
Rajesh Tella has been Director, AI Engineering at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since March 2024, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a headline that names the AI Platform. Rajesh Tella was Interim Director, AI Engineering at Lowe's from 2023 to 2024, Senior Software AI Engineering Manager there from 2020 to 2023 and Lead Engineer at Target from 2016 to 2020.
Roger H. K.
LinkedInExperience: VP, AI, Data, Governance & Innovation · Lowe's
Roger H. K. has been VP, AI, Data, Governance & Innovation at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since June 2025, a role the profile describes as driving responsible AI transformation at scale and leading enterprise data science. Roger H. K. was Vice President, AI Strategy & Transformation, Governance, and Data Science at Lowe's in 2025 and Vice President, Corporate Finance there from 2023 to 2025.
Seemantini Godbole
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Information and AI Officer · Lowe's
Seemantini Godbole has been Executive Vice President, Chief Information and AI Officer at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since September 2026. The profile also lists an Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer row open since September 2022 and an Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer row from 2018 to 2026, and Seemantini Godbole was Senior Vice President (Technology) at Target from 2017 to 2018.
Swaroop Shivaram
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director Data Science · Lowe's
Swaroop Shivaram has been Sr Director Data Science at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since May 2024, based in Bengaluru, with a headline that reads Senior Director - AI Platforms at Lowe's. Swaroop Shivaram was Director Data Science at Lowe's from 2021 to 2024 and Director of Engineering at Target from 2020 to 2021.
Tarunam Verma
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Technology(Sr) - Digital experience, Personalized content & AI/ML engineering · Lowe's
Tarunam Verma has been Director Of Technology(Sr) - Digital experience, Personalized content & AI/ML engineering at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since June 2021, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Tarunam Verma was Director of Product Engineering & ML at Macy's from 2019 to 2021 and held a product discovery and personalization engineering role at BJ's Wholesale Club from 2014 to 2018.
Venkataraman Vaithyanathan
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of AI engineering · Lowe's
Venkataraman Vaithyanathan has been Sr Director of AI engineering at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since January 2026, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Venkataraman Vaithyanathan was Senior Director of Software Engineering at Lowe's from 2022 to 2026, Director of Software Engineering, eCommerce there from 2020 to 2022 and Software Engineering Manager at The Home Depot from 2018 to 2020.
Wendy Siemers
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director - AI Governance, Data Governance & Data Privacy · Lowe's
Wendy Siemers has been Sr Director - AI Governance, Data Governance & Data Privacy at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since April 2023, a role the profile describes as founding leader of Lowe's AI Governance function. Wendy Siemers was Sr Director - Enterprise Customer Data, Lowes.com Customer Accounts, & Privacy at Lowe's from 2021 to 2023 and held other Lowe's roles from 2001.
Zaid Alibadi
LinkedInExperience: Director Data Science · Lowe's
Zaid Alibadi has been Director Data Science at Lowe's Companies, Inc. since March 2026, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Zaid Alibadi was Senior Manager, Data Science at Lowe's from 2024 to 2026, Lead Data Scientist there from 2022 to 2024 and Data Scientist there from 2020 to 2022.
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