As the EY Americas AI, Data and Digital Oil & Gas and Chemicals Leader, Samta leads multidisciplinary global teams to create new growth models and drive efficiency. She is passionate about solving complex business challenges – balancing rapid innovation with trust, ethics and long-term impact. In this role, she focuses on applying AI and data to unlock new growth, drive operational efficiency and accelerate time-to-value across industries.
Based in San Francisco, Samta leverages her cross-industry experience including energy, utilities and banking bringing a global perspective – shaped by strategic initiatives in Chile and Argentina – and a collaborative leadership style that attracts top talent and builds resilient cultures.
With an engineering foundation and advanced degrees from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management (MBA) and Duke University (MEng), Samta thrives at the intersection of technology, business strategy and executive leadership.
How Samta is shaping the future with confidence
“Leveraging data and AI to drive innovation can optimize business processes across industry value chains. With my deep experience in emerging technologies, I help organizations reimagine how they create value – by modernizing business models, enhancing customer outcomes, and building agile, high-performing teams – and by educating clients on the responsible scaling of AI and aligning business with technology."