Sam Pastoriza

Sam Pastoriza is a segment solutions architect at NVIDIA, focused on advancing the field of Agentic AI. He collaborates with cross-functional teams to build agents using NVIDIA NeMo Agent Toolkit, most notably developing the AI-Q Research Assistant blueprint for deep research. Sam’s experience spans the full AI stack: he maintains core toolkit architecture, builds and evaluates specialized industry agents, and designs intuitive front-end interfaces that bring these powerful AI systems to life for end users. Sam holds a Master’s degree in Data Science and Analytics from Georgetown University and a BS in Software Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.