Vidya Subramanian is the founder of Kairos Decisions, an AI-powered proactive decision-intelligence platform that surfaces validated, ranked decisions from data instead of analysis. She is an accomplished Data Science and Analytics leader with extensive experience at Fortune 500 companies, including Google, Apple, Intuit, and Genworth Financial. Forbes recognized Vidya as one of the "8 Female Analytics Experts From The Fortune 500," acknowledging her contributions to the field. She specializes in leveraging AI/ML to deliver transformative, data-driven insights that influence C-level executive decisions, drive multi-billion dollar product strategies, and optimize complex go-to-market plans. She consistently demonstrates thought leadership in AI and data science through extensive publications and speaking engagements. She authored "Applied Machine Learning for Data Science Practitioners " (Wiley, 2025) and "Adobe Analytics with SiteCatalyst " (Adobe Press, 2013), and co-authored "PMP Certification Math" (McGraw Hill, 2010). Recently she published an online course on Agentic AI (Coursera, Aug 2026). Previously, she was a Subject Matter Expert Reviewer and Contributor for Google's ML and AI Edu Courses, and Google AI Essentials (2024-2025), and published papers in Applied Marketing Analytics Journal (2025) and Intellectual Property Library (2012). As a speaker, she delivered keynotes at the Marketing Analytics Summit (2020, 2025), Thought Leader Series, DAA (2019), DAA San Francisco Chapter (2015), and Google (2013). Recently, she presented on AI and Agentic AI to the Virginia Department of Health (2025), consistently bridging cutting-edge research with practical industry applications. She holds two Master's degrees: one from Virginia Tech and another from K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management (India). She currently serves on the Board of Studies for the Master's in Computer Software (MCA) and Master's in Business Administration (MBA) courses at KJ Somaiya Institute of Research, India helping them outline course content to ensure students are workforce-ready.