Vijay Yadav spent years in manufacturing and operations at Merck, rising from data scientist to director-level roles applying data science, AI, and machine learning to pharmaceutical manufacturing, process development, and plant operations across Merck's global business units. He is now Vice President of AI and Technology at PreciseDx, a cancer diagnostics company, and invests as a limited partner. He holds an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst and a master's in computer applications and artificial intelligence from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.