Vikas Vats is chief analytics officer at Verisk, supporting the company’s business verticals in their analytic efforts; ensuring that Verisk’s analytic capabilities, methods, and community are world-class and always improving; and driving the commercialization of new products. Mr. Vats also leads Verisk’s Innovative Analytics, Joint Development Environment, and Verisk AI teams, creating new solutions using data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to bring innovative products to market. He has particular interest in cognitive analytics and the advancement of the company’s AI-based analytics solutions.