Yannick Léo is Associate Partner & Data Science Director of Emerton Data with over 10 years of experience in the Data and AI domains. Currently, he leads the data science and scientific research at Emerton Data, where he specializes in developing data products and defining data strategies.

Before joining Emerton Data, Yannick worked as a data scientist at Sodexo, where he supported the launch of their data & AI journey, defined data science methodologies, and developed various data products to the highest standards.

He has worked in various environment such as research labs (INRIA), startups (Adeline), large corporations (Sodexo) and data strategy consulting, bringing his expertise to a wide range of industries, including food and services, energy, government, and consumer goods.

With his extensive background in data science, including expertise in statistics, machine learning, and deep learning, Yannick has implemented scientific approaches in various data science domains such as computer vision, natural language processing, optimization, and time series/forecasting.

Yannick holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, followed by a 1-year post-doctorate at INRIA. He has published several scientific articles in big data, graph theory, and machine learning fields in first-class journals and conferences. Yannick's research has always been multi-disciplinary, combining data and domain expertises to innovate and bring value.