Palyart Marc

Critic
DISC Type : C

Director of Machine Learning at Malt

Argelès-Gazost, Occitanie, France

Overview

Palyart is the Director of Machine Learning at Malt, where he focuses on building products to effectively match freelancers with companies. He holds a PhD and leverages his background in recommender systems and software engineering to solve large-scale, multilingual matching problems.

He is deeply involved in the data science community, frequently speaking at conferences like PyConDE and PyData. He also actively participates in academic conferences such as RecSys, where he presents his teams applied research, bridging the gap between industry and academia.

He has a strong pragmatic view on AI, publicly questioning the hype around GenAI and arguing that simpler models are often better for real-world business problems.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Critic

Precise

It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.  They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.

Topics They Care About

Recommender Systems
His work focuses on creating sophisticated matching and recommender systems. He recently co-authored and presented a paper on a neural retriever for freelancer-project alignment at RecSys.
Pragmatic AI
He is a proponent of using the right tool for the job, giving talks that question if Generative AI is always the best solution, especially for text classification tasks.
Data Science Community
He is an active participant in the tech community, sharing his team's work and insights by speaking at major conferences like PyConDE & PyData Berlin.

Media Appearances

Palyart has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2024
Director of Machine Learning at Malt
1-2024 - 6-2024
Head of Machine Learning at Malt
11-2021 - 12-2023
Staff Data Scientist at Malt
10-2017 - 11-2021
Data Scientist at Lectra
2-2014 - 7-2016
Researcher in Software Engineering at The University of British Columbia

Education

2009 - 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
2004 - 2009
Master’s Degree from Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III

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Exp : 16 Location : Argelès-Gazost, Occitanie, France Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Machine Learning at Malt
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Insights For Selling To Palyart

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Tell them what ROI they can expect
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Palyart is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Palyart

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Palyart move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Palyart take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Palyart

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