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Ben Houston is the founder and CEO of Ottawa-based Exocortex Technologies, Inc. Exocortex creates software solutions for the VFX and game industry. Exocortex’s current client list includes dozens of the top VFX firms around the world. Exocortex software was recently used on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), Titanic 3D (2012), The Avengers (2012), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012.) Ben Houston has designed, lead and/or managed development of 7 commercially successful software products for the VFX industry as well as many special projects. Software Ben has created has grossed over $10M in sales in the global VFX industry over the last decade. Author of 8 published papers and 3 US patents with more than 150 citations. Academic work has been reproduced by both Pixar, Industrial Light and Magic, Stanford University, UCLA, UBC and, CalTech.

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Exocortex Technologies, Inc.

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