Michel Besner

Michel Besner

Montreal, QC

Also known as: michelbesner

Michel Besner has been a leading visionary in the film and video games industry for more than 15 years. Michel co-founded and was the CEO of Kaydara, developers of MotionBuilder, HumanIK Middleware and the FBX 3D interchange file format. MotionBuilder is a revolutionary real-time 3D animation solution that has been used in games such as Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) WET, Capcom’s Street Fighter, Epic Games Gears of War 2, Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed as well as movies such as The Matrix Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy and recently was an instrumental piece in the development of the virtual cinematography used in Avatar.  Alias Systems acquired Kaydara in 2004 where Michel served as Vice-President of Business Development. Autodesk later acquired Alias in 2006 with Michel taking the responsibility of the 3D entertainment and design visualization portfolio (3ds Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, HumanIK, FBX). Afterwards, Michel moved into the mobile messaging market by joining OZ Communications as Senior Vice President Marketing. Nokia acquired OZ in November 2008. Michel won several awards including Personality of the Year – 2003/2004 by the Québec Federation of IT (FIQ - Fédération de l’Informatique du Québec). Michel holds a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal and enjoys the good things in life such as collecting wine, playing golf and tennis as well as traveling. Michel is married and has 4 kids.

Michel J. Besner

Clay, NY

Michel Besner lives in Clay, NY.