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Darwyn Peachey, BSc’78, MSc’83

Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Mr. Peachey has worked at Pixar Animation Studios near San Francisco for the past 19 years as a software developer, technical artist, and as Vice-President for Research and Design and Information technology. He has helped develop such wildly popular films as Toy Story, Cars, and most recently Ratatouille. In 1993, he and six co workers won a technical award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of software that is widely used in the visual effects and animation industries.