From Engineering to Award-Winning Product Development.
Dylan Horvath
Dylan holds a degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, class of 1997. He founded Cortex Design in 1999 to create impactful designed experiences that substantially improve human quality of life.
In his time growing Cortex into a leading product development firm within Canada, Dylan has worn almost every hat in the organization — from industrial designer to embedded systems engineer to mechatronics designer to international production liaison on dozens of trips to China.
Today, Dylan provides leadership and coaching to the team, sets strategic objectives, and provides a positive work culture within which the staff can succeed. Through coaching, mentorship and guidance, Dylan holds the final accountability to deliver great project outcomes to our clients.
Dylan is a co-inventor on 11 utility patents (and counting) and has won numerous awards including the Bold Epic Innovator X-Prize for Cloud DX’s Vitaliti Tricorder “Doctor in a box”. His work has appeared in Popular Science, The Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, Forbes, and Canadian Business’s Fastest Growing Companies.
In addition to leading Cortex, Dylan is the co-president of the Association of Canadian Industrial Designers and a regular speaker at events where he advocates for the power of design to expand human capability.
Founder & CEO, Cortex Design Inc.
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