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Management Presentation December 1, 2013 Management Presentation DECEMBER 1, 2013 PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL (TO BE RE-BRANDED) STUDI 3D technology solutions Data-Informed The video platform for that enable creativity decision making solutions. filmmakers & viewers. Rory Armes Tim Bennison CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COO/PRODUCT MANAGER Before joining GENER8, Rory was the General Tim Bennison joined GENER8 as Chief Operating Manager of Electronic Arts Canada, responsible for Officer after serving as Executive Producer at EA Canada, EA Black Box, and EA Montreal. He has Radical Entertainment. where he worked as VP of also served as the General Manager of EA’s UK studio. Technology, responsible for directing all technical Prior to EA, Rory was the cofounder and president of development. Prior to joining Radical, Tim worked Canada’s Radical Entertainment. Rory has successfully at Alias Research, where he built advanced surface managed 1500 employees and has overseen some of construction tools using NURBS mathematics, the worlds biggest video game franchises, including implemented 3D renders for custom hardware, and FIFA, Harry Potter and Burnout. designed a digital video 3D animation system. Ken Scott Nilo Rodis PRESIDENT CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER Ken, a chartered accountant and former Partner Nilo Rodis is a creative visionary in both film and at KPMG LLP, brings almost 30 years experience games. He started his career designing cars for GM. assisting clients grow their businesses across many From there he went on to ILM to work on the Empire industries, including media, entertainment and Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the technology. In addition to a long tenure at KPMG, Ken Lost Arc. Later, Nilo joined Pixar Animation Studios has been a CFO and senior executive in industry with as an artist on a variety of high profile properties a few private companies that experienced high growth. including Toy Story. He was a Creative Director at Ken has significant M&A and financing experience, Electronic Arts. including completing an IPO on the TSX. has become one of the best 3D conversion companies in the world. Industry Outlook for 3D Film 41,500 $11b Nine world wide 3D cinema screens In 2013 worldwide of the top ten worldwide grossing globally H12012 3D ticket sales films of all time are D3 movies Industry Outlook for 3D Television $5b China $80m in 3D ticket sales in the U.S. #2 movie market extra in revenue from 3D May alone $1.9 billion worldwide 40+ movies released 2013 for Superman – 3D box office. by Hollywood. $196M open weekend More than 20+ in China Industry Outlook for 3D Television 43m 72m 72% 3D TV sets sold world wide Domestic 3D TV Install Base increase in global sales of by end 2012 3D TV’s in 2012 -the fastest- ever adoption rates for new consumer electronics. WHY CHIna? • 2nd Largest Movie market and growing • New creators, new film makers – expanding pool of talent • Gener8 revolutionized the 3D process in Hollywood in less than 2 years • With your help we can do the same in China, but faster • Crowd-sourced The future of and cloud-based prosumer 3D conversion • Scientific use of depth modeling for medical, resource, etc. (TO BE RE-BRANDED) STUDI 3D technology solutions Data-Informed The video platform for that enable creativity decision making solutions. filmmakers & viewers. $48.5 TAMING Big Data Market Forecast BIG DATA: $U.S. Billions $44.2 ATA The data sizes TA $38.4 are too big for TA DA $28.4 A DA conventional $18.4 AT ATA databases or a $11.6 ATA BIG D BIG D BIG BIG BIG D human to process BIG D 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 directly. Today huge volumes of unstructured data are Industries Spending Big in Big Data generated from business $U.S. Billions process. it’s a billion-piece puzzle $6.4 $2.8 $2.8 $1.2 $800M that, when solved, tells the story of a company. $ Financial Software Government Comms Energy/ Services internet & media utilities ©CUMUL8 What are companies doing with Big Data? Big Data Problem Solving BIG DATA The hard part is finding the right + Big Data in Healthcare: questions, knowing New Insights to Save Lives that the questions monitoring will evolve. 16,000 4.9M equipment pumps hospitals patients out an average of worldwide worldwide Companies that use collect data will use remote 1,000 on patients monitoring readings analytics best are 5x more devices by 2016 per second likely to make decisions “much faster than the competition”. The Appeal of Big Data in And they are 2x more likely Oil and Gas to have top-quartile financial 62% performance. 62% 58% of respondents of companies need predictive currently store at least want expanded analyics while 100 TERABYTES data storage 53% of data need to anayze unstructured data ©CUMUL8 THE PROBLEM Yesterday: Collection of Data The past decade has seen a massive movement towards gathering data in unprecedented volumes. This era of Big Data has seen the worldwide storage capacity of data double every 20 months since 2001, and it’s accelerating. Ninety percent of the world’s data has been collected in the last 3 years. These days, having data is the least of your worries. ©CUMUL8 S T U D I O P R E S I D E N T CASE STUDY Film Industry: Problem CUMUL8 was first developed to manage digital flim assets and report on their status M A R K E T I N G S T U D I O / D I R E C T O R duringE D I Tpost-production. O R I A L V F X M A R K E T I N G S T U D I O / D I R E C T O R E D I T O R I A L V F X M A R K E T I N G S T U D I O / D I R E C T O R E D I T O R I A L V F X P R O D U C E R S U P E R V I S O R Where’sP R O D U C E R my movie at? S U P E R V I S O R P R O D U C E R S U P E R V I S O R Essentially, it proved invaluable as a means of answering one simple question asked of us by coordinators, producers, and executives alike. CASE STUDY Film Industry: S C R I P T P I C T U R E S C A N C A S T I N G W R I T E R S U P E R V I S O R D . O . P . H O U S E C O L O R E D I T O R T I M I N G While the question was simple, the answer was not. M A S T E R I N G C O N C E P T A complex, distributed system, much of it S T E R E O S C O P I C established pre-digital age, 3 D C O N V E R S I O N A R T D I R E C T I O N S T U D I O / V F X M A R K E T I N G D I R E C T O R E D I T O R I A L meant there was no method P R O D U C E R S U P E R V I S O R V F X of consolodating or reporting V E N D O R C the information. C O S T U M E S V F X V E N D O R B S T I L L S C H O R E O - L O C A T I O N P H O T O S O U N D G R A P H Y L O C A T I O N S O U N D C O M P O S E R D E S I G N V F X V E N D O R A THE PROBLEM Tomorrow’s problems revolve around using Big Data Tomorrow: to take better, faster action - the shift from data-driven reporting to Data-Informed decision making. Value of Data Once the data has been collected, managed and reported, knowing what to do with the results - the real reason the data was gathered in the first place - becomes a pressing need. ©CUMUL8 Competitive Landscape FEATURES Big Data Reporting Dashboard • • • • Mobile Device Support • • • • Collaboration Tools – • – • Interactive Data Tools – LIMITED LIMITED • Custom Solutions – – LIMITED • Strategic Collaboration – – – • MAY 2013 JULY 2010 APRIL 2012 Initial Public Offering $31.00 $10.00 $17.0 0 prIvaTE Current Price $62.51 $24.19 $72.47 prIvaTE Market Capitalization $3.77B $2.15B $7.6 8 B prIvaTE ©CUMUL8 Our Approach We believe tomorrow’s STORY HCI/UX big data problems are TELLING best solved when the ART computational power of DATA CREATIVE VISUALIZATION DIRECTION machines are married with human ability. Our multidiciplinary teams apply a business design process to insure we: STRATEGY STATISTICS BUSINESS EXPLORATORY 1. Ask the right questions of MODELLING DATA ANALYSIS the data. BUSINESS SCIENCE 2. Properly interpret what the CHANGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT data tells us. PROCESS EVOLUTION 3. Provide a user experience that communicates insight quickly, accurately and intuitively. ©CUMUL8 S T U D I O P R E S I D E N T The Bigger Picture While every data problem is different and specific to industry and company culture, the CUMUL8 approach - integrating customization, compelling M A R K E T I N G S T U D I O / D I R E C T O R UX, andE D I T O Rstrategic I A L processV F- X M A R K E T I N G S T U D I O / D I R E C T O R E D I T O R I A L V F X M A R K E T I N G S T U D I O / D I R E C T O R E D I T O R I A L V F X P R O D U C E R S U P E R V I S O R Where’sP R O D U C E R my movie at? S U P E R V I S O R P R O D U C E R S U P E R V I S O R is applicable in any Big Data context.
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