Lincoln Wallen

{{Short description|British computer scientist and CTO}}

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Lincoln Wallen is a British computer scientist and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Framestore. He is the former CTO of Improbable and DreamWorks Animation.{{cite web| url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/dreamworks-animations-new-cto-lincoln-wallen-on-why-each-new-movie-is-like-a-startup-tctv/ | title=DreamWorks Animation's New CTO Lincoln Wallen On Why Each New Movie Is Like A Startup [TCTV] | publisher=TechCrunch | first=Colleen | last=Taylor | date=3 October 2012 | accessdate=16 October 2015 }}{{cite web| url=https://variety.com/exec/lincoln-wallen/ | title=Lincoln Wallen – CTO: DreamWorks Animation SKG | work=Executive Profiles | publisher=Variety | accessdate=16 October 2015 }}{{cite web| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dreamworks-animation-lincoln-wallen-cto-376066 | title=DreamWorks Animation Promotes Lincoln Wallen to CTO | first=Carolyn | last=Giardina | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=3 October 2012 | accessdate=16 October 2015 }}{{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2012/10/dreamworks-animation-names-chief-technology-officer-347231/ | title=DreamWorks Animation Promotes Lincoln Wallen To Chief Technology Officer | first=Nikki | last=Finke | work=Deadline Hollywood | date=3 October 2012 | accessdate=16 October 2015 }}

Wallen received a first-class degree in Mathematics and Physics from Durham University in 1982.{{cite web |title=Gazette, 1982 |url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette26/dg26METS.xml#page/50/mode/2up |website=Durham University |accessdate=18 March 2019}} He also holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, supervised by Alan Bundy.{{cite web| url=http://worldbuilding.institute/people/lincoln-wallen | title=Lincoln Wallen: Head of Technology for DreamWorks Animation SKG | work=People | publisher=World Building Institute | accessdate=16 October 2015 }} He was subsequently an academic at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory.

Wallen later moved into industry, working for the publisher Electronic Arts (EA), where he was CTO of EA Mobile, a business he helped to grow to create a $180 million business over three years. He then served as CTO for the online publishing business of EA internationally. Finally, Wallen joined the Californian film animation company DreamWorks, initially as Head of Research and Development from 2008 and later promoted to the position of CTO in 2012.