Martin Houle

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I'm Martin Houle, a multidisciplinary Creative Technologist based in Montréal, combining over 20 years of experience as a DJ, electronic music producer, and sound designer with a professional background in VFX, 2D/3D…

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I’m Martin Houle, a multidisciplinary Creative Technologist based in Montréal, combining over 20 years of experience as a DJ, electronic music producer, and sound designer with a professional background in VFX, 2D/3D animation, motion capture, and interactive media.

Music has always been a major part of my creative journey. For more than two decades, I’ve been producing, composing, mixing, and performing electronic music, with multiple original releases available on platforms such as Beatport, Spotify, Bandcamp, and others. My audio experience also extends to sound design, composition, mixing, and mastering for television, film, theatre, and multimedia productions.

Throughout my career, I’ve worked across both artistic and technical production environments, developing complete workflows from initial concept and creative direction to asset creation, animation, sound integration, quality control, and final delivery.

More recently, I’ve expanded into AI-powered creative production, SaaS development, and intelligent automation. I’ve independently built and deployed SaaS applications with subscription billing, database integrations, and multi-LLM architectures, while developing n8n workflows connecting APIs, webhooks, and business systems. I also explore generative AI for image, video, audio, and interactive content creation.

What drives me is the ability to connect creativity and technology, bringing together sound, visuals, storytelling, artificial intelligence, and automation to create innovative, efficient, and scalable solutions.

I’m comfortable working independently or collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, taking projects from concept to functional, production-ready results.

  • Joined October 2026

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Computers & Electronics
  • Gaming

Projects · 4

In-house creative studio and AI pipeline: Symbio Pix is a game-dev framework augmented by AI (environment art, asset generation), Symbio LOVE Pix is a custom 2.5D animation editor, and Symbio Story Pix is an AI film-creation studio for visual storyboarding and scene production. Built to bridge traditional VFX/animation workflows with generative AI. My role: tool design & development, AI pipeline architecture, art direction — solo, built from my VFX/motion-capture/3D animation background. Stack: generative image/video AI, custom 2.5D animation tooling, storyboard & scene-production software, AI-assisted asset pipelines.

  • Sound Designer
  • Sound Engineer
  • Video Editor
  • +2

Desktop/tablet game built with the Symbio Pix AI-augmented game framework: dice & card gameplay set in a painted fantasy world, with 3 difficulty variants (Bonsaï 4/6/8). Full solo build — concept art direction, UI/UX, game logic and production. My role: creative direction, game design, UI/UX, AI-assisted asset production — solo. Stack: Symbio Pix (in-house AI game dev framework), AI image generation, desktop/tablet UI. Status: in development.

  • Sound Designer
  • Video Editor
  • Visual Effects Artist

Multimodal fact-checking SaaS: analyzes a URL, text, image, social post or profile and cross-references multiple LLMs in parallel with real-time news scrapers to build a reliability score. Fully self-hosted async backend that I administer on a VPS. My role: multi-LLM architecture, UI/UX, async Python backend, VPS administration — solo. Stack: Python, FastAPI, async, MongoDB, JWT auth, React, Tailwind, Framer Motion, Stripe, Serper, BeautifulSoup scrapers, Hostinger VPS (admin), Cloudflare, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity. Live: alyse.app

  • Web Developer

Full-stack SaaS powered by AI: automated job monitoring across 7 sources, AI scoring of each listing against the candidate's profile, ATS-ready CV generation and cliché-free cover letters. Bilingual (FR/EN), with integrated payments and credits, built for the Québec & Canadian market. My role: product, UI/UX, full-stack development, AI integration & cloud deployment — solo. Stack: Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, Supabase (auth + DB + storage), Stripe, Claude (Anthropic), Serper API, multi-source scraping, Vercel. Live: agentjob.ca

  • App Developer
  • Web Developer

Work experience· 7 roles

Independent SaaS Developer & AI Automation SpecialistJan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Designed, developed, and deployed agentjob.ca and alyse.app with subscription billing, integrations, and cloud delivery. Built workflow automations with n8n, messaging APIs, Google Workspace, and webhooks; documented and tested operational flows. Created multi-provider LLM pipelines (model routing with cost awareness) to accelerate coding, iteration, and technical documentation.

Co-founder & AI Architect - R&D · SymbioSynergiaJan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

Designed architecture for an AI-assisted mobile application using a coordinated system of specialist agents. Explored multimodal workflows, application integration, cost governance, and technical documentation.

Lead Motion Capture Technician · GameOn MontréalJan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Led a team of 3–5 technicians in AAA game productions. Managed Vicon calibration, recording, data cleanup, and handoff to MotionBuilder/Maya while maintaining artistic and technical quality and coordinating with animation directors and producers.

Multimedia Consultant, Artistic Direction & Technical Demonstrations · Neweb LabsJan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 11 mos
Render Support & Data Management · Framestore MontréalJan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo
3D Stereoscopic Artist Technician · i3dscopeJan 2012 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Independent Sound Designer & Music ProducerJan 2000 – Present · 26 yrs 11 mos

Education

AEC, Motion Capture Techniques · Cégep de Matane2017
3D Stereoscopy Certification · i3dscope2014

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