Ben Ochoa received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in 1999,
2003, and 2007, respectively.  In August 2013, he joined KBR (formerly
Centauri, Integrity Applications Incorporated (IAI)) as the chief
technologist of computer vision, and was named a Technical Fellow in
2019 and appointed a Sr. Technical Director in 2021.  Since January
2014, he has also been a lecturer at the University of California, San
Diego, primarily teaching computer vision and computer graphics
courses.  From 2008 to 2013, he was the vice president of research and
development at 2d3, the Engineering Emmy Award winning sister company
of the Technical Achievement Academy Award winning company Vicon.
During most of this same period he was also a visiting scholar at the
University of California, San Diego.  From 2007 to 2008 he was the
chief engineer of research and development at Vision Robotics.  Prior
to joining Vision Robotics, he was the chief engineer of research and
development at Sonaray, a 3D dental imaging company.  From 2000 to
2006, he was a senior engineering specialist and manager in the
Photogrammetry Research Group at BAE Systems.  In 2004, he was awarded
the BAE Systems Chairman's Gold Award, BAE Systems' highest award for
technical achievement worldwide, for his contributions in image and
video registration.  From 1996 to 2000, he was a research and
development engineer in the Underwater Imaging Research Group at the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Last update: December 19, 2021