originator

inventor

Creator of original devices

• founderOne who begins something
• architectBuilding design professional
• authorCreator of written works

maker · designer · developer · composer · producer · craftsman · builder · engineer · fabricator · sculptor

trailblazer

First to forge ahead

• pathfinderOne who discovers routes
• groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
• forerunnerOne that comes before

innovator · visionary · explorer · discoverer · trendsetter · vanguard · precursor · spearhead · leader · revolutionary

inception

Founding moment

• beginningInitial stage of something
• conceptionFormation of an idea
• birthComing into the world

foundation · initiation · commencement · dawn · outset · genesis · nascence · germination · emergence · creation

progenitor

Ancestor or originator

• forebearAncestral family member
• forefatherAncestor from generations past
• patriarchMale head of family

matriarch · begetter · parent · founder · predecessor · antecedent · lineage · bloodline · dynasty · heritage

• creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
• foundersfounders, founder, co-founders, cofounders, co-founder
• originatorsfounder, creator, inventor, innovator, pioneer
• Pioneerspioneer, pioneers, forerunner, trailblazer, innovator
• trendsetterstrendsetter, trendsetters, influencer, fashionistas, style icons
• finance jobsaccountant, banker, broker, trader, auditor