What is the name of the Animus creator revealed in Assassin's Creed?

Warren Vidic is identified as the creator of the Animus in Assassin's Creed.

Vidic is a leading scientist at Abstergo Industries, the modern-day organization that uses the Animus to access genetic memories. In the first game, he supervises Desmond Miles's forced participation in the project and directs the search for information hidden in Desmond's ancestry.

The Animus is a machine that allows a user to relive ancestral memories encoded through genetic lineage. The technology provides the narrative link between modern-day scenes and historical sequences, although the games later expand its capabilities and introduce additional research teams and models.

William Miles is an important Assassin and Desmond's father, not the Animus's creator. Desmond is the test subject in the first game, while Clay Kaczmarek is another modern-day subject whose story becomes important later in the series.