Noun

• S: (n) originator, conceiver, mastermind (someone who creates new things)
• S: (n) genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality) "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

Verb

• S: (v) mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate (plan and direct (a complex undertaking)) "he masterminded the robbery"