Yoshi Morales, Designer in Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
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Yoshi Morales

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Designer

Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica

Toptal member since July 10, 2024

Bio

Yoshi is an extended reality (XR) designer and developer with 10+ years of industry expertise. He crafts cutting-edge experiences using video game development tools and virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) technologies. He built an engaging VR experience for the Costa Rica Children's Museum that over 7,000 children enjoyed. With a strong background in creating immersive applications for various markets, Yoshi brings a blend of creativity and technical prowess to every project.

Portfolio

Work Experience

Immersive Manager

2024 - PRESENT
Accenture
  • Led a big multi-talented team, enabled across a large number of capabilities, to deliver content and quality all over immersive technologies.
  • Engaged as a subject-matter expert for the company and key player bringing new accounts and setting up solutions for new deals.
  • Contributed as the face of the capability for the Costa Rica center on client visits and new proposals that required this capability.
Technologies: 3D, Metaverse, Augmented Reality (AR), CGI, Virtual Reality (VR), Unreal Engine, Unity, WebXR, WebGL

Metaverse Delivery Manager

2021 - 2024
Accenture
  • Established the bases for creating the metaverse capability within the center, leading the development and delivery of projects on metaverse platforms.
  • Set up a team for the new capability and led them on innovation and experimental technologies.
  • Played a key role in setting up a new to manage the company's own metaverse platform content, delivering over 20 events in two years.
Technologies: Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 3D Modeling, Unity, WebXR, Metaverse, Spatial.io, AltSpace, Microsoft Mesh, Google Cloud, IBM Watson, AWS Cloud Architecture

CGI Producer

2018 - 2021
Accenture
  • Put Costa Rica on the map for industrial 3D design and production, opening opportunities for a new generation of 3D artists to apply to and grow.
  • Imported complex 3D production pipelines used in the automotive industry and replicated locally.
  • Maintained and increased the quality of 3D outcomes from our counterparts in the US and Europe for a brand-new team.
Technologies: Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine, Unity, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), V-Ray, 3D Video, Scripting, Storyboarding, Copywriting, Art Direction, Build Pipelines

Project Manager

2015 - 2018
Accenture
  • Worked for a major US telecom company with over 100 colleagues in Costa Rica.
  • Handled the training and process decentralization of creating banners, emails, websites, and print from the US to Costa Rica and from Costa Rica to India.
  • Improved the building pipeline, tools, and strategy for creating ads and emails faster and more accurately using industry tools and automation.
Technologies: Jira, Excel 365, Presentations, Reporting, Team Management, Paid Advertising, Banner Ads, Email Marketing, Schedule Optimization

Production Director

2013 - 2015
77Digital
  • Led the entire development team for a startup company with 20+ clients in different industries.
  • Contributed to landing a big deal with a major US retail brand.
  • Kept the work flowing and the clients rolling in to continue to grow the company for two and a half years.
Technologies: Project Management, Clients, Budgeting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software Design, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Rich Media Specialist

2011 - 2013
avVenta (acquired by Accenture)
  • Led the technical support team for two years and supported both the clients and my teammates.
  • Managed the EMEA support team from Costa Rica, helping over 100 clients successfully.
  • Engaged as a subject-matter expert in solving ad tracking on the platform.
Technologies: Rich Media, Technical Support, Team Leadership, Supervisor, Team Management, Reporting

Rich Media Developer

2010 - 2011
avVenta
  • Engaged as a tech support for a rich media tracking service for EMEA, starting in a junior role and quickly becoming a team lead.
  • Collaborated seamlessly with European counterparts on a big, rich media tracking account.
  • Became the top support agent for the Costa Rica account and the quickest to be promoted in the team.
Technologies: Flash, Rich Media, Ads, HTML5, Event Tracking
2008 - 2010

Graduate Degree in Software Project Management

Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica - Heredia, Costa Rica

2004 - 2008

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica - Heredia, Costa Rica

Tools

Jira, Blender, Unreal Engine, Flash, Autodesk Maya, V-Ray, IBM Watson

Platforms

Spatial.io, 8th Wall

Languages

C#, HTML5

Other

Project Management, Technical Support, Team Leadership, Supervisor, Team Management, Clients, Schedule Optimization, Unity, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Metaverse, AltSpace, Software, Web Development, Interactive Web Development, App Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Cost Control, Rich Media, Reporting, Budgeting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software Design, Excel 365, Presentations, Unreal Engine 5, 3D Modeling, 3D Video, Art Direction, WebXR, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Quality Management, Ads, Event Tracking, Paid Advertising, Banner Ads, Email Marketing, 3D Animation, Scripting, Storyboarding, Copywriting, Build Pipelines, Microsoft Mesh, Google Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, 3D, Google Cardboard, 3D Art, Medical Devices, CGI, WebGL

Experience

  • Unity - 12 years
  • Team Management - 10 years
  • Project Management - 10 years
  • Virtual Reality (VR) - 7 years
  • Blender - 6 years
  • Unreal Engine 5 - 6 years
  • Augmented Reality (AR) - 6 years
  • 3D Modeling - 6 years

Tools

  • Blender
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