Yoshi Morales
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Toptal member since July 10, 2024
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
Centauri Lab Website
Costa Rica Children's Museum SteamVR
LPH AR Experience
COSEVI Cybersecurity Training
Alcon Products Display
Work Experience
Immersive Manager
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.
Metaverse Delivery Manager
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.
CGI Producer
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.
Project Manager
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.
Production Director
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.
Rich Media Specialist
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.
Rich Media Developer
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.
Education
Graduate Degree in Software Project Management
Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica - Heredia, Costa Rica
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica - Heredia, Costa Rica
Skills
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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