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Patrick WheelerPW

Patrick Wheeler

UNITY 3D / VR / AR / XR DESIGNER & DEVELOPER

750 €/Tag
Hamburg, DE
8-15 Jahre

Durchschnittliche Reaktionszeit: 1h

Über Patrick

An experienced technical architect, designer, & developer of digital products & services. Specialist in Metaverse, Web3, Gaming, 3D, VR / AR / XR, AI, & edTech as well as Unity / Unreal 3D design & development. A balance of technical, people, & product management skills. Able to articulate complex ideas to diverse teams, bridging knowledge gaps between operational & technical functions. Part digital strategist, part creative designer, part developer. Fully committed to building fun, elegant, & immersive digital solutions.

• C-level responsibility for product, design, & technology (CTO, CPO, CEO)
• Establishing & leading cross-functional digital teams (50+) using Agile / Scrum
• Design thinking & digital product design (including rapid prototyping)
• 3D immersive metaverse pioneer, architect, & strategist
• Leading game development & international release (5 MMO, 30+ mobile titles)
• Experienced VR / XR & 3D designer & Unity / UE builder
• EdTech innovation / e-learning expert (including synthetic media / AI content)
• Analysing & bridging knowledge gaps / team mentoring & coaching
• Founding & growth hacking (acquired 60 million casual game users in China)
  • Französisch

    Grundkenntnisse

  • Englisch

    Muttersprachlich oder zweisprachig

  • Deutsch

    Verhandlungssicher

Vor Ort möglich
Hamburg (bis zu 15 km)

Projekt- und Berufserfahrung

  • eduBITES & Steinbeis SMI University
    CHIEF PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
    BILDUNG & E-LEARNING
    September 2020 - Juni 2022 (1 Jahr und 10 Monate)
    Berlin, Deutschland
    EDTECH & E-LEARNING / AI / SYNTHETIC MEDIA / 3D

    * Interim contract under Setfire *

    Led the concept design & architecture of eduBITES web & mobile apps for corporate e-learning

    Hired & led product, design (Brand, UX, UI), & development teams (Germany, Spain, Pakistan)

    Developed initial fully functioning prototype of mobile & web apps (Flutter / Android & iOS)

    Developed synthetic video media / AI content creation & summarization (GPT-3) tools & pipelines

    Designed & developed 3D / AI avatars (Unity & IBM Watson) for real-time interrogation of asynchronous course content

    Pitched & presented to corporates & investors, clients, & partners

    As part of the founder team, acquired content partners such as Blinkist, Springer Nature & iVersity as well as clients such as Dale Carnegie, Sixt & Netflix Brazil
    Unity3D AI Amazon Web Services (AWS) unreal engine Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator React.js Flutter 3D-Animation
  • Setfire Gmbh
    CTO / FOUNDER / VR / AR BUILDER
    DIGITALAGENTUREN & IT-CONSULTING
    Juli 2016 - Heute (9 Jahre und 11 Monate)
    Berlin, Deutschland
    VR & AR / 3D / AI / WEB & MOBILE

    Designed, developed & released setfire’s (Digital Media Agency) Unity based VR / AR experiences & games

    Senior consultant / Tech PO for Duden (www.duden.de) on the launch of their first digital subscription product, Mentor (coordinating internal product teams, development & agencies). Consulting on VR / AR Innovation

    Led cross-media design, development, & go-to-market projects for Sanofi Aventis, Montblanc, HealthforBrands, Stodt, Wacker & others

    Ran client VR / AR / AI prototyping workshops for clients

    Established www.herebepandas.com successful China digital enablement business as a spin-off.

    Managed China development team, external agencies, & freelancers
    Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Unity 3D Design Thinking Gaming Product Owner Agile Gamification E-Commerce Scrum Digital Consitancy Coaching Game-Design Videospiele Team-Management Prototyping Entrepreneur CTO
  • Smartions AG
    CEO & FOUNDER
    E-COMMERCE
    April 2013 - Mai 2016 (3 Jahre und 1 Monat)
    Berlin, Deutschland
    GAMING & GAME PUBLISHING / SOCIAL / 3D / MOBILE / CHINA

    Founded Smartions AG & raised 7-digit funding for our China gaming platform / SDK

    Developed the business & monetization model, designed (Brand, UX, UI), & managed development of SinoMoGo platform & SDK (China payments / social for mobile games & apps)

    Hired & led a team of 22 people in Berlin, China & US (Office of 12 staff in Suzhou, China)

    Established China legal entity & app store partnerships in conjunction with China director

    Adapted & published 30+ games & apps to the Chinese market (including the City Island series, Overkill, & titles from Stan Lee - Marvel)

    Reached more than 60 million downloads (games using our SinoMoGo payments & social SDK)

    Successfully monetized gaming titles in-market based on a revenue share model

    Acquired major full-service clients Included: Nokia, Daimler (Car2Go), & InMobi
    E-Commerce Software Design Business Analysis Business Development Team-Management User Experience Design Videospiele

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Ausbildung und Abschlüsse

  • MSc in Digital Media Design
    The University of Edinburgh
    A Masters programme from one of the World's top universities that combines bleeding edge development (VR / AR / IoT) with a art and design. • Game Design Studio (VR / Unity) • 3D & Animated Design (Blender / Maya etc) • Design for Interactive Media (VR / Unity) • Design, Entrepreneurship and Innovation • Digital Playgrounds for the Online Public • Digital Media & Culture
  • NCEA CERT / NCVA DIPLOMA IT / COMPUTER SCIENCE
    Technological University Dublin / Inchicore College
    1998
    Software Development (COBOL, VB, C++, Java), Digital Systems (Architecture & Design), Business Studies, French, Computational Mathematics, Computer Aided Design (CAD). Also included City & Guilds Information Technology - Diploma in Programming, City & Guild Information Technology - Diploma in Data Processing & Information Systems.

Zertifizierungen

  • MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCES
    IBEC, Dublin Ireland
    2009
    Personal Team-Management
  • AGILE SOFTWARE DEV WITH SCRUM
    Software Paths, Dublin Ireland
    2010
    Agile Methode Scrum

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