Gabriel F. D.

Principal, Product Design at Patreon

Gabriel de Diego is an accomplished Information Technology professional with a focus on Virtual Reality and immersive technology. He received his B.S. in IT from Florida International University and has pursued multiple Nanodegrees in VR development and ARKit. Gabriel's dedication to the ever-evolving industry has led him to work as an AR/VR Software Engineer at Comcast and as a former VR Software Developer at Blackdove Inc. He has also served as a coach for Codecademy and worked as a Software Development Intern at Charter Communications as well as Student Assistant at Florida International University.

Gabriel's technical expertise includes Unity3D, C#, JavaScript, Node.js, A-Frame, ARKit, Java, HTML5, CSS3, VB.NET, XML, Git, Bash (Unix Shell), and more. He is driven by a long-term career goal of becoming a VR/AR Developer and contributing to the advancement of the Immersive Computing industry.

Experience

Principal, Product Design at Patreon (October 2022 - Present)

Head of Design, Core Experience at Patreon (February 2021 - October 2022), Adjunct Professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (January 2023 - May 2023), Co-Founder at Makeshift Brooklyn (April 2021 - August 2022), Design Director, Emerging Products at CNN (2020 - February 2021), Head Of Design at Canopy (acquired by CNN) (2019 - 2020), UX Design Manager, Jigsaw at Google (2017 - 2019), Staff Product Designer, VR at Meta (2015 - 2017), Lead Product Designer, Photos at Meta (2014 - 2015), Senior Product Designer, Pages and Sharing at Meta (2013 - 2014), Founding Designer at Automatic Labs, LLC (2012 - 2014), Design Manager at Mopro (2011 - 2012), Senior User Experience Designer at Mad Mobile (2010 - 2011), Creative Director, Public Service at Ad 2 Tampa Bay (2009 - 2011), Graphic Designer at imageMEDIA (September 2009 - July 2010), Graphic Design Intern at Clear Channel Outdoor (January 2010 - March 2010)