Jose Luis Hidalgo Valiño

Jose Luis Hidalgo Valiño is an accomplished Senior Rendering Engineer at Epic Games since August 2021 and a 3D Programmer at Sketchfab since February 2019. With a robust background in academia, Valiño served as a full-time professor of advanced programming at ESAT until August 2022 and worked as a Technical Director at the University Institute of Control Systems and Industrial Computing from June 2009 to January 2012. Valiño's professional journey includes roles as a Software Development Engineer for the United Nations, a Senior Computer Graphics Engineer at Mybrana, and a CTO & Co-founder at we use powerups. Valiño holds multiple degrees from Universitat Politècnica de València, including a Master in Computer Science focused on AI and Computer Graphics, and has contributed to significant research in computer graphics, particularly in the areas of rendering engines and geometry generation.