Cyril is a co-founded of Cloudred—a New York City based digital design practice that is both an independent product/content-development studio and a service-based agency with global clientele across corporate, government, civic and cultural domains. From leading creative and technical execution, and project launches for the Mayor of London, City of New York, Bloomberg Philanthropies, UNICEF and Cloudred’s corporate clients, he is also intensely interested in how new forms of technology can help create more meaningful forms of connection and understanding.

Cyril has received a Peabody and a Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab awards for Queerskins: a love story—an immersive cinematic virtual reality experience. He is a recipient of grants from the Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, MacArthur Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation. His work has been shown at the Venice International Film Festival, Cannes, Tribeca and other immersive/film festivals around the world. His latest projects include “Ordinary Gesture,” a virtual reality theatrical experience and “In My Own Skin,” an interactive virtual installation in VRChat featuring wearable avatars which premiered at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen in 2021.

Willy collaborates with entrepreneurs as well as industry and community leaders on brand experience design, creative strategy, and venture development. As part of his practice, Willy teaches entrepreneurship and interaction design at the School of Visual Arts and design management at Pratt Institute. He also serves an appointment with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its Advisory Committee on Cultural Engagement and with the Times Square Alliance as an Arts Advisor for digital and public art exhibitions. He launched his independent practice after serving as Chief Creative Officer at NYC & Company for the City of New York under Mayor Bloomberg. Previously, Willy’s career traversed advertising, software engineering, management consulting, and finance.