Juan Rico holds a degree in Telecommunication Degree (2006) and a Masters degree in Communication in Mobile Networks and ICT (2009).
He started his career as researcher at the Network Planning and Mobile Communication Laboratory at University of Cantabria working on M2M and wireless communication. He has been working on M2M and IoT projects applied to many different domains from avalanche rescue (awarded by European Space Agency) to Smart Cities (awarded by Eureka as best Smart City project in 2014).
Last years he acted as head of energy sector in Atos working on the integration of heterogeneous systems to improve overall energy management, and recently he joined Teka Group as Head of IoT to develop smart home strategy for the home appliance manufacturer. He is co-author of several book chapters and written more than 20 papers published in international journals.
Juan Rico Fernandez