I was born in Laredo, Cantabria, Spain where I attended "Villa del Mar" (formerly "José Antonio") Elementary & Middle School and "Bernardino de Escalante" High School. I completed my college education at the University of Salamanca, one of the oldest and most prestigious academic institutions in Europe. There, I obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and a Master of Science degree in Electronic Physics. While in Salamanca, I was a member of the "Hernán Cortés" fraternity and its Order of the Goblet. The year after my graduation, I moved to the United States to further my education. After a short stay in Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff taking engineering coursework, I received a Fulbright scholarship and attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where I got a Master of Science degree in Computer Science.

After my graduation, I joined Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor and technology company, in Silicon Valley. My career at Intel spanned 28 years in positions of increased responsibility in software validation, software development, software quality, and software engineering. For seven years, I was the Senior Director of the corporate Software Quality organization.

In 2020, I joined the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) as Director of Software Engineering and Development. GCA is an international non-profit organization dedicated to making the Internet a safer place by reducing cyber risk.

My professional interests include software engineering and development, open source software, data engineering and analytics, and cybersecurity, with emphasis on unwanted traffic detection, honeypot construction and operation, and domain abuse prevention.

Among my personal interests are film photography and the history of California during the Spanish and Mexican period. I own a collection of over 350 vintage film cameras, all fully functional. I enjoy using my cameras to take pictures on film that I later develop in my darkroom. The developed negatives are later scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 scanner prior to light Photoshop processing and digital printing. I like to experiment with unusual film stocks — expired, X-ray, and surveillance film — and different types of photographic developers, such as D-76, HC-110, Rodinal, and Caffenol for black and white, and C-41 for color. I also collect and repair mechanical clocks, slide rules, and calculators.

I live with my wife, Nuria, and our tortoiseshell cat Lexi in San José, California. Nuria and I enjoy cooking with our Thermomix® and weekend travel gateaways in northern California.