was awarded a Masters in Analytical Chemistry in 2001 by the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. He works in the R&D department Werfen. He has been involved in the development of several critical care analyzers, was the technical scientist leader for development of the GEM® Premier™ 5000, is the coinventor of the iQM2/Intraspect QC methodology, and continues to work in R&D at Werfen as an R&D Manager/Scientist. He has authored several publications and owns various patents.