Dr. Ignacio Lacalle (male) is a Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), a public University in the South-East of Spain. Ignacio is a Telecommunications Engineer (2014) from UPV and received his Ph.D. (Dr. Ing.) in 2022. The expertise of Ignacio is mainly rooted in the Internet of Things field, having participated in 10 national and EU research projects such as HE aerOS, MSCA AIAS, HE MISSION, H2020 ASSIST-IoT and others, related mainly to distributed systems, interoperability, added value services, data processing, cybersecurity and manageability, inter alia. Ignacio has performed various roles in those projects (ranging from Developer to Community Manager or Project Manager). In addition, most of those projects focused on applying IoT-related innovations, particularly in the fields of energy, maritime ports, manufacturing, agriculture, and others. Ignacio has authored or co-authored more than 30 publications in relevant journals and conferences.