Marcelo V. Garcia, Ph.D. , is a researcher from INTELIA research group. He studied electronics and instrumentation engineering at the University of the Armed Forces-ESPE. In 2013, he obtained his Master's Degree in Control, Automation, and Robotics Engineering, and in 2018, he obtained his doctorate at the University of the Basque Country (UPV / EHU). His studies were carried out thanks to a grant from the Ecuadorian government. From 2008 to 2013, he worked as an engineer in different companies in the area of oil and gas in Ecuador such as Schlumberger, Petrobras, and Petroamazonas EP. His research interest is focused on the design of next-generation architectures based on Industry 4.0 in various domains such as automation and smart manufacturing.
 
John-Paul Reyes, Ph.D. is a full professor at the Universidad Técnica de Ambato. He is Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Production from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. He has worked as a consultant for mining and footwear companies, where he has participated in logistical, operational, and management processes, as well as in the area of risk analysis. His research interests include information technologies, industrial engineering, supply chain management, operations research, lean manufacturing tools, business process management, modeling, and simulation.
 
Carlos Nuñez M., Mg., received his engineering in computer and information systems and the Mg.  in database management from the Technical University of Ambato (UTA) Ecuador in 2006 and 2012, respectively.  He has written more than ten SCOPUS scientific papers. His current research interests include software artificial intelligence and database. Currently, he is a coordinator of the Operational Research Unit of the Faculty of Engineering in Electronic and Industrial Systems and general coordinator of the Network of the Technical University of Ambato
 
Carlos Gordon Gallegos, Ph.D. received his Electronic engineering and the M.Sc. degree in Networks and Telecommunications from the Technical University of Ambato (UTA) Ecuador in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He joined the Department of Optoelectronics and Laser Technology, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M, Madrid, Spain, in 2012, and he received Ph.D. degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Automation Engineering in 2016, under the supervision of Prof. Guillermo Carpintero del Barrio. He has written more than sixty SCOPUS scientific papers. His current research interests include photonic integrated circuits in InP for the millimeter-wave and terahertz signal generation for high data rate wireless communication systems, the semiconductor short-pulse laser systems, artificial intelligence in robotics and renewable energy.