Industrial Engineer by the Engineering School at San Sebastian (University of Navarra - www.unav.es) in 1994 and European Welding Engineer by CESOL in 1996.

He joined INASMET (www.inasmet.es) in 1995, where he worked at the Joining Technologies and Technology Services Departments for 2 years, providing ready made solutions to the local industry.

In 1997 he worked at the European Commission (europa.eu.int), D.G.III: Industry, dealing with the preparation of the guidelines for the EMC, Low Voltage and Industrial Safety directives, which involved a close relationship with industrial associations, standardization bodies and member state representatives. Back in INASMET, he joined the Surface Engineering department, leading the Ion Implantation area. He was active in a number of surface modification and coating processes, thin film and thermal spraying techniques and development of solutions in the tribology, corrosion, fatigue and bioactivity fields. Here, he managed, coordinated and contributed to a large number of R&D projects in the field of Surface Engineering both at national and international level.

In 2002, he became leader of the surface engineering group in the biomedical field, managing a number of biomaterials related projects. As a result, he issued two patents (under exploitation), has participated in numerous conferences or seminars and published a number of technical or scientific articles in peer reviewed journals or Conference Proceedings in the surface engineering and biomaterials field.

In 2003, he set up and joined Lifenova Biomedical, S.A. as the Managing Director , (www.lifenova.com). This company is involved in the development and marketing of advanced biomedical products. At the same time, he collaborates with the new Health Unit and Biomaterials Department at Inasmet, and oversees the completion of pre-clinical and clinical tests of new biomedical devices.

His fields of interest, both for research and industrial application, encompass surface engineering and biomaterials on biomedical devices for therapeutics and diagnostics.