Juan Rico is a Telecommunications Engineer and Master in ICT technologies who has been deeply involved in the technical development of R&I initiatives applied to multiple domains (avionics, cities, homes, industry and energy). With a strong Digital mindset, he has led and supported the deployment and adoption of IoT, cloud and data technologies to exploit connected assets. During the last 10 years, he has been combining technology and business development defining and deploying digital transformation strategies for energy, consumer devices and manufacturing companies. These challenges led him to specialise in Disruptive Strategy at Harvard Business School and Innovation management at Georgia Tech. He is currently Senior Manager at Eclipse Foundation exploiting his background as a technologist and manager to push forward open source as the most effective way to democratise technology and make it interoperable.