.....Juan M.Ruiz was born in Pereira, Colombia.

.....He studied electronics technology at Caldas University from 1996-1999.

.....From 1995-1998, he was a Research Technician for Spanish Electronics Magazine (Electronica & Computadores, CEKIT.SA).

.....From 2002 to 2003 he was a Senior Engineering Technician at Raltron Electronics in Miami, FL. His responsibilities included design and development of high frequency radio circuits and voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXO) operating above 622 MHz.

.....From January 2008 to June 2008 he was a qualification technician at IBM.

.....He has been a Lab Technician at Delta Power Electronics Lab since September 2008. His responsibilities include PCB layout, PCB milling and fabrication, magnetics construction, and bench testing/debugging of lab prototypes.