Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1967. From an early age he showed interest in exact sciences. At the age of 13 he participated in Rubik's Cube speed contests, winning one of them. At the age of 17, he won the National Physics Olympiad in Ecuador, South America. Graduated from ESPOL, Ecuador, in Computer Engineering. He has developed systems to facilitate mental calculation in Mathematics. He is currently conducting several investigations in the area of Number Theory and Group Theory.