Gerardo Lecuona completed his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universidad de Guadalajara, went on to earn his master’s degree at USI Università della Svizzera italiana, and earned an MBA from MIP Politecnico di Milano. Mr. Lecuona began his career in UPS R&D roles, joining Newave Energy AG in 2008 as an R&D Engineer before advancing through positions including R&D project manager, head of R&D and subsequently R&D technology director at ABB Power Protection following ABB’s acquisition of Newave SA. In those roles, he led multidisciplinary engineering teams and oversaw technological development, quality, connectivity, and engineering operations, as well as technology budgeting and time-to-market planning. Since co-founding Centiel in 2015, Mr. Lecuona has been responsible for global commercial strategy, development of Centiel’s international partner network, and the market introduction and expansion of the company’s fourth-generation fault-tolerant modular UPS systems. His responsibilities include P&L oversight, strategic business development, product commercialisation, and advancing Centiel’s technology and market footprint across global critical power markets.