Ricardo Marcelín-Jiménez, Dr. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5355-5830 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ricardo_Marcelin_Jimenez R.Marcelín-Jiménez was born in Mexico City, in 1965. He received his B.Sc. In Electronics Engineering from the Metropolitan Autonomous University - Iztapalapa (UAM-I), Mexico, in 1987, the M.Sc. in Computer Eng. from the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico, in 1992 and the PhD in Computer Science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, in 2004. He is a full researcher and professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering in UAM-I. He is the author of 3 books, more than 50 articles, and 1 invention. His research interests are in the theory and practice of distributed computing, especially issues related to coordination and fault tolerance. Dr. Marcelín-Jiménez is a member (level I) of the National Research System (SNI) of CONACYT Mexico. As a consultant, he has been in charge of the design, construction and deployment of massive scale storage systems..