Alejandro Rubio Rico was born in 1992 in Yecla, Spain. He holds a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering with a mention in power generation and energy efficiency from the Polytechnic University of Valencia in 2016. His career is also complemented by an academic exchange year in the École Centrale de Lyon. He is currently part of the Industry and Energy Efficiency department in the Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía. He has experience in energy digitalization and Industry 4.0 and has participated as the primary researcher in different projects focusing on energy analysis and consumption optimization on manufacturing processes by means of digital technologies under the scope of Energy Digital Twins, such as CIRCULARCARBON, SIPELEC, PROENER or GENERTWIN.