Orlando Valarezo was born in Ecuador in 1987, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral - ESPOL. He holds a master’s degree in Power System and its Automation from Shandong University (China), and a master’s degree in Computational Engineering and Mathematics from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain). Orlando is currently a Research Assistant at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) of University Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain. His research focuses on the Interaction between DSO and third-party flexibility resources in the operation of distribution grids.