Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He is an Associate Professor at UFRN in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (DEB) at Centro Tecnologia (CT) and a Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PPgEEC/UFRN) and the Postgraduate Program in Health Management and Innovation (PPgGIS/UFRN). In management, he serves as Head of the Research and Technological Innovation Management Sector at the Onofre Lopes University Hospital (HUOL) at the Brazilian Hospital Services Company (EBSERH) and as Information and Communication Technology Coordinator at the Distance Education Secretariat (SEDIS /UFRN). In the scope of research, he is Executive Director of the Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health (LAIS) at UFRN/HUOL/EBSERH, Chief Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Technological Innovation in Health (R-BITS) and President of the Scientific Council of the Brazilian Institute of Technological Innovation in Health at ABIMO/FIESP in São Paulo. He has experience in the area of Computer Science, with an emphasis on Innovation in Health, working mainly on the following topics: Health education, Technological Innovation in Health, Health IT, Telemedicine and Telehealth, Hospital Automation, Assistive Technologies, and Educational Technologies.