Juan Pablo Carvallo is the Executive Director of the Ecuadorian National Research and Education Network (CEDIA) and a part-time teacher at the University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador. He received his PhD in software engineering from the Catalonia Tech University, Barcelona, Spain. His research interests include software quality, software process improvement, hybrid systems architecture, and requirements engineering, among others.

He has acted as General Chair and Scientific Chair in several international conferences and as a reviewer for several journals, including IEEE Software, Software Process Improvement and Practice, and the Journal of Computer Science and Technology.