Xabier Larrucea is a senior project leader and research scientist at Tecnalia and a part-time lecturer at the University of the Basque Country. He is IEEE Software constituency ambassador for Spain and Latin America. His research focuses on areas such as safety-critical software systems, software quality assurance, software process improvement, empirical software engineering, and metamodeling technology strategy. Over the last decade, he has managed several European research projects related to information and communications technology. He has also provided consultancy activities related to software engineering. He contributed to the Scientific & Technological Strategic Plans in Colombia in 2013 and to several Object Management Group standardization initiatives, such as SPEM 2.0 and UPMS. Larrucea has received a computer engineering degree, a PhD in software engineering, an executive MBA, and Project Management Professional certification. Contact him at [email protected].