Juan Carlos Prieto was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1988. He received the dual master’s degree in data science and in telecommunications engineering. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in statistics and decision science with Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC). He worked as a Researcher with the Data Science Laboratory, URJC, and participated in several projects. Since 2018, he has been managing a software start-up developing AI SaaS products for the automotive sector. His research interests include machine learning, natural language processing, and similarity metrics in various application domains, including sentiment analysis, knowledge-based systems, and reputation and recommender systems.