Full Professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Informáticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. His academic career includes prior faculty appointments at Østfold University College, Norway and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
Prof. Dr. Colomo-Palacios earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid back in 2006, complemented by a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IE Business School in 2002.
He possesses also over 10 years of industrial experience, having served as a CIO, CTO, Project Manager, Software Engineer and Consultant for several organizations, including the Spanish multinational Indra.
His research interests include software security and governance, management information systems, software project management, people in software projects, software and services process improvement and management information systems.
Ricardo serves as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Computer Standards & Interfaces since 2024.