Ricardo Lopez Barquilla

Ricardo Lopez Barquilla serves as the VP of Partner Engineering for Reality Labs and AI at Meta, leading a diverse team of engineers specializing in various technological domains since October 2022. As a co-founder and technical advisor at All4Cure since January 2017, Ricardo facilitates an online platform that connects patients, clinicians, and researchers to share medical insights. Previously, at Microsoft from January 2001 to September 2022, Ricardo held multiple leadership roles, including VP of Devices HW/SW for Microsoft Surface and Xbox, where significant contributions included architecting testing solutions and building teams to enhance device performance. Ricardo also gained early experience as a Project Manager at Indra in 2000 and completed a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Digital Signal Processing) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where cum laude honors were awarded, following a Master of Engineering in Telecommunications Engineering from the same institution.