Deputy to the Director General of CESTIC, he joined the Spanish Army in 1989. He has held command posts in Spanish Army and NATO units for a total of 17 years, as well as advisory and analysis positions for 13 years. He has combined these assignments with training in Spain (General Staff Course, Signals Course, Electronic Warfare Course and EOD/TEDAX training) and abroad (General Staff Course in the United Kingdom, Master's degree in Defence Studies from King's College London, and NATO and EU courses). He served as Chief of Future Operations at the Eurocorps Headquarters in Strasbourg and has taken part in overseas operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He is the co-author of two books and the author of a considerable number of articles and essays. He is a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Sciences and Arts and teaches at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the University of Málaga. He speaks English and French at expert level and Italian and Portuguese at professional level.