Ricardo has been part of NEACOL since 2014, having occupied the role of Vice-President for two years and overall, involved primarily in the IT aspects of the organization.

He is currently an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, acting as Chief Technology Officer for the Non-Qualified Plans (NQP) division, following the acquisition of American Financial Systems, company where he led Software Development and IT Operations, and member of its Board of Directors.

Prior to this role, he acted as Second Vice President for Guardian Life Insurance, a Fortune 250 company, and held other positions in the same arena in both US and Latin America. He also founded two IT-related companies, as well as Co-Founded YallaCollect, a Fintech startup in the Middle East region (Dubai).

Ricardo has a strong interest in volunteering in the non-profit sector and besides NEACOL, he also serves as a Business Mentor for eForAll, Technical Volunteer for Code.org, Advisor for Harvard OCS Firsthand, and was part of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) as a STEM advisor.

His academic background includes a Master of Science in Finance and an MBA in International Business, both from HULT International Business School, a Master’s degree in Information Systems Management from Harvard University, a B.S. in Computer Sciences from Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria and four years of Electronic Engineering and Mathematics at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota. He was also a Teaching Assistant / Fellow at Harvard University and is currently a Lecturer at the Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, both endeavors in related professional subjects.

Ricardo has published research in the computer technology field in academic scenarios and magazines of national circulation such as MSDN Magazine and VB Advisor. He also has also been selected as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics in Information Technology in the U.S” by HITEC for six consecutive years and also featured by Hispanic Engineer & IT Magazine as one of the “Top Hispanics in Computer Science and Computer Engineering”.