Andrés Navarro Cadavid is an electronic engineer (1993), with a Masters in Technology Management (1999), both from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín. He obtained his PhD in Telecommunications from Universitat Politécnica de Valencia in 2003. He has been an IEEE member since 1995 and a Senior Member since 2014. He is an advisor of the Spectrum Management Committee for the Colombian Spectrum Agency and an ITU expert. He is the IEEE Comsoc LATAM Regional Director 2022-2023, a corresponding member of the 2024 IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board, the VTS Colombia chapter Chair and the Andean Council Chair. As an ITU expert, he advised different governments in Digital TV and Spectrum Management. He is a participant in COST CA 20120 INTERACT and former actions COST CA15104 IRACON, COST IC1004, and COST 2100. He is a member of IEICE and EurAAP. Currently, he is the coordinator of the CENIT research center for technology in Health at Universidad Icesi, a joint center involving Biomedica research group and Fundacion Valle del Lili. His research interests are Spectrum Management, mobile radio planning (5G 6G), radio propagation and m-health.