Marco J. Peredo-Saavedra holds degrees in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, and Higher Education. As a faculty member in different universities of his native country (Bolivia), he has taught several courses in his area of expertise since 1982. He has also worked extensively with Unix technology, both as a consultant and a support-engineer. He is presently the Academic Director of Simón I. Patiño University in Cochabamba, Bolivia.