Randy Verdecia Peña (S’14-M’19) was born in Granma, Cuba, in 1991. He received a degree in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineer from the University of Oriente (Higher Polytechnic Institute Julio Antonio Mella), Santiago of Cuba, Cuba, in 2014. He received M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, in 2019. From 2014 to 2017, he worked with the Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) as specialist in telematics. His research interests are in communications system, data networks and satellites. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree. In 2017 he received a CAPES scholarship from Education Ministry, Brazil.

He is currently working with the Department of Information Processing and Telecommunications Center, UPM. His research studies have included solutions for the physical layer of the future fifth generation of mobile communication systems (5G). He has also worked with the 3GPP standard in the solutions of New Generation Networks. He is currently involved in the study of new technologies and their implementation in High-Speed Railways (HSR) for 4G and 5G communications. He has received a scholarship from the Science, Innovation and University Ministry, Spain.