Ignasi Cairó Molins was born in Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain in 1967. He received the electronics and telecommunication degrees by Politechnical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain in 1988 and 1992 respectively. 

 

He joined the research and development department from the group Circutor in 1995, where he was involved in industrial power electronics and RFID systems. 

 

His activities during 1998 until 2007 at Philips Semiconductors and Epson Electronics where related to wireless communications systems as MMIC and RFIC design, in the design of low power integrated radios for WiFi, UWB and similar technologies. 

 

From 2007 until 2010 he was director of innovation at Circutor, managing activities in the field of equipment for electrical efficiency mainly for industrial applications

 

He has joined IREC, taking over activities in the research areas such as energy efficiency systems, telecommunications for Smart Grids, microgrids and electrical mobility.

 

He received some awards from Seiko Epson R&D, and author or co-author 10 publications and 24 patents.