For 12 years he was a Sunday columnist for the newspaper Reforma, where he is now the Editorial Director.
Before his current position he worked at the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), as General Director where he participated in the strategy and supervision of more than 250 projects in different areas of public policy, from urban planning and future energies, to the budget transparency and public procurement systems. From the IMCO, he promoted the design and dissemination of the anti-corruption initiative known as Ley 3 de 3.

In 2011 he was invited by the Government of the President of the United States, Barack Obama to be part of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Open Government.

Juan has a PhD in public policy from the London School of Economics, a Master's degree in Economics from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from UNAM. While studying his Master's degree, he worked as a CNN correspondent in Spanish covering general elections in India, Japan and the Philippines.

As a political commentator he has worked in several radio and television programs.