Meet our competitors
Behind ICPC Uruguay are students and professionals already competing in the region’s most demanding university programming circuit. Below are the teams and profiles behind the project today: their background, their ICPC track record, and where to follow their work.
Twice qualified for the PDA, the ICPC Continental Final
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Joaquín Bonora
Software Engineer at Frida HR · Lecturer, Universidad ORT Uruguay
He combines professional and academic experience with a standout track record in ICPC Uruguay: he’s part of the ORT team that qualified twice for the PDA (Programadores de América), the Latin American Continental Final. His profile is the kind of talent that can compete at the highest level while helping train the next generation.
Juan Manuel Duarte Pallavicini
Developer at STeP · Student, Universidad ORT Uruguay
A PDA (Programadores de América) competitor — the ICPC Latin American Continental Final — and member of the ORT team that has qualified for it twice. His path shows the potential of students who, from Uruguay, already compete in the region’s top university programming circuit.
Nahuel Zeballos
Software Developer at Zureo · Lecturer · Systems Engineering student, ORT
As an ICPC competitor, he’s part of one of the Uruguayan teams that has reached the PDA (Programadores de América) — the Latin American Continental Final — twice, reflecting a sustained level of algorithmic preparation and collaborative problem-solving.
Third consecutive year in ORT’s Competitive Programming Workshop
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Franco Pérez Carballo
Developer · Software Engineering student · Entrepreneur
He’s actively involved in ICPC and ORT’s competitive programming community. Together with his team, this is their third consecutive year in the university’s Competitive Programming Workshop — a track record that reflects steady growth and technical solidity.
Luis Thomburne Vidales
Software Developer at Tata Consultancy Services · Student, ORT
An ICPC competitor and part of ORT’s new generation of competitive programmers. Together with his team, he’s in his third consecutive year in the university’s Competitive Programming Workshop, building experience and consistency year after year.
Thiago Cuña Dellepiane
Student, Universidad ORT Uruguay
He completes the Overflowmasters team, now in its third consecutive year in ORT’s Competitive Programming Workshop, adding his part to the group’s growth and technical solidity.
Podium finish at ORT’s Internal Programming Contest
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Juan Martín Tomasetti
Student, Universidad ORT Uruguay
An active competitive programmer. He has taken part in regional training instances, including the Argentine Competitive Programming Association’s training camp, and placed 3rd and 4th with his team at the ORT contest. He represents a pipeline of talent already connecting with the Latin American competitive ecosystem.
Juan Pablo Canedo
Student, Universidad ORT Uruguay
An ICPC Uruguay participant. Together with his team, he’s part of the 3rd- and 4th-place finishes at the ORT contest — a key pipeline for expanding Uruguay’s presence in regional, and eventually world, competitions.
Christian Zorrón
Student, Universidad ORT Uruguay
An ICPC competitor. His team placed 3rd and 4th at the ORT contest, demonstrating a solid foundation in algorithmic problem-solving and performing under competitive pressure.
Expanding national representation
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
José Ignacio Lavecchia Suárez
Computer Science student, Universidad Católica del Uruguay · ICPC South America South Regional Finalist 2025
He’s training as a software developer, with experience in .NET, React, and SQL. His involvement matters for ICPC Uruguay to grow beyond a single institution and become a national project that brings together and elevates competitive talent from every university.
Leandro Barral
Software Engineer · Student, Universidad Católica del Uruguay · ICPC South America South Regional Finalist 2025
A Software Engineer with experience in machine learning, university-level teaching, and software development. He started programming at 13 through game development and later expanded into web systems and AI, and also built and scaled a YouTube channel to over 80,000 subscribers through data-driven experimentation and growth strategy. He’s now focused on competitive programming (ICPC) and advanced algorithmic problem-solving, with a strong interest in high-performance, rigorous engineering environments. He began his studies in 2024.
Guzmán Zugnoni
Student, Universidad Católica del Uruguay (since 2024)
He began his studies in 2024 and is preparing to compete in his first ICPC Regional, joining the growth of competitive programming at Universidad Católica del Uruguay.
The coach behind the project
Uruguay ICPC National Champion (coach) 2024 and 2025
Rafael Fernández Morera
Tech Lead · Senior AI Engineer at Canals · Adjunct Professor, Universidad ORT Uruguay
He’s been the lead professor of competitive programming at Universidad ORT Uruguay since 2023: under his guidance, the ORT team qualified for the PDA (Programadores de América) in 2025 and 2026, ranking among the top 40 in Latin America. As a coach, he led Uruguay to the ICPC National Championship in 2024 and 2025. A senior software engineer focused on AI and NLP, with experience at Mercado Libre and Canals, and an international medalist in competitive programming himself — bronze at the ACM-ICPC Caribbean Regional in 2016, among other honors.