Testimonials

August 2021

• Agricultural Technology
  Aug. 27, 2021
  Ignacio Lorenzo and Christian Eichin, graduates of the Systems Engineering program, won first prize in the Agtech Challenge with their project Firedet, which aims to detect potential wildfires using cameras and artificial intelligence.
• Systems Engineering: a degree program where you'll never get bored
  Aug. 27, 2021
  Verónica Tortorella, who holds a degree in Systems Engineering and a Master’s in Engineering (Research Track) from Universidad ORT Uruguay, discusses the opportunities her career has provided her both personally and professionally. It has allowed her to travel, meet new people and discover new places, work in multidisciplinary teams, and take on new challenges that keep her engaged and allow her to explore her creativity.
• Parents and children who share a passion for management
  Aug. 19, 2021
  ORT’s Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Administration has been in existence for over 30 years. During that time, some parents and children have discovered that they shared the same calling and decided to pursue it at the university. 
• “Translating the invisible world of ideas into something tangible”
  Aug. 13, 2021
  On her own at her computer, Eliane Cynovich learned to edit photos when she was 10 years old. She always knew her path lay in the creative world. She studied graphic design, went on an exchange program to Australia, and graduated from a fine arts program in New York. Today, she works for Chabad on Campus International and says she enjoys “teaching technique as a way to connect with emotion.”
• A graduate with a degree in accounting, she has experience from the Harvard MBA program and at McKinsey
  Aug. 5, 2021
  Interview with Magdalena Olazabal, a graduate of ORT’s Public Accounting program and an associate at McKinsey & Company, who earned her MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS).
• The pioneering company in the digitization of freight forwarders raises $16 million in a funding round
  Aug. 4, 2021
  Nowports, Latin America’s first digital freight forwarder, received a $16 million investment from Mouro Capital, backed by Banco Santander. ORT alumni Maximiliano Casal (one of the company’s two co-founders) and Santiago García da Rosa (CTO) discuss what this financial backing means for the startup.
• From Businessmen to Entrepreneurs: A Chain of Favors with Nasdaq
  Aug. 4, 2021
  Pablo Pereira, an ORT MBA graduate, has completed the Milestone Makers program at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurship Center. His company, Armor Bionics, is currently focused on reaching more potential customers in the United States and capitalizing on a major opportunity created by the pandemic: the backlog of surgeries.
• "Studying at ORT sparked my passion for entrepreneurship"
  Aug. 2, 2021