- I'm a tech founder, won 6 prizes in 11 hackathons and 9+ prizes in business/case competitions.
- With 10 years of experience in finance (UBS, PwC, PE) and tech (startups), I recently held 2 corporate Head of AI positions.
- Previously, I received a master in Business Innovation at the University of St.Gallen.
- If you need help with implementing growth and business strategies which will win, hit me up!
Currently, all my most active projects are private.
My goal is to launch 4 projects from 2025-2026.
Oh, and vibe coding/engineering really accelerates my product development.
Find more about me here: terencela.com
Hackathons
- 2017, START Hack (MLH), 3rd Prize Overall Winner, out of 89 groups
- 2021, HackZurich, 3rd Prize Overall Winner, Europe's largest Hackathon with 1600 hackers
- 2021, HackZurich, 1st Prize Winner of the Migros Challenge: bit.ly/ZooMaaniia
- 2021, HackWinterthur, 2nd Prize Winner
- 2022, HackThurgau, 3rd Prize Winner
- 2023, START Hack, Prize Winner for the blockchain challenge
Business/Case
- 2014, IVE Business Plan, Magna Cum Laude
- 2016, BestStudentChallenge 2016, very good
- 2018, Business Game St.Gallen, Covestro 1st Prize winner out of 50 teams
- 2018, Business Game St.Gallen, Daimler 1st Prize winner out of 50 teams
- 2020, Bain FinTech Challenge Winner
- 2021, St.Gallen Symposium, Leader of Tomorrow awardee
- 2021, HSG Entrepreneurial Talent at Startup@HSG
- 2021, Toastmasters International, 3rd Prize in Impromptu Speech (Zurich & St.Gallen)
- 2023, Lucerne Dialogue, 45 European Leaders under 45
- 2023, Nova Talents, Fellow
