Rodrigo Azcueta Rodrigo Azcueta Dr.-Ing. (ARG, GER)
Dr.-Ing. Rodrigo Azcueta was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1968. He studied Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Buenos Aires and Hamburg. Following his graduation in 1996 he continued working at the University of Hamburg on viscous free-surface flows and ship motions, for which he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Naval Engineering in 2001. Until the end of 2003 he was a senior research engineer at MTG Marinetechnik GmbH in Hamburg, working on projects for the German Ministry of Defence. From 2003 to 2007 he worked as head of hydrodynamic CFD for the 32nd America's Cup Challenger BMW Oracle Racing. In 2007 he founded Cape-Horn-Engineering S.L., a CFD consultancy and joint-venture with the well-known Argentinian designer Juan Koujoumdjian. Together they won three consecutive Volvo Ocean Race Campaigns for ABN Amro, Ericsson and Groupama. Rodrigo was Head of CFD for Team Origin (33rd America's Cup) and Head of CFD for Artemis Racing (34th America's Cup) until January 2013. In February 2013 Rodrigo ended his joint-venture with Juan K. and entered into a new partnership with Matteo Ledri, turning Cape Horn Engineering into a Ltd. In February 2014 Rodrigo became Head of CFD for Ben Ainslie´s Racing Team and moved the office to Portsmouth.

Matteo LedriMatteo Ledri (ITA)
Matteo was born in 1979 in Udine, Italy. He studied Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering at the University of Trieste from which he graduated in 2004. From 2004 to 2010 he worked for a Software and Engineering Consultancy, where he was involved in CFD analysis and optimization for marine applications. In 2011 he joined Cape Horn Engineering as a part time consultant. In 2014 he became a partner of the newly founded Cape Horn Engineering Limited and moved to Portsmouth.

Richard EmsRichard Ems (URU, GER)
Richard was born in 1971 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He studied Computer Science at the University of Hamburg, specializing in Naval Architecture. He has been working with Rodrigo since 1995. From 1999 to 2007 he worked at an engineering consulting firm for the German Navy in Hamburg. In 2007 Richard became a Systems Manager at Cape Horn Engineering S.L., in charge of the HPC cluster and network and CFD process automation. He currently lives in Buenos Aires and works as an external part time HPC consultant for CHE.