Ing. Mario Terceros Arce studied Civil Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) between 2009 and 2013. During this period, he carried out a one-and-a-half-year exchange program with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany, where his passion for geotechnics and deep foundations awoke. After the academic program, he carried out professional internships at BAUER GMBH before returning to Mexico to finish his studies.
After finishing his studies, he returns to Bolivia in January 2014 where he begins to work at INCOTEC as the head of studies and quality tests, gaining great experience in the execution and evaluation of various geotechnical studies (CPTu, DMT, PMT, SPT, etc) and quality tests (PIT, PDA, CSL, etc.). Subsequently, he worked as an engineering manager until the year 2015. In the year 2016, he became chairman of the board of directors as well as operational vice president, which he remains to the date. He is currently completing his master's degree in geotechnics at the San Francisco Xavier University in Chuquisaca.
He is currently the Presidential Group of Young Members (YMPG) of the International Society of Geotechnics (ISSMGE), being one of the three representatives of South America. Ing. Terceros is has also been a member of the organizing committee of the International Congresses of Deep Foundations of Bolivia.