Meet our CEO
V. B. Gorovits
Doctor of Science in Mining and tunneling technologies. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
1995 – Current
Gorbo Capital Group, Inc. (before 2004 -Gorbo Capital Inc.)
President and CEO
2006 – 2015
APPLE International Development LLC (Italy, Sienna)
Chief of designing and estimating department, Chairman of the BOD
Implementation of multiple industrial and real estate projects, business projects estimating and scheduling.
2006 – 2010
TOURO Univercity, New York-Moscow
Chief of designing and estimating department, Chairman of the BOD
Implementation of multiple industrial and real estate projects, business projects estimating and scheduling.
2000 – 2006
SAVIN/JMOA ENGINEERING, P.C., Pleasantville, NY
Project Executive Manager/Chief of the Estimating Department.
Cost estimate, office and site management of state and federal educational and related constructional projects.
1999 – 2006
RAMAPO COLLEGE of NEW JERSEY, NJ
Professor of the DBS: Algebra and Beginning of Calculus.
1994 – 1998
BASIC INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP., New York, NY.
Senior Executive
Management of the CIS investment and research staff in the headquarter and branches in Moscow, S-Petersburg, Kiev, Odessa, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Alma-Ati. Managing of the research and business projects implementation, funding negotiation and business plans developing for diversified projects.
1992 – 1994
CATERPILLER OVERSEAS, Inc. Peoria.
Industrial Consultant
Hydraulic systems design for modern earth-moving machines. The software developing for different manipulators. Laser controlled system for earthmoving technologies. Soil stabilization technologies.
1976 – 1994
MOSCOW CITY CONSTRUCTION HOLDING “MOSINGSTROY”.
Chief Science Manager of the Designing Branch of the Holding.
Chairman of the New Technologies Planning Committee of the Holding.
Administered and supervised variety of the new technologies and machines. Implementation into city areas: hydraulic and dynamic systems, heating and power plant, high pressure hydraulic systems, testing devices for soil mechanics researches, laser leveling and underground digital navigating devices and systems, manipulators for construction, wheeled heavy truck and dumpers, hydraulic, pneumatic and vibration hammers, earth boring jet systems. Wheel carriage system modelling for the First Moon explorer.
1978 – 1994
MOSCOW GEOLOGY-PROSPECTING ACADEMY, Moscow, Russia.
Assistant Professor, Professor, Chief of the Chair, Dean.
- Courses: Applied mechanics and applied math;
- Fundamental of mechanics of solids, minerals and soils;
- Applied hydraulic and hydraulic machines;
- Earthmoving machines: modeling and design;
- Optimal strategies for mining technologies implementation.
1965 – 1971
HOLDING “STEEL AND CONSTRUCTION”, Moscow, Russia.
Design team engineer.
Participated in designing and implementing cranes, hoisting manipulators and other system for construction.
EDUCATION
1987
MOSCOW GEOLOGY-PROSPECTING ACADEMY, Moscow, Russia.
Doctor of Science Degree and Professor Degree.
Major: Fundamentals of applied mechanics of solid and modeling researches.
Mining and tunneling technologies.
1972
MOSCOW ROAD AND AUTOMOTIVE UNIVERSITY, Moscow, Russia.
Ph. D. (1972) in mechanical engineering and design.
1965
Master’s degree in mechanical engineering and design.
1978
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, Moscow, Russia.
Master’s degree in applied mechanics and mathematics.
1984
MOSCOW Institute of Radio and Automatics, Moscow, Russia.
Master’s degree in applied automatics.
PUBLICATIONS
85 publications (6 books, 65 articles and 14 inventions).
The full list of publications is available upon request.
AFFILIATION AND HONORS
Russian State Engineering Academy, Member.
International Tunnel Association, Member, US Divisions.
Awarded by 5 medals of the international exhibitions in the mining art and construction machines.