Y G Geltser Ph DYury G. Geltser was born in 1952 on Sakhalin Island, Russia. He is a well-known entrepreneur and scientist. Upon graduation from secondary school, Mr. Geltser studied at the Kuibyshev Planning Institute, presently known as the Samara State Universityof Economics. During his professional career, Mr. Geltser has held numerous managing positions in the agricultural, construction, and oil production industries focusing on Economics. In 1985 Mr. Geltser was admitted to the Graduate Program at the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, presently known as the Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1986 Mr. Geltser headed the laboratory for organization of production at the Nizhnevartovsk Science and Research Institute located in the Tyumen Region of Russia, primarily servicing the oil production industry. Since the early 1990s Mr. Geltser has built a reputation of an accomplished entrepreneur in the fields of engineering structure construction and commercial real estate leasing. He attained his second higher education degree at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering and completed his dissertation in the field of organization of construction industry based on General System Theory in 1999. Mr. Geltser is a candidate of Technical Sciences and a full member (academician) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering in the Department of Economics and Management in Engineering. Mr. Geltser is a full member of the Academy of Investment and Construction Economy. He is a published author of two books and over hundred scientific articles. Being an accomplished poet and composer, Mr. Geltser produced three music albums. He is married and has two children. In his spare time he enjoys reading as well as playing piano and sports. Read More Read Less