Over 11 years of operational experience in rail logistics for bulk commodities. Founder and Director of LLC HRANBUDTORH (2015–2024). Author of a methodology for mobile transload hubs that handle bulk material on public-use rail track without permanent capital infrastructure.
Professional activity began with entrepreneurial work in Lysychansk, Ukraine, in the mid-1990s. The logistics direction took shape from 2000 onward, with specialization in rail logistics for bulk commodities starting in 2013. From 2015 to 2024 — founding and operational leadership of LLC HRANBUDTORH in Kharkiv, within which the Anywhere Logistics methodology was developed and industrially deployed.
The company was founded in 2015 in Kharkiv as the operational vehicle for the practical implementation of the mobile transload hub concept. Throughout the material period (2015–2024) — sole founder and Director. This was not a consultancy position and not a partnership: every decision on technology, clients, operational model, and business development was made personally.
Within the company's operations, an in-house technology for unloading gondola cars with bottom-discharge hatches was developed and deployed in industrial use on public-use rail track — without modification of the track structure and without capital earthworks. The technology made it possible to convert previously idle tracks into fully functional transload hubs with comparable and higher throughput than stationary terminals.
The specific engineering implementation of the technology is closed know-how and is discussed under NDA as part of partnership engagement. On public pages of this site, the concept and effects are described at a level sufficient to understand the methodology, without disclosure of engineering parameters.
During the active commercial period (2018–2022), HRANBUDTORH's mobile hubs handled over 7,000 railcars of various types and approximately 500,000 tons of inert material. Operations ran on high-intensity stations of Ukrzaliznytsia (the national state railway of Ukraine), serving clients of national scale, and confirmed the reproducibility of the methodology across two different geographic locations with different siding conditions.
In December 2024, ownership and operational management of the company were transferred to ensure resident directorship in Ukraine while the author resides in the United States. LLC HRANBUDTORH continues to operate.
HRANBUDTORH's client portfolio formed not on a marketing basis but on the professional reputation built within the rail-logistics community of Kharkiv. Several major contracts originated from direct recommendations by the management of Pivdenna Railway — the regional division of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia.
Following the conclusion of the active operational phase, the accumulated practical experience was systematized in collaboration with Prof. Denys Lomotko (UkrDUZT) and formalized into two peer-reviewed publications. Prof. Lomotko is Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Transport Systems and Logistics at UkrDUZT (368 publications, 211 peer-reviewed), and an Academician of the Transport Academy of Ukraine and the Academy of Technical Sciences of Ukraine. The initiative for joint work came from Prof. Lomotko after the case of non-standard use of rail infrastructure at Kharkiv-Balashovsky and Kharkiv-Sortuvalny stations came to his professional attention.
International Institute of Management, Business and Law (IIMBL), Sloviansk, Ukraine, 1993–1996. Completed by external study with distinction. Specialization: Marketing Director — Specialist in Markets and Prices.
In July 2025 — deliberate relocation from California to the State of Tennessee, in close proximity to active rail infrastructure. The current focus is the adaptation of the Anywhere Logistics methodology to the U.S. market: commercialization in partnership with Class III short-line operators and major bulk-material suppliers across the southeastern states.
In parallel — academic activity (maintaining the peer-reviewed foundation and developing the conceptual core of the methodology), discussions with prospective U.S. deployment partners, and work with donor organizations on the Ukrainian reconstruction-logistics track.
This Bio is context for understanding who stands behind the methodology. The methodology itself and its applications are covered on separate pages. For specifics, go directly to them.
For inquiries on partnership, audit, licensing arrangements, or academic collaboration — direct communication:
Email: mejlauk1091976@gmail.com
Location: Thompson Station, Tennessee, USA