# Josef Bromovsky

> Josef Bromovsky, also known professionally as Joe Bromovsky, is the CEO and co-founder of Algoma, a real estate development software company. A civil engineer who later worked in AECOM’s technology group, he holds a Harvard Business School MBA and the CFA designation. With co-founders Seyfihan Usarer and Kyle MertensMeyer, he is building tools that combine zoning, site capacity, market information, early design and financial modeling for developers.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Algoma
- **Organizations:** Algoma, AECOM
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Algoma and serves as its CEO., Earned a Harvard Business School MBA; holds the CFA designation., Led Algoma as it announced a $2.3 million seed round in May 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Before Algoma; dates not verified** — Began his career as a civil engineer in the United Kingdom and later joined AECOM’s technology group.
- **2022** — Listed alongside Sofia Altuna, Luis F Gutierrez and Seyfihan Usarer on AGRIBUY, a Harvard New Venture Competition entry proposing a farmer-to-restaurant marketplace.
- **2023** — Harvard Business School MBA class of 2023; co-founded Algoma with Seyfihan Usarer and Kyle MertensMeyer.
- **2023-12** — Featured on The Climate Pioneers Show.
- **2024-02** — Listed with Seyfihan Usarer for Columbia GSAPP’s Urbantech Start-Ups event.
- **2025-05** — Algoma announced $2.3 million in seed funding led by Zacua Ventures; appeared on Slice of Construction.
- **2025-06** — Appeared on Specified Growth Podcast to discuss entrepreneurship, pre-construction and fundraising.
- **2025-12** — Identified in a Georgia Forestry Foundation announcement photo with the Georgia Mass Timber Accelerator cohort.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Algoma and serves as its CEO.
- Earned a Harvard Business School MBA; holds the CFA designation.
- Led Algoma as it announced a $2.3 million seed round in May 2025.
- Algoma was selected for NYC Mass Timber Studio and Georgia Mass Timber Accelerator grants.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Georgia Forestry Foundation described Algoma as the lead on 1500 Waters, a planned four-story, 18,000-square-foot mass timber residential project in Savannah, with ACE Real Estate and Aspect Structural Engineering.
- **2026-12** — Scheduled, not yet held as of research on October 23, 2026: listed as a speaker for Single Family Rental West, with an agenda session titled Hunt smarter: AI driven acquisitions on December 7.

## Links

- Website: https://www.algoma.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josefbromovsky/

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