The Problem Solver: Bob Black and Great Barrier Systems
Black is a native New Yorker and a retired high school chemistry teacher who taught at the prestigious Brooklyn Technical High School for 28 years. He has been featured in The New York Times, AIA Magazine, “Good Morning America,” “Dateline,” The Discovery Channel and Forbes. He is the founder and president of Great Barrier Systems, the Chicago-based company that commercializes his technologies. “Our company is dedicated to making our cities cleaner and graffiti-free. Our mission is to clean the environment without harming it. Our graffiti-preventive coatings and graffiti removers are non-hazardous, non-toxic, and biodegradable,” he says.
“I have never met such a talented inventor, who analyzes and solves everyday problems like Bob,”says Great Barrier Systems CEO Yehuda Cohen. “Give him an industry problem that can be solved with chemistry and watch him go!” Black’s patent attorney, Gerald Schur of Welsh & Katz, agrees: “Bob has more inventions than the R&D departments of many of my corporate clients.”