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Christopher J. Navetta
Senior Vice President-Procurement, Real Estate, Raw Materials
and Integration
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Mr. Navetta, a Detroit native, graduated from Michigan State
University in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in business
administration.
Following graduation, Mr. Navetta began his career with U. S. Steel
as an accounting trainee at Gary Works in Indiana. In 1972, he moved
to Pittsburgh and held a number of financial positions with the
Chemicals Division. In 1975, he returned to Indiana as
manager-accounting, Molded Plastic Products, and in 1976 was
appointed manager-accounting, West Coast for the U. S. Steel
Products Division in Alameda, Calif. Three years later, in 1979, he
was promoted to staff assistant for the company’s Central Steel
Division in Chicago. |
Mr. Navetta returned to Pittsburgh in 1981 as staff
supervisor-commercial analysis and progressed through a series of
managerial accounting posts. In 1985, he was appointed
manager-accounting for Fairless Works near Philadelphia. He moved
back to Pittsburgh in 1987 as director-analysis and general
accounting, and two years later was named general
manager-administration and group comptroller for the Diversified
Group.
In 1992, he was appointed comptroller-raw materials for Diversified
Business and Joint Ventures, a position which included representing
the company on the management committees for USS-POSCO Industries,
USS/Kobe Steel Company, PRO-TEC Coating Company and Double Eagle
Steel Coating Company, all joint ventures of U. S. Steel. Mr.
Navetta returned to Gary Works as general manager-plate products in
1994.
In 2001, Mr. Navetta was named president of USX Engineers and
Consultants, Inc., and served in that post until December 2002, when
he was appointed executive vice president of U. S. Steel Košice
(USSK), with responsibility for all operations and administrative
functions. He was promoted to president of USSK in 2003. In 2005, he
returned to headquarters as senior vice president-procurement,
logistics and diversified businesses. He assumed his current post in
March 2008.
Mr. Navetta is a Certified Management Accountant and a member of the
Institute of Management Accountants.
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