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David J. Rintoul
Vice President-European Operations
President-U. S. Steel Košice
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David J. Rintoul earned an associate’s degree in mechanical
engineering technology from Sault College of Applied Arts and
Technology in his native Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 1979. He
graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from
Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., in 1983
and received a master’s degree in business administration from the
University of Notre Dame in 2006.
Mr. Rintoul brought nearly 30 years of steel industry experience with him when
he joined U. S. Steel in July 2007 as general manager-Granite City Works in
Granite City, Ill. He began his steelmaking career in 1979 in plate and
strip rolling and finishing operations at Algoma Steel Corporation in Sault
Ste. Marie, Ontario, and rose through increasingly responsible assignments
to the position of superintendent. In 1993, he joined Rouge Steel
Corporation in Dearborn, Mich., as superintendent-cold mill.
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Mr. Rintoul moved to Acme Steel Company in Riverdale, Ill., in 1995
as manager-hot strip mill at the company’s Compact Strip Plant. He
became general manager-Compact Strip Plant in 1997 and general
manager-steel manufacturing in 1999, a position he held until he was
named vice president-operations at North Star BlueScope Steel in
2001. In 2005, he became vice president-operations at BlueScope’s
Butler Manufacturing Company in Kansas City, Mo., a position he held
until he joined U. S. Steel, as general manager of Granite City
Works.
Mr. Rintoul advanced to general manager-Great Lakes Works in March
2008 with responsibility for day-to-day operations at U. S. Steel’s
second largest integrated operation in the United States, which has
an annual raw steelmaking capability of 3.8 million net tons and is
located in Ecorse and River Rouge, Mich. In March 2009, he was
appointed president- U. S. Steel Canada Inc., adding management
oversight for all U. S. Steel Canada operations to his existing
responsibilities at Great Lakes Works. Mr. Rintoul was elected to
his current post in January 2011 and oversees U. S. Steel Košice in
the Slovak Republic. Mr. Rintoul also had responsibility for U. S.
Steel Serbia in the Republic of Serbia until it was sold to the
Serbian government in January 2012.
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