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Michael S. Williams
Michael S. Williams
Vice President-Operations, Midwest
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Michael S. Williams, a native of Murrysville, Pa., earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in information science with a minor in economics
in 1983 from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1998, he graduated
from Indiana University at Bloomington’s Executive Management
Program.
Before joining U. S. Steel in 1992, Mr. Williams held increasingly
responsible managerial positions at several companies including
Koppers Corporation and Armco Steel Corporation. He began his U. S.
Steel career at the company’s Mon Valley Works near Pittsburgh, Pa.,
as a senior process control engineer. In 1994, he advanced to
division manager-systems and process control at Gary Works in Gary,
Ind., before assuming oversight responsibilities for some of the
facility’s steel producing operations in 1996. During the next three
years, he served as division manager for steel producing-South,
steel producing-North and hot rolling.
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In 1999, Mr. Williams accepted a position with Ormet Corporation, an
aluminum producer headquartered in Wheeling, W.Va. He progressed
through executive posts in both operations and sales before he was
named president and chief operations officer in 2002 and president
and chief executive officer in 2004. In 2006, Mr. Williams joined
Cleveland, Ohio-based Special Metals Corporation as vice
president-commercial products.
Mr. Williams returned to U. S. Steel as general manager of Gary
Works in September 2006 and was responsible for the steelmaking and
finishing operations at the Gary, Ind., facility, tin production at
the East Chicago Tin Plant in East Chicago, Ind., and finishing
operations at the Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind. He was elected to
his current position in March 2008 and oversees operations at Gary
Works, which includes the East Chicago Tin Plant and the Midwest
Plant; Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill.; and Fairfield
Works’ flat-rolled operation. He is also responsible for Minnesota
Ore Operations, the company’s iron ore mining and pelletizing
facilities in Mt. Iron, Minn., (Minntac) and Keewatin, Minn., (Keetac).
Mr. Williams is a member of the Board of Directors of Chrome Deposit
Corporation, a joint venture between U. S. Steel and Court Holdings.
03-01-2008
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