FORT
WAYNE, Ind., April 1,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS:
STLD) today announced leadership appointments for James Anderson and Chad
Bickford.
"I am excited and pleased to recognize Jim and Chad for their
outstanding leadership and positive impact within our company,"
said Mark D. Millett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
"Their passion and spirit of excellence reflect the foundational
principles of Steel Dynamics. They embody our culture of safety,
performance, and innovation — always placing our people at the
fore. Jim's commercial and operational guidance will benefit our
Long Products Steel Group, as we work with our steel fabrication
teams and continue to develop customer-centric supply chain
solutions. Additionally, the Steel Fabrication Group will benefit
from Chad's detailed steel fabrication operational experience,
coupled with his recent leadership positions within our steel
operations.
James Anderson, Senior Vice
President Long Products Steel Group
James Anderson will assume responsibility and
oversight for the company's Long Products Steel Group, effective
May 1, 2024. These operations are
primarily comprised of the company's four EAF long product steel
mills and several smaller facilities, representing almost five
million tons of annual steel shipping capability. Mr. Anderson will
continue to report to Barry
Schneider, President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr.
Anderson successfully led and grew the company's Steel Fabrication
business as New Millennium Building Systems' President since 2019
and as its Chief Operating Officer from 2015 to 2019. Prior to
that, Mr. Anderson was the General Manager of the company's three
flat rolled steel galvanizing lines located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which Steel Dynamics
acquired in 2007, at which time Mr. Anderson served as its Managing
Partner. Mr. Anderson earned a bachelor's degree in metallurgical
engineering from Grove City College and
a MBA from the University of
Pittsburgh.
Chad Bickford, Vice President Steel Fabrication
Group
Upon Mr. Anderson's change in position, Chad Bickford will assume responsibility and
oversight for the company's Steel Fabrication Group, New Millennium
Building Systems, comprised of seven steel joist and deck
manufacturing facilities located throughout the U.S. and
Mexico. Mr. Bickford will also
report to Barry Schneider, as a Vice
President of Steel Dynamics for the Steel Fabrication Group. Since
February 2023, Mr. Bickford was
responsible for the company's Butler Flat Roll Steel Division, and
from 2021 to 2023, he was responsible for the company's Engineered
Bar Products Steel Division, as the General Manager of each
location. Prior to joining the company's steel operations, Mr.
Bickford held increasing leadership roles within New Millennium
since 2003, gaining broad-based commercial, operational, and
strategic leadership experience within the company's steel
fabrication platform. Mr. Bickford's leadership roles included
engineering, commercial, and marketing responsibilities, including
a General Manager position leading the Virginia steel fabrication facility from 2013
to 2021. Mr. Bickford earned a bachelor's degree in civil
engineering from Ohio University.
About Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Steel Dynamics is one of
the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in
North America, based on estimated
annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with facilities
located throughout the United
States, and in Mexico.
Steel Dynamics produces steel products, including hot roll, cold
roll, and coated sheet steel, structural steel beams and shapes,
rail, engineered special-bar-quality steel, cold finished steel,
merchant bar products, specialty steel sections, and steel joists
and deck. In addition, the company produces liquid pig iron and
processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.
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