Manager Engineer

Manufacturing/Purchasing/Engineering Expertise

Liberty Consulting Services, LLC September 2006 - Present

Established Liberty Consulting Services based on 30 years experience in

Primary Operations, Engineering and Purchasing.

Blast Furnace Construction / Project Management

Raw Material Technical Sales

Operations Management - Process and Availability Improvement

Due Diligence - Manufacturing and Purchasing Evaluations

Clients include Severstal NA, Nucor, Orinoco Iron, Iron Ore Company of

Canada, US Steel, and RAC Associates.

AK STEEL CORPORATION

Thirty years experience with increasing responsibility from Cokemaking

through Aluminized Coating including General Management and Corporate

Purchasing:

Manager - Raw Materials Purchasing June 2004 - August 2006

Corporate raw material purchasing responsibility for both Carbon and

Stainless Steel Divisions including the raw material strategy for the

carbon steel division. Total raw material spending in 2006 was

approximately $1.0 billion.

GM - Primary Operations September 1999 - May

2004

Responsible for Cokemaking, Ironmaking, Steelmaking, Continuous Casting,

Hot Rolling, Transportation, and Energy Departments regarding safety,

environmental compliance, business planning, product and process quality,

P&L and productivity. Annual budget of $1.4 billion with 1500 hourly and

140 salary employees.

Manager - Project Engineering September 1998 - September 1999

Responsible for the capital budget for the Coke, Iron and Energy

Departments at Middletown Works. Typical annual capital spending in these

areas: $45 million.

Principal Research Engineer - Ironmaking 1997 - 1998

Department Manager - Ironmaking 1994 - 1997

#3 Blast Furnace is the world leader in productivity, producing over 14.0

tons of iron per 100 cubic feet of working volume ... roughly twice the

industry average.

Special Assignment - #4 Aluminize Department 1993 - 1994

Reduced delays from 12 % in 1993 to 5.7 % in 1994 and annual capacity

improved to 450,000 tons. In April of 1994, ASC, LP became AK Steel

Holding Corporation.

Department Manager - Cold Strip Mill 1992 - 1993

Maximized productivity by 38% to 275 tons per hour.

Area Manager Technical Support 1991 - 1992

Responsible for all staff support groups: Engineering, Process Engineering,

Technical Computing, Process Control, and Quality Assurance.

Department Manager - #3 Blast Furnace 1990 - 1991

Department Manager - Hamilton Plant 1988 - 1990

Process Engineer - Ironmaking 1976 - 1988

EDUCATION

Purdue University, BS - Industrial Engineering

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