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Anthony R. Bridge earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Purdue University’s Krannert Business School in Lafayette, Ind.; a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University at its Calumet Campus in Hammond, Ind.; and a master’s degree in business from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind.
Mr. Bridge joined U. S. Steel in 1998 as area manager of the No. 13 blast furnace – U. S. Steel’s largest blast furnace – at Gary Works in Gary, Ind. He advanced to division manager of iron producing in 1999 and to plant manager of primary operations in 2001.
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In 2003, Mr. Bridge was transferred to Pittsburgh headquarters when he was named managing director-blast furnace engineering & technology, where he was responsible for the technological development, operation and maintenance of U. S. Steel’s blast furnaces around the world.
Mr. Bridge was elected vice president-engineering & technology in 2005, with responsibility for research and development activities at the company’s Research and Technology Center in Munhall, Pa., Automotive Center in Troy, Mich., and a research facility in Košice, Slovakia; engineering for domestic and international operations; and blast furnace engineering and technology companywide.
In March 2008, Mr. Bridge was appointed vice president-operations, East and vice president-operations in April 2009. He assumed his current position in December 2009, where he once again oversees research and development activities at the company’s three research facilities. Mr. Bridge is also responsible for U. S. Steel’s engineering; coke battery assessment, reliability and rehabilitation; and blast furnace engineering and technology activities.
Mr. Bridge began his career in the steel industry with Inland Steel in East Chicago, Ind., in 1976 and moved through a series of supervisory and management positions in ironmaking operations. In 1995, he moved to Rouge Steel in Dearborn, Mich., as superintendent of
ironmaking, a position he held until joining U. S. Steel in 1998.
Mr. Bridge serves on the board of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and the National Aviary. He is a member of the executive committee of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology.
12-01-2009
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