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Douglas R. Matthews
Vice President-Tubular Operations
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Douglas R. Matthews, a native of Uniontown, Pa., joined
U. S. Steel in 1988 as a management associate at the Edgar Thomson Plant, Mon Valley Works’ steelmaking facility near Pittsburgh, Pa. He progressed through increasingly responsible management roles in electrical and caster maintenance at the Edgar Thomson Plant and the coating operations at Mon Valley Works’ Irvin Plant, a Pittsburgh-area rolling and finishing facility, before being transferred to PRO-TEC Coating Company,
U. S. Steel’s joint venture with Kobe Steel of Japan located in Leipsic, Ohio, in 1997 to manage the installation and commissioning of the facility’s second continuous
galvanizing line.
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From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Matthews oversaw iron production at the former USS/KOBE steelmaking venture in Lorain, Ohio, and at Gary Works in Gary, Ind., respectively. He was named division manager of steelmaking and casting at Gary Works in 2003 and was promoted to general manager of blast furnace engineering and technology at the company’s Pittsburgh headquarters in 2005.
Mr. Matthews was appointed vice president and general director of U. S. Steel Serbia, d.o.o. in May 2006, where he was responsible for overseeing all activities at facilities in Smederevo, Šabac and Kučevo. Mr. Matthews was named president and general manager of U. S. Steel Canada in October 2007 when U. S. Steel completed its acquisition of Canadian steelmaker Stelco Inc. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing operations at the company’s Canadian subsidiary, which includes two steelmaking and finishing facilities in southern Ontario – Hamilton Works in Hamilton and Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke.
Mr. Matthews was elected to his current position in February 2009 and has executive responsibility for the company’s tubular operations and associated functions.
Mr. Matthews graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and received a master’s degree in business administration from Duquesne University in 1993.
02-24-2009
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