PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United States
Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) today announced two management changes
at its European and North American operating facilities.
Scott Buckiso has been named vice
president – European Solutions and president – U. S. Steel Kosice,
succeeding George Babcoke, who has
elected to retire following 39 years of service with the
company. Amy Smith-Yoder will
succeed Buckiso as general manager – Mon Valley Works. The
changes are effective May 31.
"For nearly four decades, George has been a dedicated U. S.
Steel employee, from his first position as a laborer to his current
role as the leader of our European operations," said U. S. Steel
President and Chief Executive Officer Mario
Longhi. "We wish him the best in retirement and thank
him for his many years of dedicated service."
In his new role, Buckiso will assume executive responsibility
for the company's operations in the Slovak Republic. He
joined U. S. Steel in 1990 as a management associate at Mon Valley
Works' Irvin Plant. From 1990 to 2004 Buckiso advanced
through a series of increasingly responsible positions in finishing
operations at the Irvin Plant, as well as in casting at Mon Valley
Works' Edgar Thomson Plant and
finishing operations at Great Lakes Works. In 2004 he became
division manager of rolling at Great Lakes Works, adding oversight
of the plant's finishing operations to his area of responsibility
shortly thereafter. In 2006 he advanced to general manager of
finishing at the former U. S. Steel Serbia, beginning his
international operations management experience. Buckiso
returned to North America in 2007
when he was named plant manager of U. S. Steel Canada's
Lake Erie Works. He later became plant manager – finishing at
Gary Works in January 2009 and was
named to his current post in July 2011.
Buckiso is a native of Pittsburgh,
Pa., and a 1990 graduate of the University of Maryland where he earned a bachelor's
degree in communication and speech.
As general manager – Mon Valley Works, Smith-Yoder will be
responsible for overseeing operations at the four facilities that
comprise the company's Mon Valley Works: Clairton Plant (coking and
coal chemical operation) in Clairton,
Pa.; Edgar Thomson Plant
(steelmaking operations) in Braddock,
Pa.; Irvin Plant (finishing) in West Mifflin, Pa.; and Fairless Plant (galvanizing) near
Philadelphia. She joined U. S. Steel in 2001 as a
senior quality assurance engineer at Straightline,
U. S. Steel's former steel distribution subsidiary. In
2004 Smith-Yoder accepted an assignment as a project manager at
U. S. Steel's Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind., and in 2006 she moved to the
company's Gary Works to serve as a continuous improvement
manager.
In late 2006 Smith-Yoder advanced to manager – process
technology for U. S. Steel's three northwest Indiana facilities (Gary Works, Midwest Plant
and East Chicago Tin in East Chicago,
Ind.). In 2007 Smith-Yoder became division manager of
sheet products for Gary Works with responsibility for select
rolling processes, all coating capabilities and warehouse
management at the plant. She was named plant manager – Mon
Valley Works' Irvin & Fairless
Plants in 2010 and to her current post as plant manager –
Edgar Thomson Plant in June
2014.
A native of New Kensington,
Pa., Smith-Yoder earned her bachelor's degree in management
engineering from Grove City College in
Grove City, Pa., in 1986.
She completed her master's degree in business administration at
Purdue University North Central in
Westville, Ind., in
1999.
For more information about U. S. Steel, visit
www.ussteel.com.
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