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What is your current position? What is your area of focus? I am currently a Senior Sales Manager with responsibility for Inside Sales at TimkenSteel. In this role, I manage our Inside Sales group and oversee one of our largest industrial accounts. TimkenSteel is an industry-leading provider of high-quality specialty steel and produces bars, tubes, and manufactured components. What are your Career Journey Highlights? o I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering with a focus in metals and am currently pursuing my MBA both through the University of Illinois in Urbana – Champaign. o I have 14 years of ...

Name: Ryan Hietpas Company: Metals Service Center Institute City and State: Rolling Meadows, IL Current Position/Job Title: Executive Director, Digitalization and Technology Education: Masters of Public Administration, DePaul University and Bachelors in Operations and Information Management, Northern Illinois University Military Branch: U.S. Army Years of service: 2006-2010 Job/MOS in the military: 19D Cavalry Scout Unit and where you were stationed: – 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany – Ramadi, Iraq (2006) – Baghdad, Iraq (2008-2009) What is something that will never be the ...

· What is your current position? What is your area of focus? o As a Sales Representative and Product Manager for Delta Steel, I handle a book of accounts while simultaneously purchasing hot-rolled carbon products for the DFW branch. It is truly rewarding to get to work with our vendors and learn more about the products that I sell every day. · What are your Career Journey Highlights? o During the Summer of 2018, I was selected to join a team called the “Champion” Program. Our team traveled from all over to come together and teach the software changeover implementation for Delta Steel. It was one of ...

Meet Forge Ahead Committee Member, RJ Reed For RJ Reed , national sales manager, Bystronic, Inc., manufacturing is in his blood. He is a third-generation manufacturing technology sales rep and wants to help others find their success in a manufacturing career. RJ is part of MSCI’s Forge Ahead Committee . The goal of MSCI’s Forge Ahead initiative is to forge relationships between Millennials and GenZs industrial metals employees—the people who are the future leaders of the metals industry. o What is your current position? What is your area of focus? ...

Labor Day has passed, and election season is in full swing. Americans are being reminded daily that there’s a lot that divides us — and surely there is. In January 2020, Brown University economists concluded the United States is polarizing faster than other democracies. Those findings came before the COVID-19 pandemic and our last contentious presidential election. But there’s a lot that unites us too. Maybe, as the late Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said, it’s baseball. Maybe it’s something else, but in the face of increased political polarization, it’s time for the business community to lead and to foster unity. We know how to work together to negotiate ...

Meet Niomi Thomas , Carbon Flat Roll Buyer at Central Steel & Wire Company. Niomi will chair MSCI's Forge Ahead Committee . The goal of Forge Ahead is to forge relationships between Millennials and GenZs industrial metals employees—the future leaders of the metals industry. What are your Career Journey Highlights? AWMI Board of Director- Programs Co-Chair Central Steel and Wire- Flat Carbon Buyer Federal Signal/ Elgin/Vactor- Buyer In terms of your career, where do you see yourself 5-10 years from now? In 5-10 years, I see myself deeply invested into a company who prioritizes diversity and career advancement. ...