Douglas R. Matthews, General Director, U. S. Steel Serbia, d.o.o.

Douglas R. Matthews

General Director

U. S. Steel Serbia, d.o.o.

Mr. Matthews became General Director of U. S. Steel Serbia, d.o.o. as of May 1, 2006. He is a graduate in electrical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. His career with U. S. Steel began in 1988 as a management associate at the Edgar Thomson Plant, Mon Valley Works’ steelmaking facility. He progressed through several supervisory positions in the Electrical and Caster Maintenance departments at Edgar Thomson before he was named senior process leader of coating operations at the Irvin Plant, where steel slabs from Edgar Thomson are rolled into sheet products. Mr. Matthews received an MBA (Master’s degree in business administration) from Duquesne University in 1993 and in 1997 he was transferred to Pro-Tec Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio, U. S. Steel’s joint venture with Kobe Steel of Japan, where he managed the installation and commissioning of the facility’s second continuous galvanizing line. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Matthews oversaw iron producing at the former USS/KOBE steelmaking venture in Lorain, Ohio, and at Gary Works, respectively. He was named division manager of steelmaking and casting at Gary Works in 2003, and was promoted to his next position - general manager of blast furnace engineering and technology at Pittsburgh headquarters in 2005.