Leading Experts in Steel Experts

Michele Acerra is an independent consultant with Engineering & Construction (E&C), environmental, refinery, petrochemical, and power expertise. Mr. Acerra has more than 35 years of experience in the E&C Industry with Foster Wheeler (FWLT) where he held a number of executive positions in E&C, environmental,...

Timothy Andrassy is an independent consultant in the metals industry. Mr. Andrassy is responsible for providing consulting services to producers, services centers and distributors, end use manufacturers, consultant agencies, and customer and client trade organizations. He has experience in managing...

Carl Bartoli is the Principal of C. Bartoli Consultants, providing consultancy services on development and execution of capital projects, preparation of strategic plans, and organizational restructuring in utility and process industry. Mr. Bartoli has knowledge in engineering and construction of hydrocarbon,...

Markus Bates is Executive Vice President at Geo Trade International, a firm providing coal trading services. Mr. Bates is responsible for managing international raw materials trading operations. He has more than 15 years of experience in international coal trading activities. Mr. Bates traded blast...

John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

Roy Berlin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Berlin Metals, a privately held, Chicago based metal service center engaged in the value added processing and distribution of flat rolled carbon steel and stainless steel products in slit coil form. Berlin Metals was founded in 1967 and its...

Gerard Buhrer is the Owner of Spectrum International Sourcing, an independent consultancy firm providing consultancy services for the manufacturing of aerospace engine parts. Mr. Buhrer has more than 38 years of experience in providing technical assistance to international suppliers and selecting suppliers...

James Butler is the Managing Director of Rigley Financial, LLC, and the Senior Partner for Rigley Capital, LLC, an Illinois-based origination and consulting firm specializing in providing advisory services to Municipal, Governmental-Issues, Consumer, Energy, Commercial, and Mortgage industry-related...

Neil Buxton is Managing Director at GFMS Metals Consulting. Mr. Buxton has more than 20 years of experience in analyzing market developments within the non-ferrous and steel industry in both consultancy and investment banking environments. He focuses on the supply-demand balance and price outlook for...

Craig Cates is an independent consultant in the airlines and aerospace industry. Prior, Mr. Cates was General Manager of Supply Chain at Delta Airlines. He oversaw a supply chain budget of $500M and was responsible for sourcing raw materials, finished goods, technology, outsourced activities, services,...

Jeffrey Christian is Managing Director of CPM Group, a precious metals research and consulting company. Mr. Christian is a worldwide authority on gold, silver, and the platinum group metals, in addition to copper, foreign exchange markets, and other commodities. He has been involved in the application...

George Collins is the Chief Operating Officer at Hunt Club Animal Bedding, LLC, a leading corrugated processor/supplier to the $1.5B equine stall bedding industry. In his present capacity, Mr. Collins works closely with all leading U.S. paper, pulp, and corrugated producers. Previously, Mr. Collins...

Germano De Paula, PhD, is a Professor at Federal University of Uberlandia (Brazil), where he has been since 1990. Dr. De Paula has a BA in Economics from the Federal University of Uberlandia, and an MS and a PhD in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He spent one year in 1998-99...

Bill Derrick is Director of Estimating at Fluor Corporation. Mr. Derrick is responsible for working on oil & gas programs worldwide, & Liquefied Natural Gas(LNG) facilities in Asia and US. He has more than 36 years of experience in controlling, planning, purchasing, analyzing risks, estimating, scheduling,...

Michael Dome is the Founder and President of Global Metal Sales and Marketing, a company supplying high temperature specialty alloys to global aerospace market. Mr. Dome has more than 13 years of experience in supplying, trading, and brokering of titanium, aluminum, nickel, and stainless steel alloys...

George Dorkhom is President and managing partner of AD&A Worldwide, a corporate restructuring group. Prior, Mr. Dorkhom was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingersoll International, a global manufacturing company that manufactures large machine tools and cutting tools and specialized machines...

Michael Druyanoff is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Global HVAC Distributors, a firm distributing cooling, heating, and ventilation (HVAC) equipment, parts, and products for residential and commercial use. Prior, he was the Vice President (Investment Banker and Lawyer) at Bear Stearns,...

Magnus Ericsson is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at the Raw Materials Group, a firm providing monitoring and analyzing ownership, control, and mergers and acquisitions in the mining and metals industry. Mr. Ericsson is responsible for the company's advisory services including developing...

Martin Flanagan is the Vice President of Marketing at Namasco, a firm distributing coated, cold and hot-rolled, pre-painted, and pre-plated steel products. Mr. Flanagan has experience in operations and distribution management, corporate purchasing, mergers and acquisitions, budgeting, and planning...

Donald Fosnacht, PhD, is a Partner at Steel Profitability Consulting. Dr. Fosnacht is also the Director of Center for Applied Research and Technology Development for the Natural Resource Research Institute at University of Minnesota Duluth. He has more than 35 years of experience in steel and mining...