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Stickler No Longer CEO of BRS, Still Affiliated With USS

Written by Michael Cowden

August 1, 2021

Former Big River Steel CEO David Stickler and former CFO Ari Levy have moved to different roles but remain affiliated with U.S. Steel, a company spokesman said.

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Stickler and Levy “are continuing their partnership with U.S. Steel as we jointly work on transformational projects of mutual interest,” the spokesman said.

“The remaining management and operations team at Big River remains in place,” he said.

That means leadership passes to U.S. Steel veteran Dan Brown, who has since July 7 served as chief operating officer of Big River Steel. He has been chief integration officer at Big River Steel since January, the spokesman said. That’s when U.S. Steel fully acquired the Osceola, Ark., electric arc furnace (EAF) mill.

Brown has also held management roles at both U.S. Steel and ArcelorMittal. He mostly recently served as general manager of U.S. Steel’s Great Lakes Works near Detroit.

“Dan has a strong leadership record in the U.S. and internationally with both U.S. Steel and competitors,” the spokesman said.

Brown has in addition worked at U.S. Steel’s mill in Smederevo, Serbia, which was acquired in 2016 by Chinese steelmaker HBIS Group.

By Michael Cowden, Michael@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Michael Cowden

Michael Cowden is managing editor for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He has since 2014 specialized in flat-rolled steel but has previously reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube as well as aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago - where he was involved in launching AMM's daily hot-rolled coil index, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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