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Flack’s Daniel Doderer Receives 2023 NexGen Leadership Award

Written by Laura Miller

August 24, 2023

Daniel Doderer of Flack Global Metals (FGM) is the recipient of the 2023 SMU NexGen Leadership Award.

Doderer was recognized on stage at the SMU Steel Summit this week in Atlanta in front of an audience of over 1,400 industry professionals. Presenting the award were Nicola Coslett, CEO of CRU Events; Phillip Bell, president of the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA); and Kenneth Jaycox, chief commercial officer of U.S. Steel.

The award, sponsored by SMU and SMA, is bestowed upon an emerging leader in the industry who is recognized as a positive force within their company, and one who inspires and encourages professional and personal development in themselves and others.

Doderer, an economist and research director for FGM, has been with the company since October 2018. His extensive historical analysis and reports on the steel industry and broader US economy help the team at Flack Metal Bank in making crucial financial and risk management decisions for their clients.

Recipients of the award are given the opportunity for a one-on-one mentorship day with an executive from the industry. This year, that executive is U.S. Steel’s Jaycox.

Upon receiving the award, Doderer thanked the leaders at FGM for supporting him.

“Conferences like this, opportunities like this remind me that when there are problems, there are solutions. I’m eager to see where the industry goes and to be a part of it,” Doderer said upon receiving the award.

The other two finalists for the award were Priefert Steel’s Braden Halley and Friedman Industries’ Kyle Bingham.

Halley, a graduate of Texas A&M University, has been a steel buyer for Priefert since 2020.

Bingham has been in the steel industry since 2012 and is currently general manager of Friedman’s Midwest facilities in East Chicago, Ind., and Granite City, Ill.

SMU congratulates Halley, Bingham, and Doderer on being named finalists for the prestigious award, We also thank FGM, Priefert, and Friedman for recognizing these outstanding emerging leaders.

The NexGen Metals Community will meet at the 35th Annual Tampa Steel Conference, Jan. 28-30, 2024, in Tampa, Fla.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held a variety of positions within the steel industry since 2007, including reporting and editing for Steel Business Briefing/Platts, the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, and Kallanish Commodities, as well as marketing for what was then known as ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (now AM/NS Calvert). After a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel in 2021 and has covered the flat rolled, tubular, and trade areas of the industry. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.

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