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Anthony R. Bridge earned a bachelor's degree in industrial management from Purdue University's Krannert Business School in Lafayette Ind.; a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University at its Calumet Campus in Hammond Ind.; and a master's degree in business from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion Ind.
Mr. Bridge joined U. S. Steel in 1998 as area manager of the No. 13 blast furnace U. S. Steel’s largest blast furnace at Gary Works in Gary Ind. He was promoted to division manager of iron producing in 1999 and to plant manager of primary operations in 2001.
In 2003 Mr. Bridge was transferred to Pittsburgh headquarters when he was named managing director-blast furnace engineering & technology where he was responsible for the technological development operation and maintenance of U. S. Steel’s 17 blast furnaces worldwide.
Mr. Bridge was promoted to his current position in 2005 with responsibility for research and development activities at the company’s Research and Technology Center in Munhall Pa. Automotive Center in Troy Mich. and research facility in Koice Slovakia. He also oversees engineering for domestic and international operations as well as blast furnace engineering and technology.
Mr. Bridge began his career in the steel industry with Inland Steel in East Chicago Ind. in 1976 and moved through a series of supervisory and management positions in ironmaking operations. In 1995 he moved to Rouge Steel in Dearborn Mich. as superintendent of ironmaking a position he held until joining U. S. Steel in 1998.
Mr. Bridge serves on the board of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and the National Aviary. He is a member of the executive committee of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology. | 