Jason Adams

Current

Corporate Vice President, Quality & Metallurgical Engineering at Duferco-Farrell Corporation

Past

Manager, Hot Strip Mill at AK Steel
Senior Process Engineer at Armco

Education

University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh

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Jason Adams’s Experience

Corporate Vice President, Quality & Metallurgical Engineering

Duferco-Farrell Corporation

(Privately Held; Mining & Metals industry)

August 2002 — Present (7 years 4 months)

Senior management responsible for all technical leadership of product development, process technology, metallurgical engineering, metallurgical testing, and quality systems for a mid-sized (and growing) carbon and specialty flat-rolled steel producer. Coordinate technical protocols with international slab producing mills as substrate for the facility. Oversees activities of 40 professional / engineering / management personnel at three organizations (Duferco-Farrell, Sharon Coating, and Beta Steel). Designed and currently teaches a basic physical and process metallurgy course to customers and facility personnel.

Product expertise includes flat-rolled low and high carbon steels, alloy specialty steels, galvanized / galvannealed products. Process expertise centers on hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing, and continuous coil coating (GI).

Technical / metallurgical expertise centers on physical, chemical, and mechanical metallurgy.

Operational expertise centers on hot strip mills.
Manager, Hot Strip Mill

AK Steel

(Mining & Metals industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years )

Oversaw all operational and maintenance functions for a specialty hot strip mill producing electrical and stainless grade advanced materials. Managed cost control and capital upgrade projects. P&L responsibility.
Senior Process Engineer

Armco

(Public Company; Mining & Metals industry)

January 1995 — January 1999 (4 years 1 month)

Jason Adams’s Education

University of Pittsburgh

M.S.E. , Metallurgical Engineering , 1996 — 1998
University of Pittsburgh

B.S.E. , Metallurgical Engineering , 1990 — 1995

Senior Design Thesis: Oxidation Breakaway Behavior of Fe-Cr-Al specialty alloy steels (end use: catalytic converter substrate).

Activities and Societies:

Engineering Student Council Officer
University of Pittsburgh Varsity Marching Band