Steel Dynamics expands leadership team

Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), Fort Wayne, Indiana, has appointed Barry T. Schneider to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer, effective March 1.  

"This appointment is in recognition of our ongoing meaningful growth strategy and the need for continued growth and talent development within our leadership teams," says Mark D. Millett, SDI chairman and CEO. "Barry's new assignment recognizes the broad leadership role he has played. He and I have worked together since the founding of the company and he has been an important part of the incredible team that has driven our success."   

According to a news release from SDI, Schneider helped grow the company's steel operations. He is a 28-year veteran of the company and has been its senior vice president for the Flat Roll Steel Group since 2022. He has been responsible for the company's flat-roll steel operations, comprised of three steel mills and numerous processing and value-added coating lines. Before that, Schneider served in various operational and leadership roles within the company's steel operations, including its engineered bar products and butler flat roll divisions. He has been involved in numerous construction and startup projects and was also part of the team that constructed the company's first steel mill in Butler, Indiana, in 1994.   

Schneider earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Science in engineering management from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He also received an executive certificate in technology, operations and value chain management from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Additionally, Schneider is the director of the Association of Iron & Steel Technology.  

In his new role, Schneider will continue to fulfill his current responsibilities and assume responsibility for the company's Long Products Steel Group, steel fabrication platform and metals recycling platform.  

SDI says Chris Graham, senior vice president of Long Products Steel Group and president of the long product steel companies; Miguel Alvarez, senior vice president of metals recycling and president of OmniSource; and Jim Anderson, senior vice president of steel fabrication and president of New Millennium Building Systems will report to Schneider. Schneider will continue to report to Millett.