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U. S. Steel Announces Management Changes in Its North American and European Commercial Organizations
    PITTSBURGH, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel
Corporation (NYSE: X) today announced a series of management changes within
its North American and European commercial organizations. John B. Peters
will return to the United States from U. S. Steel Kosice in the Slovak
Republic to serve as general manager-North American flat-rolled customer
service. He will report to J. James Kutka, Jr., senior vice president-sales
& customer service. Peter J. Alvarado will replace Peters as vice
president-commercial, Europe. Alvarado will report to George F. Babcoke,
senior vice president-European operations & president-U. S. Steel Kosice.
Bert J. Phillips will fill Alvarado's role as general manager-automotive.
Phillips will report to Joseph R. Scherrbaum, Jr., vice president-sales.
The moves will be effective May 1.

    Peters, 45, will oversee North American flat-rolled customer service
functions for the company, including order and technical service and
non-prime product sales. He joined U. S. Steel in 1985 as a management
associate in the commercial department in Houston, Texas. From 1987 to
1994, he held increasingly responsible sales positions in tubular products
and flat-rolled products for automotive applications. Peters moved into
flat-rolled products marketing in 1994, serving as an industry manager for
the appliance, container, and domestic and commercial equipment markets.

    In 1996, Peters was named manager-sales, automotive at U. S. Steel's
Detroit sales office. He advanced to general manager-automotive in 2001.
Peters relocated to Pittsburgh in 2004 after he was named general
manager-appliance, tin and container. He assumed his most recent position,
vice president-commercial, Europe, in 2005.

    Peters, a native of Elkhart, Ind., graduated from Indiana University at
Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in business. Peters, his wife, Meg,
and their four children will return to the Pittsburgh area from Slovakia.

    Alvarado, 51, will assume responsibility for all commercial activity
related to U. S. Steel's European operations. Alvarado began his career
with U. S. Steel in 1981 as a metallurgical engineer at the company's
Research and Technology Center in Monroeville, Pa. In 1985, he transferred
into marketing and sales and advanced through a series of increasingly
responsible positions covering a broad range of flat-rolled products.

    In 1996, Alvarado moved into automotive sales as a senior sales
engineer and in 1998 was named director of sales for automotive. He
advanced to his most recent position, general manager-automotive in 2005.

    Alvarado, who was born in Caracas, Venezuela, received a bachelor's
degree in metallurgical and materials engineering from the University of
Pittsburgh in 1978 and earned master's degrees in both metallurgical
engineering and business administration from the University of Pittsburgh
in 1981. He and his wife, Margie, will relocate to Slovakia.

    Phillips, 48, will oversee sales and product development efforts for
automotive applications, which are based at U. S. Steel's Automotive Center
in Troy, Mich. Phillips joined U. S. Steel in 1988 as an employee relations
staff associate. In 1989, he moved into the company's commercial
organization and progressed through a series of increasingly responsible
positions over the next eight years.

    After assignments in product and facility marketing, Phillips was named
manager-sales and service for industrial equipment and construction
applications in 1999. In 2004, he relocated to the Automotive Center after
advancing to his most recent position, manager-automotive sales. In this
role, Phillips has overseen the company's relationships with select
automotive customers.

    A native of Pittsburgh, Phillips graduated from The Pennsylvania State
University in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Phillips, his
wife, Janet, and their two children will remain in the Troy area.

    For more information about U. S. Steel, visit http://www.ussteel.com.
SOURCE United States Steel Corporation
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