Presented by Steel Market Update & Port Tampa Bay
Timna Tanners is a managing director covering 20 equities in the Americas Metals and Mining sector in addition to forecasting relevant commodities at Wolfe Research, a premier equity research firm. She is a regular speaker at steel industry conferenced and hosts frequent events for clients with corporates and industry experts. Her insights have been featured regularly on business media, such as CNBC and Bloomberg News, including the trademarked term Steelmageddon®. Timna has been ranked #1 in Institutional Investor's All America Poll for nine consecutive years. Prior to October 2021, Timna covered Metals and Mining and Bank of America Securities for over 10 years, and covered the sector for over eight years previously at UBS Investment Bank. Timna holds an MBA from UCLA, a Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a BA in Politics from Pomona College.
Conrad is President of North Star Bluescope Steel since 2022. Prior to joining North Star, he was President and CEO of Evraz North America. Conrad was a partner at Booz Allen and Hamilton, served as CEO for Ardagh Glass Packaging, North America. He also founded a Covid-19 testing company, Shield T3. Conrad is an MIT-educated mechanical engineer, with an MBA from Northwestern University. He served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submariner aboard fast attack submarines
Tom Derry is Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Supply Management, with more than 30 years of experience in leadership and general management roles for public and private companies, and in the not-for profit sector. He has executed turn-arounds at the corporate and business-unit level through a variety of means, including acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, and business process re-engineering.
As CEO of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Tom has a unique vantage point to observe major macroeconomic trends and the development of global supply chains through his daily contact with Fortune 500 chief procurement officers and chief supply chain officers, with government agencies and NGOs in the United States and abroad, and with leading academics. Tom has been interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and dozens of other business publications. Tom has represented ISM in meetings with the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the National Security Council, the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
At ISM, Tom has overseen an increase in revenues, a reduction in costs, the introduction of new revenue streams, and the launch of new product lines. As Chief Operating Officer of the Association for Financial Professionals, Tom oversaw strategy development and execution. Tom completed two cross-border acquisitions, which became for-profit subsidiaries of AFP. He oversaw all AFP staff in London, UK and Bethesda, MD.
As General Manager of the Business Intelligence unit of LexisNexis, team led a 40-person acquisition integration team, which completed the integration ahead of plan and under budget. He also executed the strategic divestiture of another LexisNexis unit, and implemented new technologies, including web-crawling bots, to re-engineer data collection and quality processes for LexisNexis’ business data unit. Tom is a 1986 graduate of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (B.S., Foreign Service).
Alex Hacking has been an Equity Research Analyst at Citi since 2004. He covers steel & mining stocks across the Americas region including the US, Canada, Brazil & Mexico. Alex has an M.Eng from Cambridge University and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
Excellent forum for information about the economy, industry, and relevant topics to each of our companies. Tremendous networking opportunity as a variety and volume of people attending seek to meet and share information.
Timothy Bilkey, President, VOSS Steel
Found the convention to be informative, effective and purposeful. Believe I can use the information and make better informed decisions. Also made a number of new contacts.
Carol Pacileo, Purchasing Manager, Westman Steel Industries
It feels like a mini SMU Steel Summit which is a good thing. It was my first time attending and I plan on attending again.
Darren DeMange, Global Category Manager, Crown Equipment
Best source of industry information you can find.
Steve Swaney, Business Development, Flack Global Metals
If you are looking to gain insight to the current and future market issues and predictions as well as networking then the Tampa Steel Conference is a must attend.
Kevin Bosley, Regional Manager, Steel Dynamics Inc.
This was my first time attending. It was very informative and a great networking opportunity. I will be back for more events.
Lee Tyler, Director of Supply Chain, Priefert Mfg. Co.
This is a major 'must attend' event.
Walter Kemmsies, Managing Partner, Managing Director, Economist and Chief Strategist Ports Airports, Global Infrastructure JLL
Overall very good content. Great way to hear about differing viewpoints about the industry
Richard Hahn, Marketing and Service Manager, Feralloy Corporation
I find that the TSC gives me a fantastic understanding of the industry forecast and the inputs affecting it so that I am better prepared to manage my business.
Troy Underwood, CEO, Tampa Steel & Supply