Commercial:
2013 Feb 4 to 2013 Jul 4
Scrap Alloy Sorter - ELG Metals, Inc. - McKeesport Operations, Pittsburgh, PA
- EUSSA Test Certified
- Forklift Test Certified
- Types of alloys evaluated for quality are "non-ferrous" and used as feedstock in the stainless steel and aerospace industries
- Alloys containing nickel, chromium, molybdenum, iron, titanium, tungsten, cobalt, copper, tantalum, niobium, hafnium and zirconium
- Metal sorted was in solids, turnings, sludge, grindings and powders
- Material sorted was typically deemed to be suitable for stainless steel EAF production or specialty vacuum-sealed alloy vacuum induction furnace
- Sold for any application, including stainless usables
- Communicated rejections for radioactivity and quality to traders in New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago along with senior commercial managers and senior operations managers
- Tonnage sorted ranged from < 1 kg to > 1000 MT blended stainless steel scrap barge shipments
- Technology used: radiation panels, magnet, alloy book, hand-held x-ray spectrometer, full ELG McKeesport Operations Lab
- Trained under 50 year ELG stainless and superalloy Sortation Dept. Foreman
2013 Jul 4 to 2021 Oct 25
Scrap Alloy Buyer - ELG Metals, Inc. - McKeesport Trading, Pittsburgh, PA, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Toronto, ON, London, UK
- Scrap alloy purchase contracts from suppliers in US states and Canadian provinces on US Eastern Seaboard into ELG Pittsburgh
- Commercial pricing liason for Jewometaal BV, Rotterdam, NL
- Weekly participant in North American video conference calls reporting sales, purchases, local and global market conditions and forecasts
- Experience with operations, finance, legal, logistics, accounting, cash forecasting, interest rates, FX, forward contracts, London Metal Exchange and extremely risk-averse hedging practices
2013 Aug 5 to 2013 Dec 11
Consultant on $30m ELG privatizing acquisition of Utica Alloys from Sims-AUS - New York, NY, Hartford, CT and Utica, NY
- Acquisition and global inventory assessment team with global finance/commercial members from US/EU
- Acquisition placed ELG into a global challenging aerospace recycling market with high upside; an aggressive local acquistion
2015 Feb 20 to 2021 Oct 25
Senior Trader - ELG Metals, Inc. - Pittsburgh, PA, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA
- Scrap alloy sales contracts with 5+ consumers and/or traders globally
- Scrap alloy purchase contracts with 100+ suppliers delivered into ELG locations in Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, Louisville, KY, Los Angeles, CA, Mobile, AL
- 100+ ELG Operations yard tours given
- CRM/iSeries AS/400
- Finished with 50+ consumers and 200+ suppliers written contracts with in 2021
2016 Feb 25 to 2021 Aug 1
Commercial Consultant, ELG Innovation Experience Berlin, Project Arnold, US Stainless Steel Closed Loop Initiatives, Berlin, DE, Dusseldorf, DE, Essen, DE, Duisburg, DE, Amsterdam, NL
- Consultant-led global executive strategy sessions with CapGemini, AT Kearney DE Technology
- Project Arnold Digitization Sessions
- Outukumpu Stainless Steel Closed Loop Project US East Coast Respresentative
2018 Jan 4 to 2021 Oct 25
Commercial Consultant, scrap trader for ELG Pittsburgh/FPT Michigan Joint Venture. Detroit, MI
- Establishment of market position for Stainless Steel Scrap Trading Operation in Dearborn, MI
- Focused on increasing stainless scrap buying in new market with increased ELG/FPT partnership
- Successfully increased 304 scrap buying from 0 MT/month to nearly 1000/MT with increase in profitability per MT of nearly 150%
- Successfully penetrated lower level of scrap generation from variety of sources(stamping, heat treat, aerospace, NASA/JPL)
2019 Aug 10 to 2021 Oct 25
Commercial Product Manager - ELG North American Nickel-Copper Desk
- Global commercial liason for ELG's Nickel-Copper PM Division responsible for ELG Metals, Inc. and ELG Metals, Inc. - Canada. Pittsburgh, PA, Toronto, ON, Chicago, IL, Portland, OR
- Buy and sell indications for 50 US Scrap Traders and 50 ELG Global Product Managers. Los Angeles, CA, Kaoshsiung, TW, Rotterdam, NL, Paris, FR
- Monthly Forecasts for Hedge Risk, Profit, Costs, Accounts Receivable
Assistant to the Commercial Product Manager - ELG Global Tungsten Desk - New York, NY, Seattle, WA
- Metal Profiles and Risk for this desk offer unique challenges(value, theft, recovery, liquidity)
- Management of Global Operations
- Boeing LTA
Assistant to the Commercial Product Manager - ELG Global Cobalt Desk - New York, NY, Sudbury, ON
- Unique challenges(monopsonistic market, human rights, demand/supply)
2019 Dec 25 to 2021 Oct 25
Senior Trader - ELG Metals, Inc. Eastern Division, Pittsburgh, PA, New York, Detroit, MI, Flagstaff, AZ
- 250 MT, $5M scrap Hastalloy C-276 Solids purchased from Navajo Generating Station, Page, AZ, and Flagstaff, AZ. Logistics CIF Rotterdam, NL, Liverpool, UK via Houston/Chicago
- 5,000 MT of 304 scrap purchased picked up from 50+ first-generation scrap suppliers in 2021
- Compliance training with know your customer and cash forecasting
2020 Mar 5 to 2021 Oct 25
Remote Senior Trader - ELG Metals, Inc. Eastern Division, Pittsburgh, PA
- Increased time management and work/life skills, including visiting ELG's Nickel-Copper inventories in person, along with suppliers and consumers
- Remotely shadowed 50-year Chicago trading veteran without seeing him in person
- Profitable bulk aluminum and copper trades
2021 Oct 25 to 2022 Feb 1
Principal - Theodore Pynos + Co, LLC, Indiana, PA, Flagstaff, AZ
- Low-cost global metal consulting business evolving into a scrap brokerage during 2022
- First sales made in consulting, brokering and publishing
- Navajo Generating Station Project "After"
Education:
B.S. Business, Double Major in Economics and Finance, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
- GPA 3.0
- John Golden SRU/SEA Sustainability and Environmental Economics Abatement Credits
- Interests in commodities, credit and sustainability
Public:
2012-2021
Member in Good Standing of Local Institute of Recycling Industries Chapters:
Pittsburgh, New England, Empire, New York, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, Michigan and Ohio Valley
2012-2021
Member in Good Standing of Pittsburgh Chapter AIST
2012-2012
Board Member - Allegheny Land Trust
2021 Aug 5 to 2021 Aug 6
Scrap Trader - ISRI BYAB Event 2021, Pittsburgh, PA
Other Professional:
2010-2010
Economics Intern, Carnegie Mellon University, UTDC and Office of the CFO/Finance Department, Pittsburgh, PA
2009-2009
Structural Engineering Intern, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pittsburgh, PA