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East Chicago Ind.-native Joseph Alvarado graduated from the University of Notre Dame (Ind.) in 1974 with a bachelor�s degree in economics and earned a master�s degree in business administration from Cornell University in Ithaca N.Y. in 1976.
Mr. Alvarado has spent his entire career in steelmaking beginning with his first job after completing his master�s degree. He was hired by Inland Steel Company in 1976 to serve in the finance department. In 1979 he moved to Inland�s sales department where he progressed through increasingly responsible management positions in sales and customer service. Mr. Alvarado was named manager-strategic planning in 1985 was promoted to manager-plate production one year later and named manager-automotive marketing and international development in 1987. In 1988 he was appointed vice president and general manager-sales and marketing for Inland Bar Company and was promoted to president in 1995.
Mr. Alvarado assumed the role of executive vice president-commercial at Birmingham Steel Company in Birmingham Ala. in 1997 and joined Ispat North America Inc. in 1998 as vice president-long products sales and marketing. In 2004 Mr. Alvarado accepted the positions of president and chief operating officer at Dallas Texas-based Lone Star Technologies Inc. and held them until U. S. Steel named him vice president-tubular in June 2007 after completing its acquisition of Lone Star Technologies Inc. and its related companies.
Mr. Alvarado is a member of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Metal Service Center Institute. | 