Throughout his long and distinguished career, Jim’s leadership and expertise in a number of important roles have been valuable assets to our company, said Surma. His accomplishments at U. S. Steel and on behalf of our industry as a leader of American Iron and Steel Institute market development activities are a reflection of his intimate understanding of steel’s importance to our society’s past, present and future.
After having a degree in accounting from the University of Akron in 1970, Kutka joined the accounting staff at the Canton Works and later held accounting posts at the former Lorain-Cuyahoga Works, the Haverhill chemicals plant, Gary Works and several departments at Pittsburgh headquarters.
After a series of moves, Kutka became general manager of southern area purchasing in Houston, Texas; manager of business planning at the former Geneva-Pittsburg Works in Provo, Utah; and district sales manager for United States Steel in Detroit. Kutka returned to Pittsburgh headquarters in 1993 as general manager of human resources and then worked as general manager of business process reengineering and general manager of marketing & planning for sheet products before returning to the Detroit area in 1997 as general manager-automotive.
In 2001, Kutka came back to Pittsburgh as vice president-commercial and resumed the additional role of president-United States Steel International, Inc. in 2002. He was named senior vice president-commercial in 2005 and was appointed senior vice president-sales & customer service in March 2008. He was named to his current position in June 2008 with responsibility for the development of initiatives that support the company’s business strategy.
Kutka is also a member of the board of directors of Family House in Pittsburgh.
