SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Nick Kohlhas 
Senior Vice President — Operations, Steelmaking, Cleveland Cliffs

As senior vice president – Operations, Steelmaking, Nick Kohlhas has senior management responsibility for nine of Cleveland-Cliffs' operations, which include Butler Works, Coatesville, Columbus Coatings, Coshocton Works, Dearborn Works, Mansfield Works, Middletown Works, Steelton, Toledo Direct Reduction Plant and Zanesville Works. These operations produce carbon and stainless steels; hot-dip galvanized steel; and the production of hot briquetted iron, a low-carbon iron feedstock used in the company’s blast furnaces, basic oxygen furnaces and electric arc furnaces. Kohlhas was previously vice president – Operations, Steelmaking and Enterprise Director, Technical Services for Cleveland-Cliffs, whereby he had oversight for the company's capital engineering, process research, product quality and production planning. Kohlhas has over 20 years of experience in steelmaking operations and began his career at former AK Steel Middletown Works, where he progressed through various management positions within maintenance, steelmaking and ironmaking. During his tenure, he oversaw the day-to-day administrative and operational functions as general manager at the company’s Mansfield Works and Dearborn Works steelmaking operations and process research. Kohlhas earned his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Ohio University and an M.B.A. from Xavier University.