Steven D. Bugajski

Steven D. Bugajski, a native of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, joined U.S. Steel in October 2008 as general manager of infrastructure, a division within the corporation's information technology department. From 2009 to 2019, he progressed through increasingly responsible roles within IT, including global leadership of business processes, project management and administration, transaction processing (accounts payable, payroll, and invoice resolution control), and enterprise applications, as well as the corporation's ERP deployment program.

Steve was appointed chief information officer in July 2019. In this role, he was responsible for the oversight and leadership of U.S. Steel's global IT operation, including delivery of the corporation's overall digital strategy and cybersecurity.

Before joining U. S. Steel, Steve spent much of his IT career in the healthcare field, holding senior IT leadership positions, including CIO, at large hospital health systems and healthcare insurance companies. He currently holds leadership roles in several professional organizations, including IT and business advisory boards for Penn State and the United Way of Allegheny County. Steve is also an active member of the Greater Pittsburgh CIO Group and the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

Steve earned his bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Penn State Behrend and his M.B.A. from Waynesburg University.

Steve joined the Executive in Residence program in the 2019-2020 academic year and works closely with the Management Information Systems program.