Nucor announces retirement of chief digital officer/executive VP

Steel and steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced that R. Joseph Stratman, chief digital officer and executive vice president, will retire in June after more than 29 years with the company.

Stratman joined the firm in 1989 as controller of Nucor Building Systems-Indiana. He then served as controller of Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., general manager of Nucor Steel-Nebraska, and general manager of Nucor-Yamato. He was promoted to vice president of Nucor in 1999 and to executive vice president of beam and plate products in 2007. Stratman later served as executive vice president of business development and executive vice president of raw materials.

MaryEmily Slate will be promoted to executive vice president and will assume responsibilities for the Tubular Products Group, logistics, and certain joint ventures. She joined the company in 2000 as district sales manager at Nucor Steel-Arkansas. She later served as sales manager at Nucor Steel Decatur LLC and then as cold mill manager. In 2010 Slate was promoted to general manager of Nucor Steel Auburn Inc. and was elected vice president in 2012. She was promoted to vice president of Nucor Steel-Arkansas in 2015.

Ladd Hall will continue to serve as executive vice president of sheet products, and Ray Napolitan will assume responsibility for Nucor's digital initiatives while continuing his role as executive vice president of engineered bar products.