Standard Steel

Leadership

Yukiteru "York" Takeshita, Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer
Naohiro "Nick" Yoshimura, Executive Vice President - Sales & Marketing
Martin R. Ehrenzeller, Senior Vice President – Plant Engineering, Maintenance, Safety & M.I.S.
Takashi "Ted" Fujimura, Senior Vice President - Technical & Quality
Joseph T. Hughes, Senior Vice President - Operations & Planning
Khalid Anwar, Senior Vice President - Finance
Tyler Fida, Vice President - Procurement & Human Resources

Yukiteru "York" Takeshita

In May 2023, Mr. Takeshita was named Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer of Standard Steel, LLC. Mr. Takeshita started his career with the parent company, Nippon Steel, in April 1990. Since then, he has worked in various positions in and around the railway and automotive parts manufacturing industries. During his career, he held key leadership roles in R&D, Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing. From 2017 to 2019, while heading the Wheel Axle Manufacturing Division in Nippon Steel, he served on Standard Steel’s BOD. Mr. Takeshita has a Bachelor and Master degree in Material Science and Engineering from Osaka University, Japan.

Naohiro "Nick" Yoshimura

In November 2023, Mr. Yoshimura was named Executive Vice President of Standard Steel, LLC. Mr. Yoshimura started his career with the parent company, Sumitomo Corporation, in April 1985. Since then, he has held various leadership positions in multiple countries including Japan, Brazil, and the United States. Most recently, he worked for Sumitomo Corporation in Tokyo as a General Manager of Railway Products, in the Forging and Casting Business Dept. Mr. Yoshimura attended Waseda University in Japan, where he received his Bachelor degree of Economics.

Martin R. Ehrenzeller

Mr. Ehrenzeller joined Standard Steel in May 2013 and was promoted to his current position as Senior Vice President – Engineering, Maintenance, Safety & M.I.S. in March 2025. Prior to this appointment, he was serving the company as Senior Vice President – Operations & Planning since January 2023. During his tenure at Standard Steel, he has served in various roles in Operations, Engineering, Quality and Business Analytics. Before joining the Standard Steel team, Mr. Ehrenzeller was employed in the Engineering field for various manufacturing companies including JLG Industries, Case New Holland, and Ames True Temper. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

Takashi "Ted" Fujimura

In June 2021, Mr. Fujimura was named Senior Vice President, Technical & Quality, of Standard Steel, LLC. Mr. Fujimura started his career with the parent company, Nippon Steel, in April 1991. Since then, he has held various positions within the company both in Japan and in the United States. His experience within the company includes many positions in Railway, Automotive and Machinery Parts business unit. Most recently, Mr. Fujimura was the General Manager of Railway, Automotive and Machinery Parts Technology Division at Tokyo Headquarters, Japan. Mr. Fujimura had also been at Standard Steel from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Fujimura earned a Doctoral degree in Energy Science and Technology from Kyoto University, Japan.

Joseph T. Hughes

Mr. Hughes joined Standard Steel in June 2014 as a Mechanical Engineer for the Closed Die Forge Shop. He was promoted to Senior Vice President – Operations and Planning in March 2025. Prior to his most recent promotion he served as Senior Vice President – Engineering and Maintenance, Vice President - Engineering, Safety, and maintenance, and General Manager – Plant Engineering and Maintenance. Prior to joining the Standard Steel team, Mr. Hughes held various engineering and maintenance management positions at ATI – Allegheny Ludlum in the melting and casting department in Brackenridge, PA. Prior to ATI, Mr. Hughes held various engineering and maintenance management positions at Dietrich Metal Framing in Warren, Oh and Joliet, IL. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

Khalid Anwar

Mr. Anwar joined the company in July 2023 as Vice President, Finance. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in January 2024. He brings more than 20 years of experience in finance leadership roles in a variety of industries (paper, chemicals, consumer electronics, medical devices, energy, etc.) ranging in size from start-ups to $20 billion in revenue. His recent experience includes the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Staffing 360 Solutions, a publicly listed staffing and recruiting company. Additional strategic roles include, Executive, Financial Planning and Analysis, from 2015 to 2019, for Element Solutions Inc., a $2 billion publicly listed specialty chemicals company, and from 2011 to 2015 he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Pemco Holdings, an investor/operator of turnkey energy programs. His formal education includes a BA in Accounting and MIS from University of Wisconsin, and an MBA, Finance from Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago. Mr. Anwar is also a CPA.

Tyler Fida

Mr. Fida joined Standard Steel in August of 2021 and served as the Procurement Director before being promoted into his current role. He began his career in the consumer healthcare industry in 2008, working for Johnson & Johnson. He held various roles of increasing responsibility progressing through customer logistics, vendor managed inventory (VMI), production planning and forecasting. In March of 2013, Mr. Fida accepted a production planning position to be part of a new leadership team to drive the turnaround of Armstrong Cabinets in Thompsontown, PA. Alongside that team, his work contributed to the formation of Cabinetworks Group, the largest privately held kitchen and bath cabinet manufacturer in North America. Mr. Fida is a 2008 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business, where he graduated valedictorian of his class with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems.