Norm brings over 40 years of metallurgical expertise across several industry-leading companies. He began his career at Neomet Corporation, where he spent 14 years specializing in the reduction of Rare Earth fluorides and the analytical testing of Rare Earth alloys. He later joined International Specialty Alloys, focusing on thermiting specialty alloys to meet rigorous NADCAP standards, followed by a role at Bear Metallurgical involving the thermite reduction of FeV and FeMo for steel applications. Norm then spent nearly 15 years as a metallurgist at Greenville Metals Inc., where he managed the refinement and processing of various alloys using Electric Arc (EAF), Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD), and induction melting furnaces of various sizes. Most recently, at CCMS LLC, as a metallurgist focusing on technical sales and the global trading of raw materials.
Norm holds an associate degree in Metallurgy and a B.S. in Chemistry from Slippery Rock University.