Senior Vice President of Sustainability & Chief Technology Officer, United States Steel
Search every verified Christian Gianni interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote โ each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Christian Gianni, Senior Vice President of Sustainability and Chief Technology Officer at United States Steel, said in a September 2023 interview that he was not initially seeking a role at the company but was approached and became "hooked" after interviewing with CEO Dave Burritt. He stated that the company's "people, the culture and the values all aligned with what I wanted to do." Gianni, who is originally from New Zealand, moved to the U.S. in 2010 to join Whirlpool, where he spent 12 years and eventually became CTO. He later worked at DEKA Research in the medical field before joining U.S. Steel. Gianni described himself as passionate about product development, innovation, and the environment, and said he sees an opportunity at U.S. Steel to work with employees and customers to deliver innovation to the marketplace. He characterized himself as having the ability to inspire and lead people, as well as having courage and drive, and noted that he considers being an optimist critical when undertaking difficult work.
“My name's Christian Gianni and I'm the Senior Vice President and CTO for U. S. Steel.”
“To be honest, I wasn't looking at U. S. Steel, but was approached. Then I had a chance to interview with Dave Burritt and he explained all the opportunities and to be honest, I was hooked.”
“The people, the culture and the values all aligned with what I wanted to do.”
“Well, you can tell I'm not from the U.S. I actually come from New Zealand, and in 2010, the family moved here when I joined Whirlpool. I spent 12 years there and was eventually the CTO.”
“After that, I moved to DEKA Research, did a lot of exciting things in the medical field and that was my last role before I joined U. S. Steel.”
“I'm super passionate about product development and innovation and also the environment, and I think being here at U. S. Steel I have an opportunity to work with our great smart people we have on board as well as our customers to be able to deliver some exciting innovation to the marketplace.”
“I like to think I have the ability to inspire and lead people to do great things, as well as probably having the courage and the drive to make it happen. I'm also an optimist... Being an optimist I think is critical when you're doing those kind of things.”
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