Our Leadership

Dan brings a breadth and depth of financial acumen to MSL including 4 years with the US Navy as a Petty Officer, a CPA license in the State of California and an undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University. After the Navy, Dan worked in varying financial positions in increasingly more senior roles including starting as an Senior Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Division Controller at Republic Services, Controller at ExxonMobil, Corporate Controller at 4over and most recently as Vice President / CFO at Alliance Environmental.

Ian joins MSL after 17 years in the construction industry. Ian brings his experience from the general contractor’s side to MSL. What started as a summer job with a grading contractor after his graduation from high school, morphed into a passion and career. Ian completed his bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering Management from CSU-Long Beach and is a registered Profession Engineer in the State of California. After starting with a general contractor in the commercial sector, Ian transitioned into heavy civil construction working for general contractors and managing large public works projects in Southern California.

Lou has nearly 30 years of experience in the international industrial metals, chemical manufacturing and renewable energy sector in more than 20 countries. His broad experience base encompasses operations and executive management, strategic development, corporate turnaround, supply chain management, value analysis and value engineering, business analytics, industrial product and service line development, market analysis and blueprinting, contract and commercial management, manufacturing, technology, international trade management, marketing, finance, R&D, due diligence, process engineering, and M&A activities. He has built and led multi-functional teams in various product and service businesses in domestic and international settings as well as setting up companies in four countries. Lou also has a deep understanding of the interface requirements between management and operations, strategy and tactics, finance and commercial, with a customer-centered focus and excellent communication skills that build consensus and critical paths to success. Lou has lived and worked in both Germany and Switzerland, where he held executive positions in large and mid-size firms in the industrial technology and metals manufacturing space. He has two patents and has authored multiple technical and business articles and studies related to metals manufacturing. He has a BS in Material Engineering from Auburn University in Alabama and speaks numerous languages from his international experience.

An Orange, New Jersey native raised in Southern California, Jim earned a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University of Los Angeles and a master’s degree from California State University Northridge before receiving his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Loyola Law School. Jim was a member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society and the Law Review while attending Loyola Law School. 

 Prior to joining Martinez Steel as General Counsel, he engaged in the private practice of law for approximately 36 years specializing in contract, real estate, construction, business, labor, and insurance litigation. Jim is a long-term member of the State Bar of California, licensed to practice in the state courts of California, the Federal District Courts in Southern California, and the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals.