He joined Bethlehem Steel in 1974 and spent the first 10 years of his career as an engineer in the coke oven department at Bethlehem's Lackawanna, N.Y., plant. In 1984, he was transferred to the Burns Harbor, Ind., Division as assistant superintendent of cokemaking operations. Four years later, he was named assistant superintendent of the slab mill/plate mills department and in 1990 was promoted to superintendent of that department.

In 1995, Mr. Reiner was appointed superintendent of the Galvanized Products Division, an operating unit of Burns Harbor located at Lackawanna. He became senior manager, operations, for the Burns Harbor Division in 1997, and president, Bethlehem Lukens Plate, when that division was formed in May 1998 following Bethlehem's acquisition of Lukens Inc. He was elected to President, Sparrows Point Division in August, 2000. He was appointed to his present position on March 17, 2003 to bring additional focus to the critical job of planning and implementing the proposed transition of the Sparrows Point Division to International Steel Group.

Professionally, Mr. Reiner is a member of the board of directors of the American Institute of Steel Construction. He also holds memberships in the American Iron and Steel Institute, Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, American Chemical Society, Western States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Operators Association and the Association of Women in the Metals Industry.

In the community, Mr. Reiner is a Member on the Maryland Science Center Board of Directors

He and his wife, Shirley, are the parents of three children. They reside in West Chester, Pa.