Steve Tamasi

Steven Tamasi is CEO of Boston Centerless, the precision bar materials and centerless grinding company in Woburn, Massachusetts. A second-generation entrepreneur with a passion for operational excellence, he led the company's shift to lean manufacturing, which built a world-class operation and won the 2006 Northeast Shingo Prize Silver Medal. Before Boston Centerless he worked for Agathon AG in Switzerland and White Plains, New York.

For two decades Steve has led efforts with the National Tooling and Machining Association to improve and expand education in precision machining, locally and nationally. He leads the National Robotics League, which brings students, parents, teachers and manufacturers together around combat robotics to help grow the next manufacturing workforce in the United States. He is a founder and advisory board member of the E-Team Machinist Training Program in Lynn, Massachusetts, and Boston Centerless sponsors the SkillsUSA Massachusetts precision machining competition and mentors the Winchester High School robotics team.

He holds a bachelor's degree in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University and completed Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management program.