Joel Mazur, Founder & Chairman

For the past 40+ years, Joel leveraged his education (BA Economics – Harvard University; and MBA – University of Pittsburgh) and his human relations skills in designing and implementing successful business and commercial strategies in the steel industry. Joel has spent the past fifteen years as President or CEO of large steel companies, orchestrating corporate turnarounds, restructuring, and making major cultural improvements which ultimately led to successful sale and acquisition of each company. Recognizing the potential of Value Added Processing Inc., Joel became the sole owner in 2017 and brought in an all-star team to lead the company’s transformation to the new VAP Steel. Today, Joel is mostly retired from the steel business, and trusts the daily strategy and operations to his new leadership team, led by his son Mark Mazur.