Steve Bartos, Vice President, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analytics, The Worthington Steel Company
Stephen Bartos is Vice President of Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analytics at The Worthington Steel Company, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. In this role, he leads the company’s enterprise-wide AI initiative and champions the advancement of analytics across the business. His team’s work focuses on high-impact, transformative projects that foster cross-functional collaboration, while building a culture of enablement and empowerment through data-driven decision-making and the development of data and AI fluency across the workforce.
Steve joined Worthington Industries a decade ago as an Advanced Analytics Analyst in the Steel Division, where he was charged with expanding the organization’s use of data and analytics. He later progressed to manage the Steel Analytics Team and ultimately succeeded current CIO Bill Wertz as the second leader of the Corporate Data & Analytics Team at Worthington Steel.
Before his corporate career, Steve spent 13 years as a high school mathematics and physics teacher in Portage, Indiana, after earning his undergraduate degree from Purdue University. He went on to complete a PhD in Science Education at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and later served on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University, where he taught in both the undergraduate and doctoral programs.
