President
Tapecon
Buffalo, NY, United States
Steve Davis is the President at Tapecon, Inc., a 5 generation, family-owned manufacturer based in Buffalo, New York. Tapecon partners with product teams to develop, scale, and deliver better products through responsive and reliable printing, converting, and advanced manufacturing. Tapecon provides expertise in specialized printing and converting, printed flexible electronics, and manufacturing of disposable devices for medical and industrial markets. Steve's efforts have created a progressive culture of innovation at Tapecon over his fifteen years with the company.
Steve graduated from Clarkson University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering & Management and obtained his master’s degree in International Business at St. Bonaventure University.
Steve has graduated from the Leadership Buffalo program, UB's Center for Entrepreneurship Leadership program [CEL], and Startup CEL program. He is active in the CEL Alumni Association, a Board Member and past Chair of the Buffalo-Niagara Partnership's Manufacturers Council, a member of the Entrepreneur’s Organization WNY Chapter, a member of the UB Center for Materials Informatics Industrial Advisory Board and Board Member of the Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Investment Board.
In 2014, Steve founded Protoscale Inc., a company accelerating new technologies to enable products of tomorrow.
In 2018, Steve was named to the National Business Journals’ Influencers Rising Stars list as a young executive influencing how business gets done across the country.
In 2021, Steve was awarded the Eric Lindstrom Sustainability Star Award from the Western New York Sustainable Business Roundtable for contributions to an environmentally and economically resilient community.
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