Cyrus Lu started with Michigan Seamless Tube in November 2007 as the Assistant Quality Manager, and held that position until his promotion in August 2009 to Quality Manager. Prior to coming to Michigan Seamless Tube, Cyrus worked for Quanex MacSteel as a Process Metallurgist for nearly 5 years. In that capacity, Cyrus worked with customers on customer quality issues and best practice design. Cyrus focused additional efforts in Secondary Refining area of the melt shop and worked to improve the steelmaking operation. Cyrus also spent 5 years at Republic Engineered Product''s Lorain facility working in a variety of areas from steelmaking and casting to Product Development. At MacSteel and Republic, Cyrus worked very closely with the Japanese Technology Partners in innovative steel grade implementation, alloying elements including lead, tellurium, bismuth, and lead free machining grades.

Cyrus earned his bachelor''s degree in Bio-Medical Engineering focusing on bio-materials from Case Western Reserve University, where he also earned his M.S in Material Science and Engineering.

Cyrus has been married for 8 years and has a 21 month old daughter.