Empowering Black Entrepreneurship: Stories of Success, Strategy & Growth
- Gary Haseley praised Jaime Irick as a proven C-suite leader with strategic vision, growth focus, and operational expertise.
- Jaime Irick led a $2 billion carve-out and completed a $1.1 billion integration at The Pittsburgh Paints Company, showing integration expertise.
- Jaime Irick emphasized commitment to quality and execution to drive customer success, seize opportunities, and accelerate growth and innovation.
- Gary Haseley thanked Lee Rudow for 14 years of leadership, transforming Transcat into a national leader in calibration services.
Transcat, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNS) (“Transcat” or the “Company”), a leader in test measurement, control and calibration, announced the appointment of Jaime Irick as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 29, 2026. The Board also appointed Mr. Irick to the Transcat Board of Directors as of March 29, 2026, where he will serve on the Executive Committee. As previously announced, Lee D. Rudow is retiring from his role as CEO and from the Board, and will be a senior advisor to the Company through March 2027.
“Jaime is a proven C-suite executive and public company board member with an established record of delivering results at multi-billion dollar industrial and technology enterprises. His strategic vision, growth focus and operational expertise make him ideally suited to lead Transcat,” said Gary Haseley, Chairman of the Board. “Jaime has extensive, wide-ranging experience spearheading successful integrations following complex transactions, driving growth and profitability, and leading high-performing teams—all of which align with our strategic vision. His recent success in leading a $2 billion carve-out, delivering growth, and completing a $1.1 billion integration at The Pittsburgh Paints Company are powerful examples of his leadership and his focus on shareholder value creation. The Board is confident in Jaime’s ability to advance our strategy by building on Transcat’s strong foundation and winning culture while enhancing execution to create long-term value for shareholders, customers, and employees.”
“I am honored by the Board’s confidence and excited to lead Transcat at this pivotal moment in its history,” said Jaime Irick. “Throughout my career, I have led organizations where a deep commitment to quality and execution drives customer success and optimizes business performance. Transcat’s dedication to helping the world’s most critical industries stay accurate, compliant and competitive deeply resonates with me. I look forward to working with our employees, customers and partners to seize new opportunities, drive growth and innovation, and continue to set the standard in calibration services and equipment.”
Mr. Haseley added, “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Lee for his exceptional leadership over the past 14 years. He has transformed Transcat into a national leader in calibration services while building an outstanding management team that will carry this momentum forward.”
Jaime Irick looks forward to meeting with Transcat investors and analysts following the Company’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 conference call and webcast.
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