---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-24-000350"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRNS"
cik: "0000099302"
company_name: "TRANSCAT INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:14:39.923322+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Transcat appoints Mike West as COO; Mark Doheny steps down, consulting through Oct 2024

## Summary
- Mike West promoted to COO effective Apr 8, 2024; he was SVP of Operations since Apr 2023.
- West receives $350k base salary, 40% target cash bonus, and RSU award of 2,000 shares vesting in 3 years.
- Mark Doheny terminated as COO; he will consult for 6 months at $156k total fee.
- CEO Lee Rudow praised West's role in rental business growth, acquisitions, and productivity initiatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-24-000350
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRNS
- cik: 0000099302
- company_name: TRANSCAT INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677424000350/0001206774-24-000350-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677424000350/trns4321381-8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-24-000350.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael West was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at TRANSCAT INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective as of April 8, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), Michael West was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Transcat, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677424000350/0001206774-24-000350-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Doheny was terminated as Chief Operating Officer at TRANSCAT INC.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Also as of the Effective Date, Mark Doheny was terminated as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/99302/000120677424000350/0001206774-24-000350-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.