Rick Loyd, President
Rick co-founded Tri-Tec along with Ray Motley and Mike Davison in 1997. The three partners, with Rick serving in the lead role, successfully grew the company for nearly two decades until selling it to ZP Enterprises, LLC, who in turn sold it to Main Street Capital Holdings in October 2019. Throughout this time, Rick has remained Tri-Tec’s President. He continues to oversee every aspect of the company’s operation.
Brad Howard, Production Coordinator
Brad began his career with a tool and die grinding apprenticeship program in Northeast Ohio and moved to North Carolina two years prior to joining Tri-Tec. Brad became part of the Tri-Tec team in 2006 as a CNC Machinist. After serving as CNC Machinist for a decade, he rose to production manager in 2016 and remained in that role for four years. During 2025, Brad started his second stint as Tri-Tec’s production manager.
Kalee Porter, Office Manager
Kalee joined Tri-Tec in February 2022 after taking time away from her career following the birth of her first child. She previously worked at AMS Industries for nearly five years. Kalee started in the company’s accounting department then received a promotion to controller. Prior to working at AMS, she served as an office manager for multiple landscaping companies. Kalee has more than eight years of office management experience. She expressed tremendous excitement about joining the Tri-Tec team and described her return to office management as “fun.”
Bill Canning, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Bill joined Compass in March 2023. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Global Operations at Arrival Automotive, a UK-based manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles. Prior to that position, Bill was Vice President of Operations and Program Management at Mahindra genZe, a manufacturer of electric moped and e-bikes.
Bill has general management oversight responsibility for Quality Products as well as Compass’s other three operating companies in the greater Charlotte area (Advanced Machining, Gray Manufacturing, and Tri-Tec Industries) plus New England-based Bergeron Machine. In addition, he provides managerial and technical support to all Compass operating companies.
He began his career as a tool & die maker for Troy-MI based Henze Industries before graduating from Lawrence Technological University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Under his watch, the firm’s custom CNC machining and fabrication unit grew from $1 million to $10 million.
Gary Holcomb, CEO
Gary is President & CEO of Compass Precision, Tri-Tec’s parent company. He joined Compass in October 2019 in conjunction with its acquisitions of Tri-Tec as well as Advanced Machining & Tooling, LLC and Quality Products & Machine, LLC. Gary previously was CEO of Coining, Inc; President & CEO of Dawar Technologies, Inc; Vice President & General Manager of Fisher Scientific Company’s Lab Equipment Division; and General Manager of Dynamet Inc’s Forged Products Division. He graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Paul Wilhelm, Vice President & CFO
Paul joined Compass Precision, LLC, Tri-Tec’s parent, in February of 2020 as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. He has a strong CNC machining industry background. Paul worked for Paragon Metals from 2016 through early 2020, most recently as the firms’ Chief Financial Officer. Paragon machines tight-tolerance, precision-engineered metal components for the automotive industry.
Previously, he served in various accounting and finance roles for several other Charlotte-area manufacturing companies including IntraPac International, a speciality packaging company manufacturing plastic, laminate, tin and aluminum products. Paul has a BS in Business Administration and an MS in accounting, both from Georgia Southern University.
Jim Miller, VP Sales
Jim became VP Sales at Compass Precision in March 2021, moving from Orange County in Southern California. He has spent 25 years in the machining and fabrication industry. In his previous role, Jim served in a similar capacity as VP of Sales for Crenshaw Die & Manufacturing.
On two different occassions in his career, Jim started his own manufacturing company. His second venture — CJ Precision Manufacturing — grew to $1 million in sales in its first three years. In 2015, he sold the company to Crenshaw, where he worked for nearly six years before joining Compass. Jim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.
Our Services:
CNC Milling
CNC Turning
MIG/TIG Welding
Light Fabrication
Assembly
Dimensional Inspection
CAD/CAM