Event
Patrick Dietrich becomes Connect Tech president
Connect Tech appointed long-serving chief technology officer Patrick Dietrich as president during a planned founder succession.
Evidence notes
- Dietrich assumed the president role on January 6 after almost twenty years at Connect Tech, including nine years as chief technology officer.
- Co-founder David J. Worthen remained chief executive until his planned June 2025 retirement and later continued as an adviser.
- The transition placed an executive associated with the company early edge-AI strategy in charge of its next phase under HEICO ownership.
Company context
Rugged embedded-computing platforms for robotics, autonomous vehicles and edge AI.
Context
- Company
- Connect Tech
- Segment
- Electronics
- Event type
- Org Change
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 18, 2026
- Geography
- Guelph · Canada