About
Been in the room. Signed the front of the check.
I am a veterinarian, an operator, and an owner. I built a startup practice and acquired an established one, and I ate the bumps doing both. This is not consulting theory. It is the playbook from someone who lived it.
I graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in 2014 and went straight at it: orthopedic surgery in the room, and the business of medicine out of it. Within a few years I was a partner in multiple Chicagoland hospitals. In 2023 I earned my MBA from the University of Illinois, because I refused to let the money side of this profession stay a mystery.
Then I did the two things I now help other veterinarians do. I built a practice from scratch, True.Vet in Sugar Grove, and I acquired an established practice with decades of history. I ran both at once, and I ate the bumps. When the acquisition hit a staffing gap, the build bailed out the buy: I pulled startup staff over to cover and carry our culture into the new practice. That is the kind of lesson you only get by living it.
Away from work I'm a husband to Lauren and a dad to four kids and two vizslas. I'm a marathon runner and a brain tumor survivor, and I dedicate my races to cancer and brain tumor research. Beating a brain tumor rearranges how you see time. Life is too short to play small, and far too short to spend a whole career on a leash.
That is why I do this: to keep veterinary medicine in veterinarians' hands. When a veterinarian owns their practice the right way, everyone wins. Pets and owners get better, more accessible care. Vets and their teams get sustainable careers with real ownership upside. And the business gets strong enough to fund both. Win, win, win. Let's get you there.