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An executive leader inside the largest network of healthcare providers in the world by hospital count, one of the largest healthcare networks anywhere: 3,000 hospitals, 70,000 associates, and the millions of families and pets who walk through the doors, where leadership means building the teams and operating models that let something that size run as one.
The work starts on the floor, with the people who do it.What they need becomes a platform.The platform becomes how the business runs.And the team keeps it running long after the launch.
Operations, product, technology, and people, in the same conversation.
Same approach each time: start with the people doing the work, agree on how decisions get made, then build. Technology last.
A national platform program, stalled seven years, deployed in under sixteen months.
<16 mo to national deployment Connect.A national hospital network connected to its clients, payments built in.
10M+ clients on one platform Unify.A fragmented global technology stack into one strategy.
3,000 sites, one roadmap Build.Proprietary IP, built in-house, on the balance sheet.
6 wks concept to productionI am proud of the profound impact Abe has had on VCA and me. He has such a passion and dedication towards anything he does. Anyone would be lucky to have him as part of their organization.Bob Antin · CEO & Founder, VCA
I'm not intimidated by people smarter than I am. I encourage it, and I make sure there's a safe place for them to bring their voice to the table.
Match the model to the work. Pods for zero-to-one, cross-functional orgs for scale, P&L discipline on both.
Hire the bar, then raise it. Benches deep enough to absorb the next mandate before it arrives.
Roadmaps anchored to revenue, margin, retention, or operational lift. Reviewed monthly, with named owners.
Product, engineering, operations, finance, and the executive committee. Strategy into execution at every layer.
There are tough days and easy days. The leader's job is to hold both, and keep the business healthy and profitable.
Fifteen seconds of it.
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Global Vice President, Digital Product · Mars Veterinary Health
Abe is a special leader who leads with both his head and his heart. He knows how to advance difficult work forward while making everyone around him feel great about the experience. Smart, capable, and deeply human.Garrett Lewis · Chief Executive, Vet Services, Greencross Pet Wellness
Executive mandates, board and advisory work, speaking. Direct introductions preferred.
