Ted Root

About Ted Root

My entrepreneurial spirit has been instrumental in fostering pet wellness and pioneering new business development strategies in the multi-site, multi-state veterinary and pet care market over the past 20 years. I have built and delivered highly innovative business strategies, complex business transformations, pure de novo and buy-and-build expansion initiatives and, raised nearly $300M of investment capital for both early and later stage companies by focusing on delivering long lasting, above market impact for customers, employees and shareholders. I built Doppler to successfully navigate the $70B Pet Retail and Services market by creating highly integrated networks of care to meet both clients and staff where they most needed innovation. The company has done the hard work to unlock vastly improved access to care, support for all team members while significantly outperforming both revenue and EBITDA growth in our industry.My tenure with Independent Pet Partners allowed us to elevate pet parenting experiences, through integrated POS/EMR solutions and targeted acquisitions. Collaborating with growth equity partners, we\'ve identified and capitalized on investment opportunities, ensuring both shareholder value and total pet wellness are at the forefront of our mission. I led the formation and launch of PetcoMexico which went from test, to scale, to the largest pet retail/services platform in all of Latin American in less than 5 years. I also led Petco\'s investment and partnership with Rover.com, acquisition of Drs. Foster and Smith and buildout of the company\'s early veterinary services strategy.VetCentric was my entre into the animal sector and I transformed the company to revive growth, improve performance, attain profitability and, successfully exit to VetsFirstChoice (now Covetrus).

Experience

1. President & COO

   Mendtronix

   Apr 2025 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

Education

• University of Virginia Darden School of Business

  MBA

  1990 — 1992

• Connecticut College

  Bachelor of Arts, History/American Studies

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• Integration
• Customer Service
• Strategic Planning
• Management Consulting
• Executive Management
• Superior Client Service
• Operations Management
• Vendor Management
• Channel Partners
• Marketing
• Acquisition Integration
• New Business Development
• Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Product Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Development
• Turn Around Management
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Negotiation