# Ivan Zak

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320 - Dr. Lisa Beagan | Your Vet Direction

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Dr. Lisa Beagan, founder of Your Vet Direction, to discuss how AI-supported triage can bring more structure, consistency, and safety to veterinary intake. The conversation explores one of the most overlooked risks in practice operations: asking fron…

321 - Guilherme Coelho | Maven Pet

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Guilherme Coelho, Co-founder and CEO of Maven Pet, to discuss how AI-powered pet wearables are helping owners better understand their pets' health between vet visits. They discuss how Maven combines sensor data, app-based inputs, and artificial intel…

322 - Neshmeen Faatimah | Nuzzle Technologies

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak catch up with Neshmeen Faatimah, the founder and CEO of Nuzzle Technologies, Inc., to discuss how AI-powered simulations are transforming veterinary communication training. After losing her cat during a complex care journey marked by communication breakdow…

323 - Gary Peters | PupPilot

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak talk with Gary Peters, co-founder and CEO of PupPilot, about how AI front-office technology is helping with front-desk understaffing and burnout in veterinary practices. Gary shares how PupPilot manages inbound and outbound calls, texts, and emails using AI …

414 - What if the whole vet team got production pay?

Dr. Ivan Zak, DVM, entrepreneur and former CEO of SmartFlow and Galaxy Vets, joins Dr. Andy Roark to dig into one of the spiciest topics in vet med, whether production pay is actually “bad,” and what happens when salary-only pay gets weaponized as burnout prevention. They unpack Ivan’s experience s…

324 - Dr. Jake Rodgers | Rodgers Veterinary Care

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak sit down with Dr. Jake Rodgers, a relief veterinarian and founder of Rodgers Veterinary Care and Vet Buddies, to address a critical flaw in veterinary medicine: breakdowns in care between clinic visits. With 52% of pet owners skipping needed care, traditiona…

Dr. Ivan Zak on The Burnout Triggers Every Vet Should Know

Send us Fan Mail Burnout continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing veterinary professionals. But what if the solution isn't solely about working less? In this episode, Tom Seeko sits down with veterinarian, entrepreneur, and Galaxy Vets founder Dr. Ivan Zak to discuss his personal experi…

326 - Dr. Brad Waffa | Truss Vet

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak sit down with Dr. Brad Waffa, a small animal and exotics veterinarian and co-founder of Truss Vet - Veterinary Urgent Care, to discuss the growing need to define urgent care in veterinary medicine. Dr. Waffa explains how Truss Vet fills the gap between overb…

327 - Jeremy Halperin | MeasureVet

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak chat with Jeremy Halperin from MeasureVet about how veterinary practices and groups can turn scattered, fragmented data into timely, actionable business decisions. Jeremy shares how MeasureVet creates a clean, normalized data layer across PIMS, HR, finance,…

328 - Dr. Kate Elden | Dutch Vet

This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak sit down with Dr. Kate Elden, Chief Medical Officer at Dutch Vet, to discuss how telehealth is tackling the access-to-care crisis in veterinary medicine. Dr. Elden breaks down how Dutch's $11-a-month subscription model provides pet parents with unlimited vir…