2005
Before founding her own business, Debbie had long been considered a Key Opinion Leader by multiple industry partners. Particularly Novartis Animal Health, where she had been solicited to create a change implementation program for the company. She was invited to speak for their Mega Meeting in 2005 in Puerto Rico for over 900 veterinarian attendees.
2008
This reputation set her up perfectly to found 2 Manage Vets Consulting, LLC in 2008 in the middle of the Great Recession when Debbie was laid off from her job as the COO of Reidsville Veterinary Hospital because they were cutting expenses.
When she was laid off she decided to make her part-time consulting into a full-time business. Debbie contacted all her connections in the industry and because of their knowledge of her skills and past history of success they immediately hired her to work with their customers. She became a trainer, speaker, and “value-added service” to Novartis, Pfizer (Zoetis), Elanco, Merck, and Patterson Veterinary Supply. Patterson had just developed its training classes and their team reached out to Debbie to be the instructor for their Reception Skills class which later morphed into their Communication and Service Class. Debbie trained this class, contributed to its content, and contracted with Patterson to do “custom” presentations for such customers as Angle Memorial and VetCor. She trained this class in every state of the US excluding Montana and Alaska.
2020 & On
The Covid-19 Pandemic halted in-person classes but she continues to contribute to Patterson’s online offerings.
Soon, the referrals lead to many one-on-one practice consultations and her success as a presenter for Patterson lead to other offers to present at workshops and conferences. Today, Debbie works with other companies in many capacities. Her current scope of work includes:
