Dan Espinal is the CEO & Cofounder of Rarebreed Veterinary Partner, an independent network of veterinary practices committed to delivering exceptional work experience to veterinary medical team.

Dan previously ran IDEXX (NASDAQ: IDXX) Corporate Development & Strategy team whose mandate it is to lead and execute global acquisitions, manage the annual strategic planning process and structure complex partnerships that will serve as the technology for new diagnostic pillars.

Before IDEXX, Dan was a private equity & venture capital investor at Allied Minds, Plc (LSE: ALM) where he focused on internet and communication technologies. Before joining Allied Minds, he was a management strategy consultant at JSA Partners (formerly AT Kearney), a boutique M&A and strategy consultancy in Boston, MA, providing aerospace and defense companies with market entry, competitive strategy, acquisitions and investment decision support, and advisory services.

Dan was a combat veteran and airborne-ranger qualified infantry officer with service time as a combat advisor embedded with the Afghan National Civil Order Police where he ed over 150 combat patrols in southeastern Afghanistan. Before service time in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Dan spent time as an executive officer of the 173rd Long Range Surveillance Detachment (Airborne) and as an infantry platoon leader.

Dan holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Business and a BA in Economics and International Relations from Tufts University.  He is a husband and the proud father of four, two of the human and two of the canine species.

Dan is an active runner, road cyclist and swimmer with a triathlon hobby.