b'PROFILEHEATHER DAVIES& JAMES PRICEHeather Davies BVetMed (Hons) CertAVP MRCVS, and James Price BVetMed are a husband-and-wife team whose careers span both clinical practice and veterinary technology. They met while studying at the Royal Veterinary College in London. While Heather has always been a dog person and James is a self-proclaimed cat-lover, they share passion for the veterinary profession. Today, theyre proud parents to 18-month-old Felix, whos currently captivated by the world of Winnie the Pooh.Heather has built her career in a single practice, progressing from graduate vet to clinical director. James began in a busy Tier 3 hospital ultimately transitioning into veterinary technology.Together, they represent two sides of the veterinary coin: Heather at the heart of clinical care and team leadership, and James at the forefront of innovation and digital transformation.Please give a brief summary of youras a Business Analyst at VetIT, where career path so far: I could apply my clinical experience James: while developing my technical skills and Well, I came to it quite late. I originallycoding. I guess Ive just gradually floated wanted to do a lot more hard science,further and further away from clinical as in molecular genetics, and then inwork as my career has progressed.sixth form I did some work experienceHeather:with a friends dad who happened toI wanted to be a vet from when I was be a vet. It sort of completely changedmuch younger, but as I went into my my mind, thats when I decided Iearly teens I wanted to do more art wanted to be a vet. My career startedand animation. I really loved dogs and in clinical practice but moved intoalways had one in the family. I enjoyed management and now has landed incanine sports like flyball and agility tech. After graduating from the Royaland realised that I particularly enjoyed Veterinary College in 2012, I began in ascience in school. I did work experience Tier 3 hospital. Dealing with incrediblywhich confirmed that I wanted to busy on-call work, multiple branches,pursue a veterinary career. I started emergencies and complex surgeries. Iat the same practice after graduating worked there for six years before I gotand Ive stayed there ever since. I did tired of the out-of-hours, then I wasa certificate, became head vet, then a locum vet and acupuncturist, hadclinical director in 2020. Im motivated my own limited company. After theby learning and achievement. Getting pandemic, I moved into a managementmy certificate was tough, but I really role at a large veterinary corporation,enjoyed working towards that goal. It which involved travelling across thehelped me handle more complex cases UK. Sadly, I was made redundant fromand work closely with owners. I love there, and thats when we startedworking with a great team, and Im proud talking about little Felix. Ive always hadof how the practice has grown and a bit of a technical edge, and I didnthow Ive been a part of that. Ive stayed want to return to clinical practice orbecause I can do what I enjoy, work management, so I began exploring morewith good people, and see the practice tech-focused roles within the veterinarydevelop.space. I was lucky to find a position www.inspiredvet.co.uk9'