Matt Hewlett, A veteran of Seattle technology and entrepreneurship, Has been appointed as CEO and President of Pet Medical Express, A publicly traded online pet pharmacy in Florida.
The 51-year-old Hulett recently led Rosetta Stone’s back-to-back acquisition as the co-president of a language learning company, Acquired by Cambia Learning Group in October 2020The Rosetta Stone was sold by Cambia to IXL Learning in March.
PetMed Express operates under the trademark “1-800-PetMeds”, with sales of 309 million U.S. dollars and profit of 30.6 million U.S. dollars In its 2021 fiscal year, The end of March. The company said in June that it will not renew its contract with its long-term president and CEO Menderes Akdag.
The company was founded in 1996, and as of earlier this year, the company has 219 employees.
He was previously the resident entrepreneur of Voyager Capital, the chief product officer of human resource technology company TINYpulse, the chief executive officer of online retailer ClickBank, the senior vice president of RealNetworks’ gaming division, the chief executive officer of AdXpose, and the president of Expedia’s travel division .
He told GeekWire that he hopes to have a home in Seattle and will also regularly work at the headquarters of PetMed Express in Florida.
Hulett graduated from the University of Washington and has a book scheduled to be published in May 2022 called “Unlocking: Five Questions to Discover Your Business Potential.”