TJ Dupree is Putney's new COO. Pet pharmaceutical company Putney Inc. hired TJ Dupree as chief operating officer, the company reported today. Dupree formerly served as corporate vice president, companion animal group, with Idexx Laboratories Inc. of Westbrook, Maine. In his new role, Dupree will have strategic and operational responsibility for all of Putney’s commercial operations including sales, marketing, service and global supply chain. Dupree joined Idexx, an animal health diagnostics and information technology solutions company, in 2003 as vice president of strategy and business development. Prior to joining Idexx, he was a manager for the Boston Consulting Group of Boston. Putney focuses on the development and sale of generic prescription medicines for pets. The company recently raised $21 million in capital and added nine people to its management and research and development and regulatory teams over the last year. It expects to add another 10 commercial and technical team members this year. <HOME>http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/images/vpn-tab-image/TJ-Dupree-250px.jpg1/9/2012 12:18 PM