Dental and animal health distributor with practice management software and supply chain operations
Patterson is a 140+ year-old distributor serving North American dental and animal health markets through supply chain, technology, and practice management services. The tech stack is heavily Microsoft-centric (.NET, C#, Windows) with enterprise infrastructure (SAP S/4HANA, ServiceNow, Azure/AWS) and payment processing (Stripe, Fiserv) — reflecting a traditional mid-market operations footprint. Support and sales dominate the hiring mix, signaling a customer-retention and account-expansion focus; engineering hiring remains modest, suggesting most product work is maintenance and integration rather than greenfield development.
Patterson operates a two-pillar business: Patterson Dental, a supplier and software provider to dental practices of all sizes since 1877, and Patterson Animal Health, acquired in stages (Webster Veterinary in 2001, Animal Health International in 2015) serving companion, production, and equine markets. The company sells through distribution channels, practice management software, and direct technical support to practices and veterinary clinics across North America and the UK. With 5,000–10,000 employees and 372 open roles, Patterson manages complex supply chains, inventory, customer onboarding, and compliance (PCI-DSS) while handling new product launches, facility projects, and customer lifecycle programs. Revenue model combines product margins, software subscriptions, and service contracts.
Primarily Microsoft (.NET, C#, Windows Forms, Office, Teams), enterprise platforms (SAP S/4HANA, ServiceNow), cloud (Azure, AWS), networking (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper), and payment processing (Stripe, Fiserv). No active adoption or replacement initiatives detected.
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. The company also hires in Canada, UK, and Peru; founded in 1877 as a public company.
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