Jose D. Perez-Diaz, VP of Engineering at Vetspire on AI-Native EMRs,UX Innovation & Remote Team Leadership

In this episode of Software Leaders Uncensored, Steve Taplin sits down with Jose D. Perez-Diaz, VP of Engineering at Vetspire, to trace his journey from algebra teacher → software developer → CTO → tech leader in veterinary medicine. Jose shares how Vetspire is redefining veterinary EMRs with AI-native features like patient summarization and agentic scribing that let doctors make eye contact again instead of typing notes for hours. He breaks down how universities shape market dominance, why UX must follow human intention (not clicks), and how distributed teams require written-first cultures to avoid apathy and isolation. Jose also gets brutally honest about leadership: documentation over meetings, removing antagonists fast, and telling stories that align teams around a shared destination.