Umesh Sripad

CDO & CMO PetMeds

Umesh is a 4x C-level executive and a former founder with a successful exit. He is passionate about building and scaling businesses at the intersection of digital, technology, transformation, and customer value across media, retail, AI/SaaS, and pharmaceutical industries. Umesh brings a rare blend of public and private equity leadership, deep-rooted technology expertise, and hands-on M&A execution that has scaled businesses from the ground up - both organically and through strategic acquisitions. As a public company executive (PetMeds, Overstock, Bed Bath & Beyond) and PE-backed growth driver (The Weather Channel and PureRED), he has led multi-billion-dollar P&Ls, integrated global teams, and reshaped customer and business value chains through end-to-end modernization. His M&A portfolio spans landmark deals, including the $2.2B sale of The Weather Company to IBM, IKEA’s acquisition of TaskRabbit, Traemand, and GeoMagical Labs, minority stakes in Houzz and Optoro, and PureRED’s acquisition by ITG.