Innovating Pet Adoption: Liz Adams' Journey with Pet Protect and Connect

Pet Protect and Connect: Using AI to Simplify Pet Adoption for Shelters, Rescues and Adopters Host Julie Marty Pearson welcomes Liz Adams to The Story of My Pet podcast to discuss Liz’s longtime background in animal rescue and her career in healthcare technology and communications, which inspired her to create Pet Protect and Connect. Liz explains how shelters and rescues often lack time and modern tools, and how difficult or inconsistent adoption processes can deter good adopters while still risking poor matches and returns.  Her platform, Pet Protect and Connect, focuses first on helping rescues by organizing and ranking applications using weighted criteria and an AI-driven learning component that highlights top positives/negatives and produces match scores, while keeping humans in control of final decisions. The tool can also help adopters by auto-populating repeat applications via a plugin and keeping qualified adopters in the system for future matches. Listeners can learn more or request demos on the Pet Protect and Connect Website or via the app and website waitlist. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram. You can also learn more about Kenway's Cause in Hartford, CT via their Website and Facebook Page. 00:31 Liz Pet Background 02:28 Tech Career Journey 04:40 Rescue Epiphany Moment 07:04 Why Shelters Need Tech 11:21 Fixing Adoption Barriers 15:26 AI Matching Platform 19:50 Adopter Experience Tools 27:36 Education and Badges Idea 29:17 How Rescues Get Started 31:49 How Adopters Join In Support the show Support the Podcast by Buying Us a Treat via Buy Me a Coffee Shop our Affiliate Partners: 🐾 Shop Mikko's Choice Use code 'storyofmypet' for 15% off 🐾 Shop Superior Feline Use code “storyofmypet” for 15% off 🐾 Shop Nuvita CBD for people Use code 'Julie10' for 10% off Loved this episode? Leave a review and rating here The Story of My Pet Podcast and Blog- Website - Instagram - Facebook Contact your host via Email- [email protected] Connect with your host, Dr. Julie Marty-Pearson – Website - YouTube - Instagram - Facebook - LinkedIn