It all started when Past President of TVMA, Aaron Rainer, DVM, MPH, recognized several industry trends. First, the desire for work-life balance is creating a new supply of veterinary professionals seeking a new career path with flexible hours — relief practice. With demand increasing for veterinary professionals, other staffing services set out to help. However, we all know how much they cost and the margins veterinarians are forced to pay to find short-term veterinary staffing. Hearing the struggles of his colleagues and the industry difficulties with finding veterinarians to work, Dr. Rainer forged out to create a website that could connect two groups of people more easily without charging astronomical fees to provide the service.

After quickly realizing that he couldn’t build a software concept of this magnitude by himself and still be a practicing veterinarian, Dr. Rainer thought of one person, Clay Farrell. Clay, President of TMGvets, a long-time merchant services provider for veterinarians across Texas and the nation has deep familial roots in veterinary medicine and with his business partner, Nathan Randel, they infused the energy and ideas needed that meshed with Dr. Rainer to create an idea for a revolutionary staffing platform. The team at TMGvets, including Gig’s Software Engineer, Bryan Tomlin, was a vital addition to the company.

Gig’s goals are to keep everything simple. Build a software that’s intuitively easy for the user connecting vets with animal hospitals. Help solve workforce challenges. Most importantly, we want to provide an honest and transparent platform for the veterinary profession where hospitals pay less and veterinary professionals get paid more.

Dr. Aaron Rainer received his B.S. in Biomedical Science in December 1998, and Mastered in Public Health and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University in May of 2006. He has a strong interests in preventive medicine, internal medicine, surgery, and leadership.

Dr. Rainer has held several professional leadership positions including the 2018 President of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) and its over 4400+ members. He has served on the Executive Committee as the Council Chair on External Affairs and as a Board of Director for two regions: North Central Texas & Gulf Coast. Dr. Rainer has played a vital role in developing and implementing the TVMA's 2013-2018 and 2018-2023 strategic plans. He's served in many capacities for TVMA, including the Legislative Committee, State Board Rules Task Force, Conference Rebranding Task Force, and the Recent Graduate Committee.

Professional highlights include: 2008 Recent Graduate Practitioner of the Year (TVMA), 2014 12-Under-12 Young Alumni Spotlight (Texas A&M University), 2014 Rising Star Award (Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences), 2010 Emerging Leader (AVMA), and 2006 Buck Weirus Spirit Award Recipient (Texas A&M University).

Aaron has helped start and owns part of the only emergency clinic in the Temple, Belton, and surrounding rural Central Texas areas, Animal Emergency Center of Temple-Belton. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys all things Aggie. Dr. Rainer was born and raised in Temple, Texas, and keeps strong ties to his hometown. He and his wife, Laurin, were married July 2000 and have two children, Adriel and Jace. He has two dogs – Gilly and Frankie, 3 cats – Gracie, Janet, Boogie and beef cattle. His other interests include watching sports and spending time with his family.

TMGvets was created to give every veterinarian access to industry leading rates and services for payment processing. We understand the success of every practice relies in part on minimizing costs and providing superior customer service. We offer guaranteed savings, direct access to our Veterinarian Payment Specialists, and 24-hr customer support. Making payment transactions as easy and reliable as possible ensures a positive checkout process for your clients. Saving money on payment processing helps support the future of your practice.

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