Gerber Coburn

Alex Incera Randall Baldwin

Alex Incera has been appointed president of Gerber Coburn and corporate vice president, effective immediately. Incera replaces Stephen Lovass who remains president of Gerber Scientific Products and senior vice president of Gerber Scientific, Inc. In addition, Randall Baldwin has been appointed director of marketing and will be responsible for product management, marketing communications, and strategic marketing initiatives.  Incera joined the business unit as project manager in 1995 and was promoted to director of engineering in 1996. In 1999, he became vice resident of engineering, in 2006 he was appointed executive director of marketing and in February 2008 he was named general manager. Baldwin joined the business unit as group product manager in 2001 and was promoted to director of surfacing and coating products in 2005. Prior to joining Gerber, Baldwin served as director of marketing at Pro-Laser North America Inc.

CooperVision

Dennis Murphy

CooperVision has named Dennis Murphy president of its Americas region. In his new position, Murphy succeeds Jeff McLean. Murphy will join CooperVision's commercial team, responsible for executing global strategies, including integration of marketing, product development, manufacturing and sales across the organization. Murphy previously was president and chief executive officer of two early-stage companies, dock3 and Carttronics, which provide service-oriented solutions to large retail and industrial organizations, respectively.

OLA

Gordon Keane

The Optical Laboratories Association will honor Gordon Keane, president of Digital Vision, Inc. (DVI) by presenting him with its 2008 Directors' Choice Award at its President's Banquet and Awards ceremony on Nov. 8. Keane founded DVI in 1983 to specialize in automating optical laboratories. He had spent several years working with Columbian Bifocal, developing and then managing the first widely used ophthalmic manufacturing and business software.  The Optical Laboratories Association will also be inducting 12 people into the OLA Hall of Fame for 2008. The Honorees are Donna Benedict, Bruce Calhoun, Al de Rojas, Susan Crawley, Ray Knoll, Don Ruden, Steve Sutherlin, Art Waite, Gerald Ward. John Payne, Irving Rips and George Weber will be honored posthumously.

Eye Q Eyewear

Larry Bell

Eye Q Eyewear's Larry Bell, a long-time eyewear industry sales veteran, has retired and his partner, the company's CEO, Jeffrey Frumkin, has assumed sole control of the business. After 15 years with Eye Q and 50 years in the business, Bell will work on some consulting projects for the company over the next couple of years.

Bright Display

Dianne Lax

Bright Display has recently expanded its team to include a new Director of Business Development, Dianne Lax. As the new director of business development, Dianne's goals are to build new distribution channels, expand the team of sales representatives, and assist the company in developing international markets for Bright Display's US-crafted eyewear display products.

REM Eyewear

Trisha Navidzadeh

Trisha Navidzadeh has been named Brand Manager for Converse. In this new position, Navidzadeh will serve as the Brand Champion for Converse focused on global brand strategies, brand initiatives and sales in the non optical alternative retail markets.

OWA
The board of directors for the Optical Women's Association (OWA) has named two new board members: industry veteran Deborah Lochli McGrath and Karen Zappia, VP of sales for Live Eyewear. Lochli McGrath is currently an optical industry consultant and a spokesperson for The Vision Council. Zappia, who heads domestic and international sales for Live Eyewear, has been an active member of the OWA since 2003.