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Bausch & Lomb
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Brian Harris
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Bausch & Lomb has appointed Brian J. Harris as chief
financial officer and corporate vice president, with
immediate effect. A business and finance executive with more
than three decades of experience with multinational
organizations, in 1989 Mr. Harris held positions of
increasing responsibility with Tomkins plc, the industrial,
automotive, building products and engineering manufacturing
conglomerate. These included roles as president of the $2
billion Worldwide Power Transmission business for Denver,
Colorado-based Gates Corporation, as well as senior vice
president for Strategic Business Development, and chief
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Mitsuo Hirose
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Bausch & Lomb Japan has named Mitsuo Hirose as
chairman, effective immediately. Mr. Hirose has served on
the subsidiary’s Board of Directors since January 2009.
Most recently he was representative director and chairman of
Pacific Golf Group International Holdings KK. He has also
served as president and representative director for both
Johnson & Johnson Japan Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
Medical Company. He was responsible for introducing
disposable contact lenses to the Japanese market. |
American Academy of Ophthalmology
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David W. Parke II
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David W. Parke II, MD, has taken the helm of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) as the Academy’s new
executive vice president and chief executive officer. He
succeeds H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., MD, who led the AAO since
1993 and is now retiring. Dr. Parke has served on the
Academy’s Board of Trustees since 2000 and was the 2008
Academy president. He was president and CEO of the Dean
McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City and professor and chair
of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of
Oklahoma College of Medicine. |
Charmant Group
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Masao Miyachi
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Charmant Inc has announced that Masao Miyachi, currently
the company’s Executive Director, will become the
President and CEO of the group. Junji Horikawa, the current
President & CEO will remain on the Board and assume the
post of Vice Chairman, a newly created position as the
company’s senior executive. Kaoru Horikawa the founder of
the Charmant Group will maintain his active role as the
groups Chairman. In addition he will continue as a member on
the Board of Directors. Masao Miyachi, who joined the
company in 1980, spent 29 years in sales, marketing and
products planning & development. Most recently he was
Executive Director of Charmant Inc.
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Transitions Optical
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Scott Henning
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Transitions Optical, Inc. has named Scott Henning
director of its eyecare professional and professional
development team. In his new role, Henning, who previously
acted as national retail key account executive for
Transitions, will be in charge of developing and driving
initiatives to support eyecare professionals through
education and marketing programs, and new communications
strategies. He will also be responsible for the creation and
implementation of an ECP loyalty program.
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LENSCO
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Grant Parsons
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LENSCO has announced the promotion of Grant Parsons to
Director of Manufacturing & Consultation. Parsons has 30
years experience in contact lens design manufacturing and
fitting consultation and is also certified by Paragon Vision
Sciences for Paragon CRT. His experience has allowed him the
honor to study under such prominent industry experts as the
renowned Dr. Leonard Bronstein, Bob Stone, and Dr. J.R.
Reynolds. Eventually this led to a partnership between Grant
and Bob Stone forming Contact Lens Research Laboratory,
where Grant held the Vice President position until 1996,
when LENSCO acquired the company.
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Mark Andre Gets CLSA Award
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Mark Andre
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Mark Andre was recently awarded the Contact Lens Society
of America’s Joseph W. Soper Award for Excellence in
Education. The award recognizes “outstanding contributions
in the area of contact lens education,” according to the
CLSA. Andre, an associate professor of optometry at Pacific
University in Forest Grove, Ore., has more than 30 years’
experience in contact lenses. Before joining the university
he was director of the contact lens service at the Casey Eye
Institute at the Oregon Health and Sciences University.
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