SAN JOSE, Calif.—John Ferro has been appointed chief executive officer of contact lens supplier WaveTouch Technologies, effective immediately. In his new role, he will be fully responsible for the commercialization of the company’s wavefront-guided contact lens programs along with the day-to-day requirements of running its other CL and research businesses, an announcement said.

Noted WaveTouch chairman Vincent Zuccaro, OD, “In keeping with our strategic goals of making wavefront-guided contact lenses a market reality as well as marketing a full line of CLs, I am delighted to state that John Ferro has agreed to serve as our CEO. John has been a management leader in the ophthalmic industry for over 25 years and has expertise in all aspects of optics including wavefront guided lenses.”

Also at WaveTouch, industry veteran Kevin Bligh, a founder of the company, has been appointed executive vice president, with primary responsibilities in the areas of business development, sales and marketing. Malcolm McLaughlin, another WaveTouch founder, continues as chief financial officer.

In addition, Sandra Zuccaro-Keyes, a licensed master optician, was named executive director of professional services at WaveTouch, and Gary Klein, OD, currently in private practice in San Diego, has been retained as clinical research consultant.

Ferro said the company’s WaveTouch lenses, “made for each individual patient from aberrometry measurements taken in their practitioner’s office,” are currently in Beta testing, with market rollout planned for “the very near future.” He added, “We at WTT are confident that this technology will soon be benefiting doctors and their patients in the U.S., later to follow throughout the world.”