CARLSBAD, Calif.—Contact-lens manufacturer SynergEyes recently named David E. Fancher its vice president, global sales.

Fancher has more than 14 years of global and national sales and marketing experience in the eyecare industry, according to SynergEyes. From 2005 until his retirement in 2006, he was president of CooperVision Surgical, a start-up in corneal and refractive surgery launced by The Cooper Companies (NYSE: COO).

Before that, Fancher was senior VP of sales for CooperVision.