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, Fancher was president of CooperVision Surgical, a start-up in corneal and refractive surgery launced by The Cooper Companies (NYSE: COO).

Prior to that position, Fancher was senior vice president of sales for CooperVision.