VisionCare names industry veteran as CEO

Ophthalmology devicemaker VisionCare named industry veteran Thomas Ruggia as its CEO, effective July 6.

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Mr. Ruggia has nearly 20 years of experience in the ophthalmology business. He comes to VisionCare after a tenure at Johnson & Johnson Vision, where he was vice president of worldwide customer experience and ocular surface disease.

Mr. Ruggia has experience at Janssen and Alcon, a division of Novartis.

Outgoing CEO Wolfgang Tolle left the company to “focus on new opportunities.”

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