EDUCATION:

Masters Degree Management Information Systems, Georgia College and State University, 1996

Doctor of Optometry.  Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, Tennessee, 1982.  Received one of thirteen Air Force Optometry Scholarships given nationwide in 1978.

Bachelor of Science in Anatomy and Physiology.  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1977.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

Group Practice, Eyesight Associates of Middle Georgia, Warner Robins, Georgia, May 1987 ‑ present.  Practice consists mostly of work with contact lenses and orthokeratology.  Team with five ophthalmologists, eight other optometrists, and one  physician's assistant to deliver multi‑disciplinary care to patients.  Practice includes general optometric vision care, post‑surgical follow‑up on cataract, glaucoma, oculoplastic, and refractive surgery patients, evaluation and treatment of ocular pathology patients including glaucoma, specialized contact lens fittings, including post‑penetrating keratoplasty, post-refractive surgery, high astigmatism, keratoconus, orthokeratology, and presbyopia.

Chief Optometrist, USAF Hospital Robins, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, July 1985 ‑ May 1987.  Practice included general optometry, primary care optometry, and occupational and industrial optometry.  Contact lens practice included keratoconus, corneal dystrophy and degeneration, high anisometropia, high ametropia, and irregular astigmatism.

Private practice in association with military practice in Abilene, Texas, September 1984‑July 1985.  Practice limited to contact lenses such as bitoric, ballasted front torics, O₂ permeable, and custom design lenses.

Staff Optometrist, USAF Hospital Dyess, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, September 1982‑July 1985.   General optometry, primary care optometry, contact lens practice, and limited pediatric practice.

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SKILLS:

Specialized computer skills in the areas of data and trend analysis, forecasting, artificial intelligence (neural networks), linear programming, and relational database management systems.

Designed, programmed, and implemented the Multifaceted Transactional Enquiry System currently used by a large local real estate corporation for tracking, analyzing, and reporting on individual realtors as well as the real estate firm as a whole.

Wrote and published Reliable Keratotomy^tm in conjunction with Johnny L. Gayton, M.D.  This was the first nomogram computer software on the market.  Reliable Keratotomy^tm was designed for radial and astigmatic keratotomy and post-surgical enhancement calculations.  Reliable Keratotomy^tm was in global distribution for two years and is still used by refractive surgeons worldwide.

Designed, programmed, and implemented the Decision Support Computer System used by the Graduate Division of the School of Business at Georgia College and State University. 

Designed, programmed, and implemented an in-office financial analysis database management system, including trend analysis and forecasting capabilities, used to track eleven doctors in seven offices for productivity and profitability.

Founded Contech Software, Incorporated in June, 1988. Wrote and published the computer program Taming Soft Torics^™ which is currently owned by Sunsoft Corporation (USA), Coastvision (USA), Paragon Optics (USA), Essilor Optical (France), Pilkington Barnes-Hind (United Kingdom), and practitioners on three continents for toric soft contact lens design.

Clinical research including seven marketing studies and eight FDA clinical studies for major domestic soft contact lens and contact lens solution manufacturers.

Publications:

Maximizing Results - Strategies in Refractive, Corneal, Cataract, and Glaucoma Surgery, Johnny L. Gayton, M.D., Chapter 7, Controlled Kerato-Reformation as a Non-Surgical Alternative to Post-Refractive Surgery Corneal Enhancement, 1996 SLACK Incorporated, pp. 95-126, ill.

Have Confidence in Crossed-Cylinder Calculations, Keeping in Contact, August 1995, pp. 2-3

Georgia Study: Storing Patient Information, Recall Top Ways OD's Use Computers, Eyecare Technology, Volume 5, Number 3, May/June 1995, pp. 94-95

Piggy-Back  Correction of a Dual-Cone, Contact Lens Spectrum, Volume  9, Number 12, December 1994, pp. 44-46

Reduced Disinfection Time Improves Patient Convenience, Optometry Today, Volume 2, Number 5, June 1994, P. 41

QuickCARE Roundtable - A Lens Care System Designed for Both Practitioners and Patients, Supplement to Contact Lens Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 8, August 1994, pp. 1-5

Speaking experience:

University of Georgia Continuing Education Center Spring Conference

The 8th Annual International Contact Lens Congress of Ophthalmologists, Toronto, Canada

Bay Point Anterior Segment Symposium, Panama City Beach, Florida (twice)

Georgia Optometric Association Continuing Education, Atlanta, Georgia (twice)

University of Alabama School of Optometry Continuing Education Series, Birmingham, Alabama

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Member ‑ American Optometric Association, Georgia Optometric Association

Fellow - The American Academy of Optometry

Fellow ‑ The American College of Optometric Physicians

Fellow - The British Contact Lens Association (This is an honorary Fellowship given to individuals the Association feels have made a significant contribution to the field of contact lenses.  I was one of 15 Fellows inducted into the Association worldwide in the first year this award was given out.)

HONORS:

International Who's Who in Information Technology - 1999

International Who's Who in Information Technology - 1998

International Who's Who of Professionals - 1996

Air Force Commendation Medal - 1987

Who=s Who in the South and Southwest - 1986

Air Force Commendation Medal - 1986

Beta Sigma Kappa Academic Honor Society - Southern College of Optometry - 1981

Mu Sigma Rho Academic Honor Society - Louisiana State University - 1976

Alpha Epsilon Delta Academic Honor Society - Louisiana State University - 1975