J. Andy Corley, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated on Entrepreneurship

Winter Quarter 2009 Entrepreneurship Seminar Series

Featuring J. Andy Corley
Corporate Vice President and Global President, Surgical Division
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium
Free and open to the public

The Entrepreneurship Seminar Series provides a real-world introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship.  Through a series of presentations by prestigious entrepreneurs and industry leaders, participants will explore the various organizational, strategic and financial challenges facing successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs.  Topics include start-up strategies, business idea evaluation, business plan writing, and introduction to venture capital.

For a complete listing of Entrepreneurship Seminar Series guest speakers, please visit http://www.eng.uci.edu/events/entseminars.

About the Speaker:

J. Andy Corley is corporate vice president and global president, Surgical Products, for Bausch & Lomb. He was named to these posts in 2008.
 
In 1998, Corley co-founded eyeonics, Inc., which developed a new category of intraocular lens — the accommodating IOL — for use in cataract replacement surgery. He gained FDA approval for innovative crystalens® in 2003, and spearheaded a five-year effort to change CMS policy to allow Medicare beneficiaries to choose presbyopia-correcting IOLs. Eyeonics was acquired by Bausch & Lomb in 2008.
 
Corley has over 25 years of experience in the ophthalmic industry and has held various executive positions at American Medical Optics and Allergan Pharmaceuticals.  He was co-founder of Chiron Ophthalmics, where he was general manager of the Refractive Surgery division, and where he played a key role in the introduction of LASIK surgery. 
 
He received the 2005 AeA Technology of the Year award and the 2005 Orange County Entrepreneur of the Year award.  Corley serves on the board of directors for Glaukos Corporation, and is a member of the advisory board for the Department of Biomedical Engineering in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.
 
Corley received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga., in 1978.

 

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