Mr. William Burns This is Me

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   Published on: 12/25/2007   Last Visited: 12/25/2007

   William Burns - President, Encore Vision
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   William Burns is President of Encore Vision and serves as Advisor of Marketing and Advertising for High Performance Optics. From Jan. 2000- June 2005 Mr. Burns served as Vice President of Global Marketing, Consumer and Pharmaceutical Products for Alcon where he directed the brand launch of Systane Lubricant Eye Drops worldwide and directed the team market plan launch of Optifree, the Contact Lens Care Solution line. During this time Mr. Burns represented $600 million of the $4 billion dollars sales of Alcon products. From Jan. 1996- Dec. 1999 Mr. Burns served as Vice President of International Marketing, Pharmaceutical and Consumer Products for Alcon where he directed the preparation of Alcon's first global launch for the anti-glaucoma drug Travatan, which have current sales of $200 million.
   
   Mr. Burns has a Bachelor of Arts from Slippery Rock University with a Major in Biology and Minor in Chemistry. He attended the Program for Management Development from the Harvard Business School and the Framework for Strategic Thinking and Planning from Columbia University.