Ken Engelhart
Chief Executive Officer & President

Ken brings over 30 years of industry experience to his role as Chief Executive Officer and President of VisionWeb. He oversees all aspects of the strategic growth and development of this unique enterprise within the eyecare industry.

Ken continues the VisionWeb tradition of building strong eyecare industry relationships through the application of technological solutions and plays an active role in business development and customer relationships.

Directly accountable to the VisionWeb Board of Directors, Ken believes that the success of VisionWeb is derived both from the breadth of high quality connectivity provided to all eyecare providers and the neutral and open philosophy embraced since the company’s founding.

Under his guidance, VisionWeb remains focused on streamlining and simplifying the eyecare practice, and now operates on an expanding global platform.

Ken joins VisionWeb from Essilor of America, where he held various marketing and senior management positions. Most recently he was the senior executive in charge of a key strategic business unit for Essilor of America.

Ken has extensive experience with other top manufacturing companies in the optical industry. He began his professional career in 1980 as a sales representative with Alcon Laboratories. In 1982 he joined Vistakon, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, and for 8 years delivered results earning him increased responsibility in both the sales and marketing areas, including serving as their first National Sales Manager. As an early Product Director for Vistakon, he was part of the small marketing team that took the ACUVUE® Disposable Contact Lens from concept testing and test marketing to a successful national launch.

Ken received his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and his master’s degree in business administration from Jacksonville University.

Eric Muzy
Chief Information Officer & Vice President of Product Development

Eric oversees all design, architecture, and development of VisionWeb technology. He is responsible for the teams which implement current VisionWeb technology to create usable solutions for the eyecare industry, both in the U.S. and abroad. He also drives the conceptualization and development of new technologies to meet the growing needs and sophisticated demands of the eyecare industry. Eric’s contributions to the “vision of VisionWeb” began even before its founding in 2000, and he is considered an industry thought leader and visionary on how technology can improve the practice of eyecare.
Eric came to VisionWeb after eight years at Essilor International, where he was CIO for North American operations and Vice President for Software Development. There, he was responsible for the complete redesign of corporate back-office software and the implementation of Oracle software for all Essilor plants worldwide. He also oversaw the redesign of data-warehouse and data-mining systems and the rollout of a remote lens-ordering capability for eyecare professionals in Europe. At Essilor of America, Eric redesigned the corporate telecommunication network and redesigned manufacturing control systems for three U.S. plants. Prior to Essilor, he was Vice President/Retail Markets for UNILOG, a European business and technology consulting firm. He holds an M.S. degree from the Universite des Arts et Metiers in France.

Tom Loveless
Chief Financial Officer & Vice President of Business Development

Tom joined VisionWeb as CFO and VP of Business Development in February 2008. He is responsible for VisionWeb’s financial health, overseeing all aspects of finance and accounting, and plays a key role in cultivating VisionWeb business ventures. Tom drives VisionWeb’s industry relationships, serving as the liaison for VisionWeb’s many technology and equity partnerships.

Tom comes to VisionWeb from Hoya Vision Care North America, where he served for the past two and a half years as Chief Financial Officer. Tom has extensive experience in finance and business development areas and previously worked with increasing levels of responsibility at Nokia, Federal Mogul, and Eaton Corporation. Tom holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Oklahoma City University. Tom is a CPA and a CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst).