In June 2022, STAAR’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Frinzi to serve as Chair of the Board. In December 2022 STAAR’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Frinzi to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of STAAR, effective January 1, 2023. From February 2017 through December 2019, Mr. Frinzi served as Worldwide President, Surgical, Johnson & Johnson Vision business, which includes a broad ophthalmology portfolio across the areas of refractive and cataract surgery. Mr. Frinzi served as Senior Vice President of Abbott Laboratories and President, Abbott Medical Optics (AMO) from January 2016 until February 2017 when Johnson & Johnson acquired AMO. Prior to joining Abbott, Mr. Frinzi held a number of leadership positions in ophthalmology and medical device companies. He served as President and CEO of WaveTec Vision, a developer of surgical systems for eye surgery from September 2010 through September 2014 when it was acquired by Alcon. Thereafter, he served as Alcon’s Head of WaveTec Vision until July 2015. He also held senior positions in commercial operations, business development, and sales and marketing at Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Refractec, Chiron Vision, and Johnson & Johnson. In August 2020, he joined as Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Cornea Gen, a private company developing therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of corneal disease. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tampa.