Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058174
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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. Prior to joining STAAR, Mr. Foust served as Worldwide President, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Surgical, since December 2019. Prior to Johnson & Johnson Vision, Surgical, he served as Worldwide President of Mentor, a leading breast reconstruction and aesthetics business unit of Johnson & Johnson from 2018 to 2019, and Vice President, U.S. Sales and Marketing from 2015 to 2018. Prior to Mentor, Mr. Foust held various sales leadership roles at DePuy Synthes, also a company of Johnson & Johnson. He started his career at Roche Pharmaceuticals as a sales representative in 1999. Mr. Foust holds a Master’s Degree of Marketing and bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama. |                                                         |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Magda Michna, PhDChief Development OfficerAge 49 |
| Dr. Michna joined STAAR in April 2023 as Chief Clinical, Regulatory and Medical Affairs Officer. In March 2025, Dr. Michna was promoted to the expanded role of Chief Development Officer. In this role, Dr. Michna oversees STAAR’s clinical, regulatory, quality, and medical affairs functions, as well as research and development. Prior to joining STAAR, Dr. Michna served as Chief Global Clinical, Medical and Regulatory Affairs Officer for AcuFocus, Inc., an ophthalmic medical device company, since April 2018. AcuFocus was acquired by Bausch & Lomb in January 2023. Prior to AcuFocus, Dr. Michna served as Chief Clinical Officer at Presbia. From 2012 to 2017, Dr. Michna led clinical development for many premium intraocular lens and other surgical device technologies supporting the Alcon Surgical franchise. Her industry career began as a Vision Scientist at VISTAKON®, a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision from 2008 to 2012, which she joined following an academic Research Fellowship with the Vision Research Group at McGill University’s Department of Ophthalmology from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Michna holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in optical physics and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia. |                                                  |

| 2025 Proxy Statement | – 22 – |

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