CHESTERFIELD, Mo.—EyePromise and its parent company, ZeaVision Holdings, announced a series of organizational changes. Effective immediately, ZeaVision chairman and CEO Dennis Gierhart, PhD, will serve as interim-president of the eye health nutraceutical maker while the company performs an executive search to identify a successor to Chris Barber. “We thank Chris for his contributions to the business during his tenure as president and wish him success in his future endeavors,” said Gierhart. Bob Kearns has been promoted to senior vice president of sales, responsible for both doctor and direct-to-consumer sales.

“With 30 years of experience managing customer relationships and sales teams, Bob is uniquely qualified to lead our sales organization and provide practitioners with the guidance and resources they need to achieve practice growth,” noted Gierhart.

Brad Hogenmiller has been promoted to vice president, technology and marketing. “Brad has been instrumental in changing the way we think about and interact with our customers,” said Gierhart. “His extensive background in digital technology and deep understanding of consumer behavior will allow us to continue helping doctors enhance the innovativeness of their practices and gain greater practice efficiencies through new technological solutions.”

Patrick Curran has been promoted to senior director of sales, where he will work closely with the EyePromise Scientific Advisory Board and key customer-purchasing and practice-management groups. “Under Patrick’s leadership, we will continue our commitment to providing current and future eyecare practitioners with the most up-to-date research and clinical expertise and developing practice management programs and resources to support our customers,” said Gierhart.