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Brian Parnell

Energizer · DISC type I
Global Director, Next Generation Cat-Vit Platforms at Alcon
📍 Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Brian Parnell is the Global Director for Next Generation Cat-Vit Platforms at Alcon, spearheading the commercialization of the UNITY VCS/CS. With a long tenure at Alcon in various leadership roles, he has deep expertise in ophthalmic surgical products. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo.

He is leading the commercial launch of Alcons next-generation combined system for cataract and vitreoretinal surgery.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Global Director, Next Generation Cat-Vit Platforms
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

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Full Of Energy
Relationship Oriented
Believer

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.

Priorities

Topics Brian cares about

Ophthalmic Innovation
His career at Alcon has focused on bringing next-generation products, including Vivity and Toric IOLs, to the ophthalmology market.
Product Commercialization
He is explicitly responsible for leading the commercialization strategy and execution for Alcon's new UNITY surgical platform.
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Career

Work history

9-2021
Global Director, Next Generation Cat-Vit Platforms
Alcon
1-2015 - 9-2021
Global Product Director, Vivity IOL
Alcon
7-2014 - 12-2018
Global Product Director, Toric IOL
Alcon
7-2013 - 6-2014
Surgical Business Unit, Head
Alcon
7-2010 - 7-2013
Director, Pharmaceutical Business Unit
Alcon
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Education
1984 - 1988
BSc
U of W, Canada
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DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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