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Meet the Team Redefining Vision Therapy
Our mission is to empower eye doctors with powerful vision care tools. We are building a vision care platform that works with new virtual reality technology.
James Blaha
James grew up suffering from amblyopia and strabismus. As an adult he decided to try and improve his own vision with technology. While building the first prototype of Vivid Vision he gained stereo vision and went on to start the company.
Manish Gupta
Manish left IBM to co-found the company in 2014. Experienced in both engineering and design, Manish leads development at Vivid Vision.
Ben Backus, PhD
Before VV, Ben ran the Backus Lab at SUNY School of Optometry in NY. His work at the lab focused on understanding how binocular vision works. He uses his expertise to make sure our system is using the cutting edge of vision science.
Kelin Kushin
The daughter of an optometrist, Kelin's been active in the profession since birth! Prior to VV, Kelin was Executive Director of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation. At Vivid Vision she manages industry relationships, partnerships, and marketing.
Sunao Miyoshi
Experienced sales and marketing leader with expertise in sales team management across high-tech industries in Japan and Asia Pacific. Sunao specializes in global key account management, business development, new market creation, strategic marketing, and team building.
Ken Nichols
With 20+ years of experience, Ken has directed customer support for Vivid Vision since 2017. He leads support operations, logistics, and AI automation initiatives to ensure exceptional service for Vivid Vision customers worldwide.
Alan Purdy
Object-oriented programmer with strong expertise in algorithms, user interaction, and graphics. Alan specializes in C# and Java, with extensive experience in 3D video games, mobile apps, and enterprise systems. He prioritizes cohesion, readability, and maintainability while working across various frameworks and architectural styles.
Julia Yu
Julia is a qualified accountant with CPA Australia, with experience from JP Morgan, Australia & New Zealand Bank and Ameriprise Financial. Her role is to manage the company's finance and operations processes.
Thad Czuba, PhD
Senior Research Engineer with 10+ years of experience developing complex hardware and software systems for research in 3D visual perception. Thad provides hands-on leadership of complex projects from concept through design, fabrication, to final implementation, backed by multi-disciplinary expertise.
Ranran (Annette) Li French, MD, PhD
Dr. French is a vision scientist and resident psychiatrist with expertise in visual perception, perceptual decision making, and systems neuroscience. She completed her PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester, where her research focused on depth perception during self-motion.
Ian Janson
Ian holds a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from UC San Diego. He first joined Vivid Vision as a software engineering intern in 2019, where he worked on localization, documentation, and web applications for patient data tracking. He returned to the team in 2024 as a Junior Developer, contributing to the development of VR-based digital endpoints for pharma.
Tuan Tran, OD
Dr. Tran earned his Doctor of Optometry from Michigan College of Optometry and completed his residency in Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation at Southern College of Optometry. He served as Associate Clinical Professor at Salus University/PCO and Auxiliary Clinical Assistant Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, where he supervised and mentored optometry students.
Ai Tanaka
Ai has 5 years of experience as an orthoptist in Japan including basic eye exams, helping prescription contact lenses or glasses, and training for children with amblyopia following Bachelor of medical technology.
Meet Our Distribution Partners
Vivid Vision is available world-wide through a team of dedicated partners
North America
Asia
Japan
Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Japan 150-0002
+81-3-6312-3330
From Tokyo, Vivid Vision Asia manages the entire Asian market in cooperation with Vivid Vision, Inc.
China
Tower A, Room 1901
DongCheng District, Beijing, China
+86 10 5978 6878
Gaush Medical has 26 years experience in eye care, having more than 500 employees that cover the whole market of China.
Taiwan
Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235
Taiwan
Since the establishment in 2004, our company has been actively engaged in development and sustainable management in the field of ophthalmology. In Taiwan, there is a service team in your immediate vicinity- Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung.
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Ophthalmic Instruments (M) Sdn. Bhd. is an ophthalmic innovator offering an advanced range of precision ophthalmic and optometric equipment through an extensive world wide independent suppliers & manufacturers.
Sri Lanka
Negombo
Sri Lanka
Lucky Global is a trading company specialising in ophthalmic products.
Europe
Germany
Stuttgart, Deutschland
+49-711-226 16 50
VISUS® is a German distributor of products for vision testing and market leader for vision training products in Germany. VISUS is based in Herrenberg (management + logistics) and Stuttgart (show room). Our name could not fit any better: Visus (Latin „videre") means "seeing" or "the view". Specialists of opthalmology and optometry in German speaking countries use the term Visus for "visual acuity".