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James V. Mazzo* is our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 2001. Mr. Mazzo was President and Chief Executive Officer from our inception through May 2006, at which time he also became our Chairman of the Board. Prior to AMO's spin-off from Allergan in 2002, Mr. Mazzo served in various positions at Allergan, most recently as Allergan's Corporate Vice President and President, Surgical and CLCP Businesses. From April 1998 to January 2002, Mr. Mazzo was Allergan's Corporate Vice President and President, Europe/Africa/Middle East Region. From January 2001 to January 2002, Mr. Mazzo also assumed the duties of President of Allergan's Global Surgical Business, and from May 1998 to January 2001, he was the President of Global Lens Care Products for Allergan. From June 1997 to May 1998, he was Senior Vice President, U.S. Eyecare/Rx Sales and Marketing, and prior to that he served 11 years in a variety of positions at Allergan, including Director, Marketing (Canada), Vice President and Managing Director (Italy) and Senior Vice President, Northern Europe. Mr. Mazzo first joined Allergan in 1980. Mr. Mazzo sits on the Boards of Directors of Beckman Coulter and AdvaMed (Advanced Medical Technology Association).

Sheree L. Aronson* has been our Corporate Vice President, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations and Market Research, since September 2006, and served as our Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations from August 2003 to September 2006. From August 2002 to July 2003, she was Director of Communications for RSM EquiCo, a division of H&R Block, and from August 1999 to July 2002, she was a Senior Vice President at Fleishman-Hillard, Inc., an international public relations firm. Between 1985 and 1999, she held senior-level corporate communications and investor relations positions at several companies, including Apria Healthcare, Inc., MTI Technology Corporation, Foodmaker, Inc. and HomeFed Bank.

Diane W. Biagianti has been our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary since February 2008. She was our Vice President, Deputy General Counsel from February 2007 to February 2008 and Vice President, Assistant General Counsel from May 2002 to February 2007. Ms. Biagianti formerly served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel of Experian Information Solutions, Inc. from January 1997 through May 2002. Prior to Experian, Ms. Biagianti was an associate with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP from 1991 to 1997, where she practiced as an employment litigator. She received her J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1991 and graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor's degree of Science in Business Administration in 1984. She is also a certified public accountant, licensed to practice in Arizona.

Leonard R. Borrmann*, Pharm.D.has been our Executive Vice President, Research and Development, since February 2007, was Corporate Vice President, Research and Development, from September 2006 to February 2007, was Senior Vice President, Research and Development, from July 2005 to September 2006, and was our Vice President, Surgical Research and Business Development, from March 2004 to June 2005. From August 2002 to February 2004, Dr. Borrmann was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Insert Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held drug delivery company focused on development of novel drug delivery technologies, and from December 2000 to March 2002, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Maret Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held drug development company. From May 1998 to September 2000, Dr. Borrmann was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held neuroscience drug discovery company. From June 1984 to May 1998, Dr. Borrmann was employed by Allergan, Inc. in a number of clinical and business development positions, including Vice President, Business Development, a position he held from June 1992 to May 1998.

Robert F. Gallagher* is our Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, a position he assumed in April 2006, and he was our Vice President, Controller from February 2002 to April 2006. Mr. Gallagher has over 18 years of financial management experience in our industry. From 1995 to 2001, he served in a variety of senior financial positions at Bausch & Lomb and its acquired business, Chiron Vision, most recently as Vice President, Finance of Bausch & Lomb's Global Surgical Products business. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Gallagher was employed by Allergan in various financial management positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, Controller for North East Asia and Controller for Puerto Rico operations.

Holger Heidrich*, Ph.D. is our Corporate Vice President and President, EAM and International Government Affairs, a position he assumed in February 2007, and was Corporate Vice President and President, EAM Refractive Vision Correction, from November 2006 to February 2007. From July 2005 to November 2006, Dr. Heidrich was our Corporate Vice President and President, Cataract/ Implant Business, from December 2003 through July 2005, he served as President of our Europe, Africa, Middle East region, and from our inception through December 2003, he was President of our Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining us, Dr. Heidrich served as Senior Vice President and Head of Surgical Business of Allergan in the Europe/Africa/Middle East region from May 1998 to January 2002. From July 1996 to January 2002, Dr. Heidrich also assumed the duties of Head of Central Europe Area and Managing Director of Allergan Germany/Austria. From 1990 to 1996, Dr. Heidrich was Director of the Contact Lens Care Division of Allergan in Central Europe. From 1986 to 1989, Dr. Heidrich served as Division Director, Pharmaceutical & Surgical, at Pharm-Allergan GmbH, an Allergan subsidiary. He joined Allergan in 1985 as Marketing & Sales Director for Germany. Prior to joining Allergan, Dr. Heidrich held sales and marketing positions at Montedison Pharmaceutical and Ciba Geigy, and was Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Freiburg in Germany.

Michael J. Lambert* is our executive vice president, chief financial officer. Mr. Lambert served as senior vice president, chief financial officer of Quest Software, Inc., a publicly held developer and distributor of software products, from April 2005 until joining AMO. He previously served as senior vice president, finance of Quest Software, Inc. from November 2004 to April 2005. Before joining Quest, Mr. Lambert served as executive vice president and CFO at Quantum Corporation, a publicly held provider of storage solutions, from June 2001 through June 2004. Prior to Quantum, he was senior vice president and CFO of NerveWire, a systems integration consulting firm. From March 1996 to July 2000, Mr. Lambert worked for Lucent Technologies, most recently as vice president and CFO of the InterNetworking Systems Division.

Richard A. Meier* is our president and chief operating officer. He served as chief financial officer from April 2002 to October 2007. He previously served as our executive vice president, operations, president, Eye Care Business, and chief financial officer from April 2006 to February 2007. From February 2004 to April 2006, he was our executive vice president of operations and finance and chief financial officer, and from April 2002 to February 2004, Mr. Meier served as our corporate vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Meier was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. Before joining Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Meier was a senior vice president with the investment banking firm of Schroder & Co. Inc. in New York from 1996 until joining Valeant Pharmaceuticals in 1998. Prior to Mr. Meier's experience at Schroder & Co., he held various financial and banking positions at Salomon Smith Barney, Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, as well as other financial and management positions at other firms.

Francine D. Meza was appointed Corporate Vice President, Human Resources in September 2006, and from June 2002 to September 2006, she was our Senior Vice President, Human Resources. From 1984 through our spin-off in June 2002, Ms. Meza served in various human resources positions at Allergan and its acquired business, American Medical Optics. Prior to the spin-off, Ms. Meza was the Vice President, Human Resources for worldwide operations at Allergan.

Douglas H. Post* has been our Executive Vice President, and President, Corneal Refractive Group, since February 2007, and from November 2006 to February 2007, he was our Corporate Vice President and President, Corneal Refractive Surgery Group. From July 2005 to November 2006, Mr. Post served as our Corporate Vice President and President, Laser Vision Correction Business. From May 2005 to July 2005, Mr. Post was our Region President of the Americas. Mr. Post joined us following completion of the merger between VISX, Incorporated and Advanced Medical Optics. Mr. Post was President and Chief Operating Officer of VISX, Incorporated from July 2003 to May 2005, Executive Vice President, Operations, from January 2001 to July 2003, and Vice President, Operations and Customer Support from September 1996 to January 2001. He served as Senior Director, Customer Support from December 1992 to September 1996 and was Senior Vice President, Sales and Customer Support with VISX Massachusetts Inc. (formerly Questek, Inc.) from February 1985 to December 1992.

Jane E. Rady* has been our Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, since February 2007. From April 2006 to February 2007, she was our Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Corporate Development, and from April 2002 to April 2006, she was our Corporate Vice President, Strategy and Technology. Prior to joining us, Ms. Rady was a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Genomics, Inc. and was a consultant to Integrated Genomics and several other companies in 2001. From 1984 to 2000, Ms. Rady was employed by G.D. Searle & Co./Monsanto in various capacities including President and General Manager of Searle's international joint venture, Lorex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Vice President of Corporate Licensing & Business Development, and Vice President of Strategic Planning.

Angelo Rago has been our Senior Vice President, Global Customer Services, since February 2007, and served as our Vice President, Customer Support, from June 2005 to February 2007. Mr. Rago joined us after a 17 year career with Siemens Medical, where he held a number of senior management positions in both the service and product development areas. From November 2001 to June 2005, Mr. Rago was Vice President of Global Customer Services for the Oncology Care Division of Siemens Medical, and from September 1998 to November 2001, he was Vice President of Worldwide Service for the Nuclear Medicine Division.

C. Russell Trenary, III* is our executive vice president, global public policy and medical education. From February 2007 to October 2007, he was our executive vice president and president, Cataract Refractive Group. From November 2006 to February 2007, Mr. Trenary was our corporate vice president and president, Cataract Refractive Surgery Group, and from February 2004 to November 2006, he was our corporate vice president and chief marketing officer. From April 2002 to February 2004, Mr. Trenary served as our corporate vice president and president, Americas region. From 1996 to November 2001, Mr. Trenary was the president of Sunrise Technologies International, Inc., and from 1997 to 2001, he held the additional title of chief executive officer. Sunrise filed a Chapter7 bankruptcy in September 2002, nearly one year after Mr. Trenary's departure. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Trenary was senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, of Vidamed, Inc. Mr. Trenary began his career in 1981 with American Hospital Supply Corporation, which was acquired by Allergan in 1986 and which was the basis of Allergan's entering the ophthalmic surgical products business. While at Allergan from 1987 to 1995, Mr. Trenary held positions of increasing responsibility in the surgical products business, culminating with the position of senior vice president and general manager of AMO Surgical Products, a position he held from 1991 to 1995.

Aimee S. Weisner* is our Executive Vice President, Administration and Secretary, a position she assumed in February 2007, and from our inception to February 2007, she was our Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Ms. Weisner also serves as our Chief Ethics Officer. Ms. Weisner was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Allergan from January 2002 through June 2002, and as an Assistant Secretary of Allergan from November 1998 to April 2002. Prior to January 2002, Ms. Weisner served as Corporate Counsel of Allergan, which she joined in 1998. From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Weisner was an attorney with the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

*Denotes Section 16 officer