IRIDEX Names Veteran Healthcare Executive Dominik Beck President, CEO

IRIDEX Corporation

today announced that Dominik Beck has been named President and Chief Executive Officer effective today. Dr. Beck replaces Theodore A. Boutacoff, a co-founder of IRIDEX who will become Chief Technology Officer, and will also replace Mr. Boutacoff on the IRIDEX Board of Directors. Dr. Beck, 47, has spent the majority of his career in leadership and management roles at innovative and growing global healthcare companies focused on eye care and ophthalmic devices. Most recently, Dr. Beck was President and Chief Operating Officer of Haag-Streit U.S. Holdings, a U.S. subsidiary of Switzerland-based Haag-Streit International, a global maker of diagnostic equipment in eye care. Dr. Beck joined Haag-Streit in 2003 as President and Chief Operating Officer of Haag-Streit USA Inc. Under his leadership, the company delivered a continuous stream of innovation, expanded into new clinical applications and substantially broadened national distribution to achieve an annual double-digit revenue growth rate since 2003.