EyeCare Companions Names Mark Barron Chief Progress Officer

Rhonda Sciarra

Senior Director, Company Communications

(PRESS RELEASE) ST. LOUIS – EyeCare Companions, the nation’s main supplier of clinically built-in eye care, introduced at this time Mark Barron has been named Chief Progress Officer. He’ll deal with creating and executing complete methods to develop the corporate’s affected person base, optimize current and establish new income alternatives and assist care groups within the continuous supply of an distinctive affected person expertise.

Mark will lead groups throughout the corporate’s Progress group: Advertising and marketing, Managed Care, Credentialing, the Affected person Engagement Middle and Enterprise Improvement.

“The position of a Chief Progress Officer will leverage a extra complete strategy to succeed in our subsequent degree of growth and sustainable development, uniting like development and development operations departments to construct better alignment and focus,” mentioned Chris Throckmorton, Chief Govt Officer. “Since becoming a member of EyeCare Companions in its early life, Mark has supported the corporate’s transformation from a high-reputation regional participant right into a nationwide business chief. We stay up for Mark’s continued management in his new position.”

“There’s a substantial profit in bringing collectively complementary development departments beneath one umbrella, notably in a enterprise and macroenvironment the place charge of change is accelerating as is complexity. Our skill to successfully allocate assets extra rapidly and with greater precision can be important to our success,” mentioned Barron. “I’m thrilled to associate with my expanded workforce to ship on our strategic development goals.”

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Most not too long ago, Barron was Senior Vice President of Enterprise Improvement and Physician Partnerships, and in that capability led inorganic and non-core development methods throughout the enterprise.

Earlier than EyeCare Companions, Barron was an funding skilled at The Riverside Firm, a number one center market non-public fairness agency with $14 billion in belongings beneath administration, centered on buying and rising companies in well being care, industrial, client and expertise industries. He additionally labored as an funding banker at Harris Williams within the U.S. and UK. Barron holds a Bachelor of Science diploma in finance and economics from the College of Dayton.