Leadership Team
Management Team
DEAN E. BURNS
President and CEO
- Business executive, scientist and medical device brand marketing expert with over 38 years of healthcare experience, including 27 years in eyecare.
- Graduate of Bowling Green University with a BSc in Chemistry and Microbiology.
- Comprehensive business leadership certification from The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.
- Comprehensive marketing certification from Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
- Founder and CEO of Grit Marketing in Alpharetta, Georgia.
- Former Senior Director at Alcon Vision Cataract Instrumentation and Disposable Technologies ($750M).
- Former Director of Refractive and Vitreoretinal Technologies ($100M).
- Skilled in marketing, sales management, medical and biotechnology devices, regulatory process and advocacy development.
- Awarded 15 industry commercialization/marketing achievement awards, 15 FDA product approvals, 3 medical publications and 1 significant donation to the non-profit organization ORBIS.
DR. GARTH WEBB
FOUNDER AND CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
- Founder of Ocumetics with a mission to empower people to see and better experience the world.
- 45 years of experience in clinical eye care and applied vision science helping thousands of patients.
- Cofounded Complete Eye Care Optometry Clinic, one of Canada’s largest group practice of optometry.
- Sole inventor of the Bionic Lens™ and related intellectual property platform.
- Pioneer in the life enhancing field of medical optics and refractive technologies.
- Founder of the Celebration of Sight Initiative, a not-for-profit organization commissioned to support three areas of critical need: reforestation/conservation, community services and consumer advocacy.
- Founder of VENTURA Health Sciences Corporation in 2008 to develop state-of-the-art functional dietary supplements that slow the progression of degenerative eye conditions. Recent developments have demonstrated promise in stimulating and propagating intracellular repair.
- Pioneered and successfully commercialized delivery systems for non-preserved liquid pharmaceuticals thereby promoting better healing without any complications from contact.
- Served as the youngest Chairperson on record for the Board of Examiners in Optometry, British Columbia, Canada.
ROGER JEWETT CA, CPA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Hands-on executive with 25+ years of experience leading public and private companies through corporate restructurings, financings and growth.
- Completed debt and equity financings for multiple companies of up to $70M.
- Negotiated and closed the purchase or sale of over 40 businesses.
- Cofounder and Director of Quantum Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (CPC that merged with Ocumetics).
- Founder and CEO of Jump On Flyaways, an airplane sharing service. Led development of proprietary software, appeared on Dragon’s Den.
- Former CFO of Enerjet, a charter airline. Led Enerjet from significant losses to multiple years of profitability.
- Former CEO of Rare Method (RM), a TSX-V listed interactive marketing firm. Led RM from start-up to the 2nd fastest growing company in Alberta (2007) and top 100 fastest growing company in Canada (2008).
- Former CFO of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR), a national ski resort operator. Led RCR from financial difficulty to one of the best managed companies in Canada (National Post – 1997 and 1998).
- Former contract or interim CFO for companies in multiple industries (psychedelics, medical devices, helicopter charters, software development, e-commerce, product development, publishing).
Board of Directors
Dr. James Barton McRoberts, O.D.
DIRECTOR
- Received Doctorate in Optometry from the University of Waterloo in 1974.
- Optometrist in private practice, West Vancouver and Squamish, British Columbia.
- Past president, British Columbia Association of Optometrists.
- Past Chair and member, BC Board of Examiners in Optometry, British Columbia.
- Past Registrar, BC College of Optometrists.
- Past Professional Services Director, The Laser Center, Vancouver.
- Past Board member and VP, Optometric Services Ltd., Montreal.
- Member Pharmaceutical Committee, BC College of Optometrists.
- Past Chair of Senate, ISYS Medical.
- Member, British Columbia Association of Optometrists.
- Published several articles related to practical optometry, as well as a brief on optometrists’ scope of practice for the Health Professions Council of B.C.
- Lectured at professional events as well as in community settings to members of the public.
Michael Edwards
DIRECTOR
- Director and Registered Dealing Representative of Pinnacle Wealth Brokers Ltd., one of Canada’s largest Exempt Market Dealers, registered in most provinces
- President and Director of Customized Insurance & Tax Solutions Inc., specializing in insurance and Segregated Fund investment products
- Holds a Chartered Life Underwriter “CLU” designation and has a life brokers contract for several major life companies through Customized Insurance & Tax Solutions Inc.
- Board member of several private companies
- Director and member of the Private Capital Markets Association of Canada (“PCMA”)
- Board member / committee member and past Chairman of the Board of Beacon House (largest Nova Scotia food bank charity)
- Past Canadian Tax Manager for Michelin Tires Canada Ltd.
- Past Vice President, Finance for a regional residential/commercial real estate development company
- Worked for several public accounting firms in increasing areas of responsibility and managed two public accounting firms
- Past President of Halifax Estate Planning Council
- Past lecturer to Seneca College, York University, CICA tax courses, Atlantic School of Accountancy courses and in-house professional development courses
- Completed the CICA In-Depth Tax Course
- Achieved 1979 highest provincial standing on the Uniform Final Exams (P.E.I.)
ROBERT QUINN
DIRECTOR
- Independent businessman with years of diverse board, management, and legal international mining industry experience.
- Extensive corporate governance, environmental, transactional, M&A, financing, contract, development, compliance and litigation experience with companies developing and operating numerous mines and conducting exploration programs internationally.
- Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver School of Law
- Bachelor’s degree of Business Administration from the University of Denver
Raymond Marks
DIRECTOR
- Over 50 years of experience as an entrepreneur, owner, operator and manager across a variety of industries including the resources and industrial sectors.
- Worked with many companies to secure millions in funding for growth and strategic initiatives.
- Co-founded Tudor Gold Corp. (TSXV:TUD). Served as executive Vice President, and a director of Tudor Gold from February 2016 until October 2018. Assisted in securing over CA$8.6 million in financing for Tudor Gold.
- Assisted in the formation of Hanstone Capital Corporation which later became Hanstone Gold Corp. Served as President and CEO from October 2018 until October 2025. Assisted in securing approximately CA$8 million in financing for Hanstone Gold.
- Instrumental in early fundraising efforts for Ocumetics
SANDI GILBERT
DIRECTOR
- Entrepreneur, investor and capital raiser with more than 30 years in Alberta’s private capital markets
- Built and led three companies, raising more than $40 million for growth companies
- CEO of InterGen, a platform that connects next-gen technology entrepreneurs with experienced business leaders that help them navigate growth
- Managing Partner of InterGen Capital, a venture fund investing in Alberta’s promising tech entrepreneurs
- Founder of DealPoint, a fintech platform for private capital markets that has facilitated more than $1 billion in private investments
- Founder and former CEO of Globel, a national document processing company
- Board member of the National Angel Capital Association and the Private Capital Markets Association, and member of the Alberta Securities Commission’s New Economy advisory board
DEAN E. BURNS
PRESIDENT / CEO / CHAIRMAN
DR. GARTH WEBB
FOUNDER / CSO / DIRECTOR
ROGER JEWETT CA, CPA
CFO / DIRECTOR
Scientific Advisory Committee
DR. DOYLE STULTING
- Director of the Stulting Research Center, Woolfson Eye Institute, Atlanta, GA.
- Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus, Emory University.
- Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, the Moran Eye Institute, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Former Co-Director of the Collaborative Corneal Transplantation Studies, a large, NIH-supported multi-center study of histocompatibility and corneal transplantation.
- Former investigator in a physician-sponsored clinical investigation of LASIK that was
carried out before the first refractive laser was approved by the FDA in the United States. - Previously had a referral practice in cornea/external disease and performed routine and complex cataract surgery, as well as corneal transplantation.
- Specialized in the management of keratoconus.
- Principal Investigator for 5 different clinical trials for corneal cross-linking since 2008.
- Member of the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel for 10 years , and he completed a term as Chair of the Panel in 1998.
- Past President of the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
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