Timothy D. Buckley

Biography

Mr. Buckley joined the company in September, 2011 as Vice President, Marketing, MIGS and Laser Systems. His title was changed to Vice President, Marketing in October, 2012. Mr. Buckley has over 16 years of experience in the medical device industry. His primary focus has been marketing within the ophthalmology industry – including technologies for cataract, glaucoma, and retina. Throughout his career, Mr. Buckley has focused on both early stage market development and global commercialization. Prior to IRIDEX, he was co-founder of Ocunetics, Inc. an early stage ophthalmic start-up with the mission of tight collaboration with surgeon-inventors to bring products to market quickly. Mr. Buckley joined IRIDEX through its license of certain Ocunetics’ technologies. He previously worked within marketing at Transcend Medical, a glaucoma surgery start-up and at Carl Zeiss Meditec where he led the marketing for its North American ophthalmic surgery division. Prior to 2001, Mr. Buckley gained extensive experience developing innovative devices in a product development capacity at Starion Instruments (acquired by Microline Surgical), General Surgical Innovations (acquired by Tyco Healthcare), and Lockheed Martin. Mr. Buckley holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

Research Interest

Medical Devices