Mrs. Clasby has been serving as our Vice President, Clinical Operations since September 2017. From 2009 to September 2017, she served as Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs/Quality Assurance at Transcend Medical, Inc. In that position, she was responsible for overseeing clinical operations and regulatory processes for the company’s clinical trials in the United States, Europe and Latin America, as well as worldwide regulatory affairs, quality assurance and compliance activities.

She was also a pivotal executive with Promedica International, a contract research organization, from 1994 to 2009. Prior to that, Clasby worked with ophthalmic device companies American Medical Optics, Inc. (currently known as Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.) and Optical Radiation Corporation (now part of EssilorLuxottica (Euronext Paris: EL)) in various roles for approximately 14 years in the areas of clinical affairs, manufacturing operations, marketing and sales.

She serves on the University of California-Irvine Extension Life Science Advisory Committee. She holds an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University and B.S. degrees in mathematics and physics from Guilford College.