People In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
AMO promotion: Advanced Medical Optics adds "president" to the title of Chief Operating Officer Richard A. Meier Nov. 19 to reflect increasing management responsibility for the executive. James V. Mazzo shed the president title, but remains CEO and chairman of the eye care device firm. Meier has held the COO spot since February, but relinquished chief financial officer responsibilities in October to new hire Michael J. Lambert. At that time, Meier's management duties expanded to cover AMO's cataract/implant business and global customer service function in addition to his continued oversight of the eye care division and the company's global manufacturing and supply chain operations