Tekcapital Plc (TEK ) has announced that portfolio company Lucyd has appointed Olivia “Dibby” Bartlett as a non-executive director of its operating subsidiary Innovative Eyewear Inc. 

Dibby has served more than 30 years in the optical industry. She is currently president of the Opticians Association of America, which for over 90 years has been dedicated to the advancement of the American optician and serves as Chief Operating Officer of Todd Rogers Eyewear.  

She has also been named by Vision Monday as one of the “Most Influential Women in Optical” for 2020, a recipient of the Eyecare Business Game Changer Award 2020 and is a graduate of Clark University with a major in comparative politics.

“I am enthusiastic to join the board of Innovative Eyewear” said Dibby Bartlett and added “Their mission to Upgrade your Eyewear® resonates with me and addresses a major market need. I believe the company is posed to make a positive impact on the utility, safety and enjoyment of wearing glasses” 

Meanwhile, Harrison Gross, Lucyd cofounder and CEO said, “We are very excited to add Dibby as a director to Innovative Eyewear Inc. She is extraordinarily knowledgeable about the eyewear industry and is passionate about combining form and function in eyeglass design to address optical and style requirements of diverse demographics.” 

View from VOX 

All disruptive companies attempt to appoint industry heavyweights to advise and hopefully promote their technologies in an established industry, but few achieve it.  

Lucyd has therefore struck gold with the appointment of Dibby with both her experience of a very established, even stagnant, industry and her passion to innovate eyewear for the benefit f the end user. 

Reasons to  TEK 

Tekcapital’s mission is to create value from university Intellectual property that is ready for mass markets:  

  • TEK has the World’s largest network of University IP      
  • TEK enables rapid value creation with market ready technology selection       
  • Multi-Year track record of significant revenue and net-asset growth      

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