10 CooperCompanies engineering leaders
Rolando Collazo, VP of Global Technical Innovations Group at CooperVision, is one of ten CooperCompanies engineering leaders, alongside engineering and R&D directors and directors of new product introduction, lens design and metrology, R&D chemistry and packaging technology. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at CooperCompanies from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Dave Radcliffe
LinkedInExperience: R&D Director, Lens Design & Metrology · CooperVision
Dave Radcliffe has been R&D Director, Lens Design & Metrology at CooperVision since August 2023, based in the United Kingdom. Dave Radcliffe was Senior Design Manager (R&D) at CooperVision from 2016 to 2023, R&D Lens Design Manager from 2012 to 2016 and Senior Lens Design Engineer at CooperVision from 2007 to 2012.
David Morsley
LinkedInExperience: Director, R&D Chemistry · CooperVision
David Morsley has been Director, R&D Chemistry at CooperVision since December 2019, based in East Hampshire, England, and the profile lists polymer chemistry, verification and validation and product development. David Morsley was Research Fellow at CooperVision from 2017 to 2019 and Senior Chemistry Manager at CooperVision from 2014 to 2017.
Edgardo Negron
LinkedInExperience: Director New Product Introduction · CooperVision
Edgardo Negron has been Director New Product Introduction at CooperVision since November 2022, based in Puerto Rico, and the profile headline describes a product, process and new product introduction director role. Edgardo Negron was Senior Engineering Manager at Cooper Vision from 2011 to 2022 and Process Engineer Manager and Black Belt Leader at CIBA Vision in 2011.
Gary Miller
LinkedInExperience: Senior Technical Director, R&D · CooperVision
Gary Miller has been Senior Technical Director, R&D at CooperVision since June 2020, based in Southampton, England. Gary Miller was Senior Director, Lens Design & Metrology at CooperVision from 2015 to 2020 and Technical Director at Sauflon CL Ltd from 2005 to 2014, and the row lists Technical Manager at CooperVision Ltd from 1996 to 2005.
Jamie Collard
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · CooperCompanies
Jamie Collard has been Director of Engineering at CooperCompanies since November 2022, based in the Greater Southampton Area, and the profile headline places the role in CooperCompanies biomedical equipment. Jamie Collard was Director of Global Operations, Program Management and Process Engineering at Pall Corporation from 2016 to 2022.
Kristin Waxmonsky
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Packaging Technology · CooperVision
Kristin Waxmonsky has been Director, Global Packaging Technology at CooperVision since May 2023, based in Rochester, New York. Kristin Waxmonsky was Director, Global Packaging at CooperVision from 2021 to 2023, Sr Manager, Global Packaging from 2020 to 2021 and QA Manager, Global Packaging and Distribution at CooperVision from 2015 to 2020.
Neal White
LinkedInExperience: Sr. VP of Innovation and Product Development · CooperVision
Neal White is a former Sr. VP of Innovation and Product Development at CooperVision, a role the row dates from 2005 to October 2023, and the profile headline describes specialty contact lens design, development and manufacturing. The row also lists VP of R&D and Technical Integration and Director of Engineering at CooperVision.
Richard Penny
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Global NPI · CooperVision
Richard Penny has been Sr. Director, Global NPI at CooperVision since May 2025, based in the Greater Southampton Area, and the profile describes a chartered chemist qualified in project and program management. Richard Penny was NPI Director, Global Technical Innovations at CooperVision from 2022 to 2025 and Senior Engineering Manager there from 2008 to 2011.
Robin Frith
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director and Chartered Engineer, UK R&D · CooperVision
Robin Frith has been Engineering Director and Chartered Engineer, UK R&D at CooperVision since November 2017, based in East Hampshire, England. Robin Frith was Senior Engineering Manager at CooperVision from 2014 to 2017, Project Engineering Manager at CooperVision from 2010 to 2014 and Senior Project Sponsor at Jacobs from 2009 to 2010.
Rolando Collazo
LinkedInExperience: VP of Global Technical Innovations Group · CooperVision
Rolando Collazo has been VP of Global Technical Innovations Group at CooperVision since October 2022, based in Puerto Rico. Rolando Collazo was Global Senior Director, Technical Innovations Group at CooperVision from 2021 to 2022, Regional Senior Director, Americas Operations Services from 2019 to 2021 and Senior Director, Technical Innovations from 2016 to 2019.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your current engineering role, and why?
- 02How do you hand a new design from R&D to manufacturing?
- 03What has your own work taught you about running engineering teams in more than one location?
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