Mike Nuzzo

Mike Nuzzo brought the "right leadership" to Eyemart Express in 2022. With years of experience leading business development and expansion initiatives within the retail space, his growth-focused strategy brings Eyemart Express’s unmatched optical expertise and customer convenience to new frontiers.

Mike graduated from Kenyon College with a bachelor’s degree in economics before getting his master’s degree in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago. Since then, he’s held multiple leadership roles with well-known retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch, General Nutrition Centers (GNC), and most recently, Petco, initially as Chief Financial Officer and more recently as Chief Operating Officer and President, overseeing supply chain, real estate/construction, and the pet services and veterinary care business areas. In his time at Petco, Mike led a turnaround of the grooming business, the launch and scaling of the in-store vet hospital business, and the creation of a new Petco farm and feed store format targeting expansion in small town/rural communities. He also expanded the Petco brand into Canada with a store-in-store arrangement with Canadian Tire Corporation and was chairman of the company’s Petco Mexico joint venture.

When he’s not leading the development of Eyemart Express’s long and short-term strategies, he enjoys running, hiking, reading history books, and spending quality time with his wife, four kids, and their two dogs.