Christopher Pendergast

Christopher Pendergast has been working in the field of information technology for over 20 years. Christopher is currently the SVP & CTO at Henry Schein, a global healthcare company. Prior to their current role, Christopher served as the Chief Technology Officer at VSP Global, a group of progressive companies that offers innovative and personalized eye care, optical, and business solutions. Christopher was with VSP Global for 7 years, from 2011 to 2018. Before VSP Global, Christopher was the Sr. VP, Chief Information Officer at Marchon Eyewear, one of the world's largest designer manufacturers and distributors of both sun and optical fashion. Christopher was with Marchon for 9 years, from 2008 to 2017. Christopher also spent two years as the Corporate Director of Information Technology at Natural Organics before joining IdeaSphere - Twinlab Corporation in 2000 as their Executive Vice President of Business Planning & Development. Christopher held this position for 6 years before moving on to their roles at VSP Global and Henry Schein. Throughout their career, Christopher has been focused on developing innovative solutions that improve the customer experience.

Christopher Pendergast has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Hofstra University and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Systems from Hofstra University.

They work with Peter McCarthy - President, Global Animal Health Group, Lorelei McGlynn - SVP & CHRO, and Dave C. McKinley - Chief Commercial Officer & President, Corporate Commercial. Their manager is Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman & CEO.