Allen Gilliard

Allen Gilliard is an experienced professional currently serving as the Director of Operations & Engineering and Director of Operations & Regulatory at X-Cel Specialty Contacts since November 2015. In this role, Allen Gilliard identifies opportunities to leverage cross-program strengths while addressing organizational challenges and leads a high-performance management team with a focus on strategic analysis, planning, and budgeting. Prior to this position, Allen Gilliard was the Senior Process Engineering Manager at Plasma Surgical, Inc. from March 2014 to November 2015 and held managerial roles at CIBA Vision Corp. from 1995 to March 2014, including Manager of the R&D Optics Fabrication Group. Allen Gilliard holds a degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where studies were completed between 1988 and 1995, and attended Klein Forest High School.