About NeoVista, Inc.

Board of Directors

William J. Link, PhD

Biography

Bill Link specializes in early-stage investing in medical devices at Versant. Prior to co-founding Versant Ventures, Bill was a general partner at Brentwood Venture Capital. He has a proven record of building and operating large, successful medical product companies. With extensive knowledge of medical devices, particularly in ophthalmology, his experience spans more than 23 years in general management in the healthcare industry.

Perhaps Bill's greatest operational success was as founder, chairman, and CEO of Chiron Vision, a subsidiary of Chiron Corporation specializing in ophthalmic surgical products, which was sold to Bausch & Lomb in 1997. Before heading Chiron Vision, Bill founded and served as President of American Medical Optics, a division of American Hospital Supply Corporation that was sold to Allergan in 1986.

While at Brentwood, Bill invested in a number of early-stage companies, including eyeonics (sold), Genyx (sold), IntraLase (public), Intra Therapeutics (sold), OraMetrix (private), and Refractec (private). His Versant investments include the following private companies: AcuFocus, Cameron Health, Confirma, ForSight, Glaukos, Inogen, NeoVista, Rox Medical, Second Sight, and Wavetec.

Before entering the healthcare industry, Bill was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Bill earned his BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. In February 2002, the Orange County Engineering Council named Bill "Engineer of the Year."