David Aull
Emmaus,PA
Summary
Dedicated optical/computer professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lab Manager
Visionworks
01.2014 - 01.2020
- Surfacing, AR application, finishing
- Set and oversaw quality assurance guidelines for laboratory work.
- Training staff on the technical aspects of opticianry.
General Manager
Americas Best Contacts And Eyeglasses
03.2004 - 04.2013
- Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and profitability.
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, and schedules.
- Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures, and technology systems.
MIS/Senior Optician
Total Vision Care, Inc
01.1996 - 01.2003
- Planned and designed system improvements to meet changing demands.
- Trained users and supported variety of problems with hardware and software.
- Analyzed existing systems and databases and recommended enhancements to solve business needs
- IT administrator responsible for installing and maintaining Compulink POS system, hardware installation and maintenance, networking and LAN administration.
- Custom reporting using Crystal Reports
Optician/Computer Consultant
Leonard Poll Opticians N. Y
01.1994 - 01.1996
- Computer consulting, installation, maintenance, trouble-shooting and upgrading
- Installed hardware and software that would allow customers to see how they would look in a variety or frame and lens styles
- Dispensing; assisting in all areas of a high-end finishing lab
- Final inspection and quality control.
Optician/Shop Supervisor
Purdy Opticians N. Y
01.1988 - 01.1994
- Computer consulting designed and maintained databases for lens ordering and tracking returns using ACCESS
- Dispensing; supervising and assisting in all areas of a Madison Ave
- Finishing lab
- Final inspection and quality control
- Special: dive masks, ski goggles, custom lens work
Optician/Shop Supervisor
Eye To Eye Vision Center N. Y
01.1984 - 01.1988
- Dispensing; supervising and assisting in all areas of finishing lab
- Final inspection and quality control
- Lens ordering, technical consulting and some contact lens work.
Manager
Badgley - Shutt Opticians
01.1980 - 01.1984
- Used BASIC to design a database that could control contact lens replacement packages
- Installed and maintained computer system
- Managed a one-man "guild" store: dispensing, shop-work, contact lens fitting, light bookkeeping, visited ophthalmologists to obtain referrals, store maintenance (window displays, cleaning, etc.), and lens ordering
Education
Certificate in Computers And Programming - Essentially, All 45 Credits of The CS Major
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY1994
A.A.S. Ophthalmic Dispensing -
N. Y. C. Technical College
Brooklyn, NY1980
Skills
- Most aspects of the optical business: management, sales, lab (including rimless and dive masks), pretest, refractometry (mostly for troubleshooting rx)
- Assembling, upgrading and troubleshooting PCs
- Installing and configuring Windows 11
- Setting up and maintaining LAN networking using Ethernet 10-base T (including wiring using UTP)
- Programming: JAVA, Python, C, Visual Basic
- Database design and maintenance
- Customized report generation using Crystal Reports
- Improving operations using a variety of computer software, hardware and custom programming
- Help desk/administration: MSOffice, Compulink POS software
Certification
- A+ certified ID: COMP10317642 Verification. # 1259336 (computer hardware)
- NYS license Ophthalmic Dispensing, Contact Lens Fitter (soft and rigid)
Accomplishments
NYC Marathon 1988, musician
Timeline
Lab Manager
Visionworks
01.2014 - 01.2020
General Manager
Americas Best Contacts And Eyeglasses
03.2004 - 04.2013
MIS/Senior Optician
Total Vision Care, Inc
01.1996 - 01.2003
Optician/Computer Consultant
Leonard Poll Opticians N. Y
01.1994 - 01.1996
Optician/Shop Supervisor
Purdy Opticians N. Y
01.1988 - 01.1994
Optician/Shop Supervisor
Eye To Eye Vision Center N. Y
01.1984 - 01.1988
Manager
Badgley - Shutt Opticians
01.1980 - 01.1984
Certificate in Computers And Programming - Essentially, All 45 Credits of The CS Major
Brooklyn College
A.A.S. Ophthalmic Dispensing -
N. Y. C. Technical College