Paul Hallen
VP & Global Head, Retina
Alcon
Biography
Mr. Hallen has 34 years of uniquely broad ophthalmic experience in Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, R&D, and Acquisitions.
Paul is currently serving as Vice President of Global Retina at Alcon, the worldwide leader in ophthalmic products.
He previously served as a Vice President of R&D, participating on the Executive Leadership Team for both internal developments and external acquisitions for Alcon across all business units: Surgical, Pharmaceutical, and Vision Care.
Mr. Hallen also serves as a Board Member for US Retina.
Interestingly, Paul has also been a consultant for NASA in the Mission to Mars Program related to technologies for managing the eye health of astronauts and enabling extended micro-gravity missions.
Mr. Hallen holds a BS in Engineering from Cal Polytechnic University and an MS in Management from the University of Southern California. He is also the holder of many patents for ophthalmic devices.