About
One Big Happy Family
During the Christmas break of 2012, Ben the Doctor said to his brother, "I bet we could make some amazing VT equipment." Dennis the Engineer said, "Let me get my 3D printer." The rest is history.
With a passion for truly innovative, beautifully professional equipment these brothers created a company founded on the idea that if vision therapy is going to be taken seriously, then the equipment has to reflect that kind of serious professionalism you would expect from medical equipment.
Meet the Crew
The Doctor
Benjamin Winters, OD, FCOVD
Dr. Winters is an amazing OD with a passion for Developmental Optometry. He saw some real needs of the vision therapy community and has been working diligently to create a team to provide solutions to those needs; from improved equipment, therapist training, to practice management consulting.
Some of his eccentricities include trying to convince his work team to go running/cycling with him and really specific optometry jokes (that anyone not in the Vision Therapy community might find to be… how do we put this gently? … disgusting? ….off-putting? ….disturbing?)
Dennis Winters
The Webster's dictionary definition of Dennis is: quirky R&D-er. If he isn’t off taking his 17 min power nap, taking hot/cold showers, or building a second floor in the back of his Honda Element, he is off traveling the world with his beautiful family. He somehow still manages to develop awesome new concepts and products for Emergent to produce.
Balloons, zip ties, cardboard, and a little ingenuity is all Dennis needs to make the magic happen. While definitely the scattered brain of the operation, if it were not for all of Dennis' hard work and passion our team would not be here to serve the vision therapy community developing brand new products.
The Engineer
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The Preacher
James Smith, COVT
COVT, preacher, volunteer firefighter, teacher, lecturer, and the list goes on. If you have a question about VT, James is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. James is so passionate about everything that he does and his passion is contagious. (So, if you aren’t ready to deep dive, you’ve been warned )
James blesses the Emergent team and the vision therapy community with all of his talents by heading up the digital therapist training, exams, webinars, and by advocating for the needs of his fellow vision therapists.
