SightRisk

Graham O’Regan BSc (Applied Physics) BSc FSMC FCOptom, Optometrist

Graham O’Regan studied mathematics, physics and statistics at Lanchester Polytechnic (now The University of Coventry) before going on to qualify in Optometry at UWIST Cardiff (now The University of Wales) in 1977. Graham is principal optometrist for Cotswold Eyecall (www.cotswoldeyecall.co.uk) a specialist domiciliary practice based in Gloucestershire, UK, which provide home visits and vision screening services to the elderly and housebound.

He is also founder and director of Chicken and egg (www.chickenandegg.com), a contemporary enterprise which creates innovative psychophysical vision tests, particularly for laptop, iPAD and internet applications. These include portable visual field tests, AMD specific tests including contrast and glare assessment, and macular pigment screening.  Tests for glaucoma suitable for the iPAD and internet have also been developed. The software is in use in practices across the UK, France and in Australia and New Zealand.

Currently, his time is divided between his domiciliary work in and around the Cotswolds and continuing developments with Sightrisk and Chicken and egg. He is also a regular contributor to ‘Optician’ journal. He is married; his son is now a physics teacher and his daughter a research assistant for the CREST research project in Waterford, Ireland.

Graham enjoys visiting the Loire Valley in France with his family, and ‘summer holiday work’ at a friend’s Practice in Lerwick, Shetland Isles.

Other interests include walking, cycling and canoeing, and classic cars.

Robert Kuchling DVM, Managing Director

Robert Kuchling is an experienced marketing expert with a strong scientific background. He studied Veterinary Medicine at Humboldt University, Berlin and graduated with a  Diploma Degree in Veterinary Science. After four years of research work in Molecular Biology and Virology he moved into the pharmaceutical industry.  Having over 15 years’ experience working with an international pharmaceutical company in the areas of export and international marketing, in 2010 he established his own company in Germany, ebiga-VISION (www.ebiga-vision.com), which is dedicated to prevention of chronic eye diseases.
 
ebiga-VISION provides German ophthalmologists with state-of-the-art tool kits for prevention of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). These kits include genetic AMD testing, macular pigment measuring device, and the Sightrisk AMD Calculator.
 
In 2011 he joined the Sightrisk team as Managing Director to support the marketing efforts and distribution of the growing company. Robert is based in Berlin, Germany. He is married and has four children. Robert enjoys theatre, opera and visiting the Baltic Sea.