William Link - Second Sight Independent Director

EYESDelisted Stock  USD 4.14  0.20  4.61%   

Director

Dr. William J. Link, Ph.D., is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Link has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2003. Mr. Link is a cofounder and managing director of Versant Ventures, a VC firm specializing in earlystage investing in healthcare companies, since its inception in 1999. Prior to cofounding Versant Ventures, Mr. Link was a general partner at Brentwood VC from 1998 to present. Mr. Link also founded and served as chairman and CEO of Chiron Vision, a subsidiary of Chiron Corporation specializing in ophthalmic surgical products, from 1986 to 1997 which was sold to Bausch Lomb in 1997. Prior to Chiron Vision, Mr. Link founded in 1978 and served as President of American Medical Optics, a division of American Hospital Supply Corporationrationration, which was sold to Allergan in 1986. Mr. Link also served on the Board of AMOs successor company, Advanced Medical Optics which was acquired by Abbott in 2009, from 2002 to 2009. Mr. Link was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine from 1973 to 1976 since 2003.
Age 71
Tenure 21 years
Phone818 833-5000
Webwww.secondsight.com
Link received his BSc, MSc and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Our board has concluded that Mr. Link’s senior executive history with a focus on medical products as well as his extensive financial and other experience with technology companies in general, including his experience of serving on other boards of directors make him qualified to continue serving as one of our directors.

Second Sight Management Efficiency

The company has return on total asset (ROA) of (10.74) % which means that it has lost $10.74 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on stockholder's equity (ROE) of (19.02) %, meaning that it created substantial loss on money invested by shareholders. Second Sight's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Second Sight manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
The company currently holds 199 K in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 0.0, which may suggest the company is not taking enough advantage from borrowing. Second Sight Medical has a current ratio of 24.75, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when due. Debt can assist Second Sight until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Second Sight's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Second Sight Medical sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Second to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Second Sight's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets implantable visual prosthetics that are intended to deliver artificial vision to blind individuals. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Sylmar, California. Second Sight operates under Medical Devices classification in the United States and is traded on NAS Exchange. It employs 15 people. Second Sight Medical (EYES) is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in USA and employs 15 people.

Management Performance

Second Sight Medical Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Second Sight's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Second Sight inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Second. The board's role is to monitor Second Sight's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Second Sight's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Second Sight's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
John Blake, CFO
Patrick Ryan, COO
Frank Vandeputte, Vice President General Manager
Anthony Moses, Commercial Vice President - Americas
Edward Randolph, VP of Manufacturing
Gregg Williams, Independent Director
Alfred Mann, Co-Founder, Chairman Emeritus, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Nominating and Governance Committee and Member of Compensation Committee
Jonathan McGuire, President CEO, Director
Stephen Okland, Commercial Vice President U.S. and Canada
Gregoire Cosendai, VP of European Operations
Steven Okland, Commercial Vice President U.S. and Canada
William Link, Independent Director
Thomas Miller, CFO
James Miller, Director - Manufacturing
Will McGuire, President CEO, Director
David Jacques, Vice President - Research & Development
Aaron Mendelsohn, Director
Robert Greenberg, President CEO, Director
Matthew Pfeffer, Independent Director

Second Stock Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Second Sight a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.

Pair Trading with Second Sight

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Second Sight position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Second Sight will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Second Sight could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Second Sight when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Second Sight - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Second Sight Medical to buy it.
The correlation of Second Sight is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Second Sight moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Second Sight Medical moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Second Sight can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in income.
Note that the Second Sight Medical information on this page should be used as a complementary analysis to other Second Sight's statistical models used to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Efficient Frontier module to plot and analyze your portfolio and positions against risk-return landscape of the market..

Other Consideration for investing in Second Stock

If you are still planning to invest in Second Sight Medical check if it may still be traded through OTC markets such as Pink Sheets or OTC Bulletin Board. You may also purchase it directly from the company, but this is not always possible and may require contacting the company directly. Please note that delisted stocks are often considered to be more risky investments, as they are no longer subject to the same regulatory and reporting requirements as listed stocks. Therefore, it is essential to carefully research the Second Sight's history and understand the potential risks before investing.
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