Mr. Howes joined Inotek in September of 2008 as the Company's President & CEO. Mr. Howes brings over 20 years of commercial strategy, product development and sales and marketing experience to Inotek with a recent focus in the field of ophthalmology.

Most recently, Mr. Howes was President of the Americas Region for Bausch & Lomb with leadership responsibility for the United States, Canada, Latin America and South America across Bausch & Lomb's Vision Care, Surgical and Pharmaceuticals business segments. Prior to joining Bausch & Lomb in 2003, Mr. Howes spent the previous 16 years in various senior management roles at Merck & Co. Inc. This experience included roles as Executive Director of Hospital Marketing, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Specialty Products, President & CEO of the DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company and President of Merck Frosst Canada, Inc. Prior to Merck, Mr. Howes spent 11 years at Price Waterhouse Canada.

Mr. Howes is a graduate of Harvard College and earned his MBA from York University in Toronto, Canada. He currently serves on the Board of Prevent Blindness America.