Daniel Henry

Experience

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  Santopia International Inc.

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  COO

  Santopia International Inc. was a Japanese owned corporation founded by Naoki Tanaka of Tokyo Japan. Daniel Henry was the third U.S. employee hired by the corporation to build, set up and run optical laboratories as well as retail locations, including the training of staff as well as day to day operations. The first retail location opened was in Stanton CA, a full surfacing and finishing laboratory was built and staffed by Daniel Henry. The second shop purchased was Carthay Optical of Beverly Hills. Mr Henry opened, staffed and ran this location until it was self sufficient, The third shop purchased was Eyes on Laguna of Laguna Beach CA, Mr. Henry also staffed and ran this location until it was self sufficient as well. As well Mr. Henry directed the distribution of imported machinery under the DIA name brand. Show less

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  Express Lens Lab

  Jan 1992 - Jul 1993

  Co-Founder

  Express Lens Laboratory was founded by Dr. Harvey Goldstone and Daniel Henry in Fountain Valley California. The first laboratory was built and run by Daniel Henry who eventually trained the very first employees, one of which still manages the lab today. With no formal contract binding the business Dr. Goldstone gave the company to his son who still owns the company to this day. In the first year the company went from a single employee(Daniel Henry) to 6 employees with dozens of accounts.

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  Esprit Development Corporation

  Jan 1997 - Mar 2004

  Executive Vice President/Founder

  Esprit Development Corporation was the marketing support corporation for the "Wipe Out CD Repair" line of products. The product was invented and developed by Daniel Henry. The product sold worldwide, was featured on CNN, HSN, QVC, dozens of reviews including Mac World, Tomorrow's World, Maximum PC, was produced and marketed by Radio Shack under their label through OEM. From an initial investment of 25k it is estimated that the product line sold more than $3.5 million worldwide and can still be found today although production has ceased and the company no longer exists. Countless "copy" products have been produced. This product was the first of it's kind. Due to downloads the market has all but vanished. Show less

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  Marc Heitz Chevrolet

  Sept 2007 - Oct 2008

  Sales and Leasing consultant

  Assisted customers with the purchasing and leasing of new vehicles.

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  Sunland Optical

  Jul 2009 - now

  Optician General Manager

  General Manager, all aspects of running a retail optical shop including finish lab work.

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  U.S. Vision Corporation

  Jun 2015 - now

  Optical Manager

  AAFES Contracted Optical retail manager

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  Walmart

  Oct 2023 - now

  Manager