About Us
Our commitment to the field allows us to apply an unmatched level of experience and expertise to any business matter an optometrist may encounter.
Visionary Practice Group’s team of optometric consultants, brokers, lawyers, accountants, MBAs, and ODs distinguish us as specialists in all forms of optometric consulting. When deciding on a company to perform any type of consulting or brokerage service, it is essential they have a long history of industry-specific knowledge, relative business experience, and applicable professional qualifications.
VPG was built upon a foundation of providing ethical, thorough, and high-quality services for optometry practice purchases, sales, transitions, and management. We have over 70 years experience in consulting and brokerage, practice start-ups, practice management lecturing, and counseling/contracting for practice transactions with over 4,000 successful transactions under our belt. We service the optometric industry only and we limit the number of clients we take on at any given time in order to provide the high quality services we are well known for! Our commitment to the optometric field allows us to apply an unmatched level of experience and expertise to any business matter an optometrist may encounter.
Newsflash: VPG was awarded a Top 10 Medical Practice Management Company in the US by Healthcare Tech Outlook Magazine!
Our client testimonials will attest to the quality of services and the results we provide.
Erik Ferjentsik, M.B.A.
PrESIDENT and Founder
Visionary Practice Group
Erik is the President, Founder, and Principal Optometric Consultant at VPG, specializing in practice brokerage, valuations, transitions, start-ups, and management consulting with experience managing more than $350 million over hundreds of optometric transactions…
…Erik facilitated the purchase of his wife’s optometry practice and implemented improvements stimulating 25% growth within the first two years post-acquisition. He has considerable experience starting, buying, selling, and brokering business transactions in health care, travel, recreation and beyond. Erik holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Connecticut, Summa Cum Laude. He received his M.B.A. from Babson College. Erik enjoys rock climbing, golf, hiking, and spending time with his family.
- Managed more than $350 million over hundreds of optometric transactions
- Awarded Top 10 Medical Practice Management Consultants in the US by Healthcare Tech Outlook Magazine.
- Successful optometry practice owner generating over 40% profit margins
- Contributing author for Review of Optometric Business
- Authored various articles on practice transitions and management
- Guest speaker and lecturer on various optometric business topics
- Power Hour podcast guest 2022; Power Hour podcast guest 2023
- Eyes on Eyecare webinar speaker
- 20/20 Money podcast guest 2019 Part 1; 20/20 Money podcast guest 2019 Part 2; 20/20 Money podcast guest 2023
- Co-founder and former CEO of a successful international tourism company
- Board of Advisers for a non-profit organization – One Village at a Time
- Successful purchase, turn-around, and sale of an international hospitality company
- Author – Vietnam, A Climber’s Guide
Tony Rovinsky, M.S.
Principal Ophthalmology Consultant
Founder and President – Tony Rovinsky and Associates
Mr. Rovinsky holds an MS in Healthcare Administration from the University of North Florida. He has a BS, PA in Clinical Science from the University of Florida, as well as a BS in Business and Economics from Rollins College…
…He has also completed post-graduate work in Business Management at Rollins College as well as The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Tony has more than 25 years’ experience in all aspects of ophthalmic practice development and operations, and has established a national reputation as an expert in his field.
Mr. Rovinsky has held the position of Chief Executive Officer and President for a number of healthcare companies, and multi-specialty medical practices. He was CEO of one of the largest ophthalmic group practices in the country with eighteen locations, thirty doctors, and 300 staff members, as well as a number of other high profile ophthalmology practices.
Tony successfully negotiated over $10 million in asset sales for just one client, and has met the challenging needs of many others’ over the past ten years. As a Consultant, Mr. Rovinsky has always been at the forefront of innovation, providing physicians and their staff, investors, and business owners, personalized strategies to optimize patient volumes, create maximum visibility, and position their practices for profitability and growth.
Mr. Rovinsky is not an employee of Visionary Practice Group, but rather a member of our extended network of professionals who is ready to support practices with an ophthalmic component.
Jonathan Salmon, M.B.A.
Practice Appraiser and Financial Analyst
Jonathan Salmon is a financial analyst and valuation expert with an executive background in small to multi-national business consulting experience in various industries including health care and optometry. Jon has extensive experience in business restructuring, cost reduction, financial modeling…
…and management consulting to name a few. Jon received his B.S. in Finance at the University of South Florida. He later earned his M.B.A., with Honors, at Babson College. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida, where he enjoys spending his downtime with family, playing hockey, and raising four wonderful children.
- Financial analyst, modeling, and metric expert in optometry
- Strategic Pricing Consultant for McDonald’s as well as other notable companies
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Process improvement/simplification background
Kelly McGlynn, O.D.
Clinical and Practice Management Consultant
Dr. McGlynn is a Board Certified Optometrist who first practiced in the greater Boston area at a high volume group practice with over 30 locations in which she earned various awards. She later acquired a private practice from a retiring OD and has enjoyed professional freedom and financial success ever since,…
…growing her practice more than 25% in the first two years of ownership. Dr. McGlynn received her bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and her Doctor of Optometry Degree from New England College of Optometry. She is an active member of the American Optometric Association, the Connecticut Association of Optometrists, and the Newtown Chamber of Commerce. Dr. McGlynn enjoys baking, spinning, the beach, and playing with her dog.
Notable Skills, Achievements, and Memberships
- Awarded “Top Performing Doctor” at previous group practice after growing her office to highest sales to date.
- Awarded “Fastest Growing Practice” at a previous group practice
- Member of the American Optometric Association
- Member of Connecticut Association of Optometrists
- Member of the Chamber of Commerce
- Participant in multiple local events to spread ocular health education
- Volunteer at local Health fairs offering vision screenings
- Volunteer at local retirement home educating residents on age-related eye diseases
- Leading Top 10 Doctors in Connecticut according to RateMDs.com
Accolades
Awarded Top 10 Medical Practice Management Consulting Company by Healthcare Tech Outlook Magazine. Read More.
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